As The Who once put it: meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The FAI have confirmed they’ve secured 500 tickets for Irish fans planning to attend Mick McCarthy’s first game back at the helm against Gibraltar on March 23.

New Republic of Ireland manager, Mick McCarthy, is the right man, at the right time, for the job, even if Stephen Kenny has progressive credentials, says Liam Mackey

The one moment of real cheer for the loud and loyal travelling support in Aarhus came with the arrival into senior international football, with 10 minutes remaining, of Michael Obafemi.

Age Hareide believes that Ireland’s decline since the high of the Euro 2016 finals is a lesson which should not be lost on his in-form Danish team.

Martin O’Neill and Seamus Coleman were only too happy to reveal how, on Saturday evening, the boys in green in Aarhus had been brought to their feet by the boys in green back in the Aviva.

Callum Robinson has insisted the Republic of Ireland have nothing to lose as they head into Monday night's Nations League trip to Denmark.

Wolves defender Matt Doherty is out of Ireland's clashes with Northern Ireland and Denmark through injury.

Martin O'Neill says he is still hopeful Declan Rice will commit his international future to the Republic of Ireland, but admits some circumstances favour England.

Shane Duffy has declared that the Republic of Ireland players, rather than the management team, should shoulder the blame for the side's dismal run which continued on Tuesday night with a 1-0 home Nations League loss to a weakened Wales.

The only bit of good Nations League news out of last night for Ireland is that, with Denmark’s stand-off with their federation now resolved, they are sure to present a rather more formidable obstacle to Wales in Aarhus on Sunday than sorry Ireland were able to muster in Cardiff.

Ireland’s extensive injury woes, coupled with absenteeism of a more controversial kind, were always going to constitute a major talking point in the build-up to tonight’s Nations League clash against Wales.

Former Arsenal midfielder John Jensen will take charge of Denmark’s Uefa Nations League opener against Wales after the row which has rocked Danish football took an extraordinary twist.

Fully two years before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Regatta, the qualification stakes open in Aarhus, Denmark today with the first round of racing, as more than 1,200 entries take to the water over the coming 10 days.

As numbers for Volvo Cork Week swell towards 130 boats, one of the highlights of the biennial event will be the start of the Beaufort Cup for military and rescue services that gets underway on Monday morning.

Some of the world’s top urban thinkers biked and walked around Cork yesterday to see how a “city on the rise” is poised to become the fastest growing region in Ireland — but decision-makers need to realise its value for the benefit of the whole country.

The countdown is on and the transition from Rio 2016 to Tokyo 2020 was marked by a gathering of Olympic Sailing hopefuls in Dublin this week.

The countdown is on and the transition from Rio 2016 to Tokyo 2020 was marked by a gathering of Olympic Sailing hopefuls in Dublin this week.

The Venice Biennale is a familiar enough concept to most of us, be it art or architecture, but few have ever been, and fewer still have taken part.

You’ll always have Copenhagen, but Aarhus offers all the hygge (and Nordic cuisine) along with one of the most exciting design scenes on the continent, writes John Wogan.

Before the Requiem Mass, a long, solemn hush settled in a packed St John the Baptist Church in Ovens, Cork, yesterday.

John Fallon breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of Ireland’s potential opponents...

It was well past midnight when Ireland’s team bus pulled out of Lille but songs and stories dominated the three-hour journey down the A1 towards the Versailles.

The former secretary general of the Department of Finance has criticised the Government's lack of forward planning.

UN HEAD MEANS AUSTRIA, THANKS AUSTRALIA

While other countries send their jihadists to court, the Danes are trying an innovative approach – treating them more like rebellious teens and sending them to a shrink, says Elizabeth Braw

Recently, on Prime Time, former Energy Minister, Eamonn Ryan, said the proposed grid extensions arose from the need to connect renewable energy — which in Ireland means wind generation — to consuming areas, including the UK.

National agri research and training body Teagasc has begun its outdoor trials to grow genetically modified, blight-resistant potatoes at its facility in Oakpark, Co Carlow.

Two Somalian brothers have been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, the country’s security service said today.

JANUARY is the time of year when many people take a close look at how healthy their diet is — but humans are not the only ones making sure they eat a balanced selection of food.

IT isn’t so long since we faced the prospect of Irish national teams playing their home games on foreign soil while Lansdowne Road was being given its facelift.

A SOMALI man charged with trying to kill a Dane who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on the first day of his trial yesterday, insisting he had only aimed to scare the cartoonist.

HE lives under round-the-clock protection and travels in an armoured SUV.

A Somali man appeared in court in Denmark today charged with attempting to murder the artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad outraged the Muslim world three years ago.

A Somali man was under heavy guard at a Danish hospital today after police stopped him from killing an artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed outraged the Muslim world.

A Somalian man is facing two charges of attempted murder after he was shot by police while attempting to enter the home of a cartoonist who outraged many Muslims with his depiction of the Prophet Mohammed, Danish security sources said.

Ryanair has today announced that it is to open its 38th base at Malaga in June 2010 with four based aircraft and 19 new routes being launched.

Ryanair is to open its thirty-seventh base at Oslo Rygge in March 2010 with three aircraft and 16 new routes (22 in total).

IT WAS a beautiful sunny day at Arsenal’s training ground in St Albans yesterday but the sight of Shay Given sitting out training sent a shiver down the spine.

A DANISH citizen of Moroccan descent and two Tunisians were arrested in Denmark yesterday over a plot to murder one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused worldwide uproar in 2006.

Twelve world cities have agreed to darken their skylines for an hour in an Australian initiative to raise awareness about climate change, organisers say.

COACH Luis Aragones insists Spain are not taking anything for granted in their quest to reach the European Championship finals, even after his side’s potentially crucial victory over Denmark on Saturday.