Richard Fitzpatrick has been researching the life of a former Manchester United captain, Patrick O'Connell, who secretly had two wives - one in Dublin and the other in Spain

Queen Elizabeth and celebrities will get the first look at the Chelsea Flower Show today, as horticulturalists from all over the world exhibit their immaculately designed gardens.

A chartered accountant who admitted stealing money from clients and engaging in an accountancy practice known as teeming and lading was given a four-year suspended jail sentence yesterday for the theft of €162,000.

Former European Open champion Kenneth Ferrie starts his new career on the US Tour in Hawaii tomorrow – and does so alongside an American who, for a very different reason, is just as excited to be at the Sony Open.

As if having his clubs lost by British Airways was not enough, England’s Kenneth Ferrie has suffered a recurrence of back trouble and is not yet a certain starter at the United States PGA championship in Chicago.

Kenneth Ferrie hopes to improve on his dreadful record in the British Open Championship after a superb US Open debut last month.

England’s Kenneth Ferrie shares the lead with history-chasing Phil Mickelson going into the final round of the US Open.

Pádraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie feel it is a just a matter of time before European golf is celebrating another major winner.

Kenneth Ferrie led the British challenge in the US Open – but Luke Donald’s bid for victory already looked doomed to failure.

Paul Lawrie believes a spot of warm-weather practice has put him in good shape for the Madeira Open.

Former Irish boss Jack Charlton, who took the national team to Euro ‘88 and to successive World Cups in the ‘90s, has given Steve Staunton his full backing and blessing as new Irish team manager.

Geordie Kenneth Ferrie notched up six birdies in nine holes to grab a share of the second-round lead in the Qatar Masters today.

ENGLAND’S Kenneth Ferrie kept his nerve to win his first European tour title in Tenerife yesterday.

Three young children have died in a house fire in Northumberland.