Josh Cullen is a London-born midfielder and West Ham United employee and he has just been called up to the senior Ireland senior set-up for the first time as a late addition to Mick McCarthy’s squad.

Despite testing weather conditions around the country, the final pairings were confirmed in Divisions 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B, with all final round group stages games taking place this afternoon.

Ciara Mageean and Kevin Dooney will lead the women's and men's sides.

Cobh Ramblers captain Shane O’Connor believes his side are ready to create a shock when they take on Derry City in the EA Sports Cup final on Sunday afternoon.

St Ronan’s history-making season continued at Abbottstown when they upset the odds against Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne to reach a first-ever Hogan Cup Final.

While Darren Randolph was earning plaudits for his role in helping Middlesbrough keep a clean sheet against Preston – including one fine save to deny ex-Cork City man Sean Maguire – his Ireland understudy Keiren Westwood was having a much less happy time of it in the Championship on Saturday.

Ireland’s International Rules prospects have been boosted by the likely inclusion of a number of Australian based AFL players for this year’s series.

Eleven-time senior All-Ireland winner Deirdre O’Reilly has confirmed she has retired from intercounty football after a hugely-impressive 15-year career.

Louth have booked their place in the semi-finals of the O'Byrne Cup after they beat Carlow by 3-14 to 2-12 in Dowdallshill.

Irish Olympic boxer Michael Conlan shows us around his Renault Kadjar

Ephie Fitzgerald’s Cork squeezed into the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 semi-finals as a three-point win over Armagh in Abbottstown yesterday proved good enough to secure a top-four finish.

If this is the end, we should have known from the beginning what we were letting ourselves in for with Giovanni Trapattoni because he never disguised his intentions for the Republic of Ireland.

Billy Walsh has confirmed he will take Ireland’s elite boxers to the 2016 Olympic Games but the Wexford coach has warned more funding is required to build on the successes of Beijing and London.

Four major sporting governing bodies have signed up to a new Government plan to develop the National Sports Campus at Abbottstown in Blanchardstown, with work set to start this year, Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar announced today.

CORK City boss Paul Doolin expressed concern for the future of his club – and the League of Ireland – at the Setanta Cup draw at FAI headquarters in Abbottstown, Dublin yesterday.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

Liam Mulvihill has today announced his retirement as director general of the GAA, a position he has held for the past 28 years.

The Government gave more money to horse racing last year than to any other sport.

IRISH men’s coach Dave Passmore has been appointed High Performance Director for the Irish Hockey Association.

THE question people are asking today is why the Government squandered so much time and money dragging out the Bertie Bowl project, especially following yesterday’s decision to press ahead with a €300 million stadium at a revamped Lansdowne Road venture, as opposed to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s preferred option for a €1 billion extravaganza at Abbottstown.

THE General Manager of Ireland’s newest sports facility, the 62 metre National Aquatic Centre, is convinced it will inspire Irish sportspersons to plunge into uncharted waters.

The UEFA delegation assessing the joint Ireland-Scotland bid to host Euro 2008 will hold a news conference this evening

Fine Gael's spokesman on sport, Jimmy Deenihan, has weighed in tonight on the surprising decision of the Government to pull out of the Abbottstown project.