It was more refined than a ‘Marty party’, but still a great night out for popular sports broadcaster Marty Morrissey who was among five UCC graduates honoured by their alma mater last night.

Both Laura's photo and video have proved so popular, media outlets from Singapore to Russia have used it in features.

The singer will pay for school materials for 160 classrooms in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy, where mass shootings have killed 35 people in recent weeks, writes Barbara Goldberg.

This is a special week for me. Not because the Premier League has come back to enable the emotionally stunted, and not because Mindhunter Season 2 arrives on Friday, though I will be accepting no attempts at communication this weekend as I cower at the sight of Cameron Britton. Again.

Not so very long ago, Mayo footballers took to the stage like Beyoncé; all angel wings, backing singers and brass bands.

Long before Jim Furyk became a major champion and 2018 US captain of the Ryder Cup, he tried to Monday Qualify for the Buick Classic at Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford, NY.

Mayo manager James Horan said they won’t be getting carried away with their 21-point win over New York and that they have plenty of room for improvement.

Mayo fans began queuing in the rain outside Gaelic Park in the Bronx before 8am this morning in an effort to get tickets for the Connacht SFC clash against New York.

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12 players with Senior inter-county experience are included in the New York starting line-up to face Allianz League champions Mayo in the Connacht SFC at Gaelic Park on Sunday.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Michael Dorgan talks to New York GAA stalwart Seamus Smith ahead of Mayo's visit to Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

The end of New York City’s number 1 subway line runs adjacent to Gaelic Park’s clubhouse goals in the Bronx. The MTA’s train yard tracks split and wrap themselves around the storied venue, offering patrons a uniquely bland metallic facade once they pass through the green gates.

Michael Dorgan talks to New York GAA stalwart Seamus Smith ahead of Mayo's visit to Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

Erling Kagge has trekked to both poles, including solo to the South, and through New York’s sewers, from the Bronx to the Atlantic. Who better to write a book on the virtues of walking, says Aileen C O’Reilly

Long before he went into politics, John O’Mahony knew every highway and byway throughout Connacht, initially as a player but predominantly as a manager over the past 30 years.

The Kerry-born cop who solved a notorious murder spree in New York is remembered in a TV documentary to be aired this week.

Experienced Leitrim attacker Emlyn Mulligan insists it was more important for them than New York to win Sunday’s gripping Connacht SFC tie.

Leitrim’s hopes of avoiding being the first side to lose a championship match to New York have been boosted by some west of Ireland weather which is forecast for the opening round of the Connacht SFC at Gaelic Park tomorrow.

The Leitrim footballers will always fear losing to New York, selector Seamus Quinn has admitted.

It was a case of third time’s a charm for Saoirse Ronan as she won Best Actress at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.

Investigators believe the blaze, the deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least 25 years, was caused by a child playing with a stove, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

At least 12 people, including a one-year-old baby, have died after a fire broke out in an apartment block in the Bronx area of New York.

Eileen O’Shea is from Killarney but has been living in Cork for the past three years. She is programme and events manager at St Peter’s on North Main Street.

A man visiting the US from Africa has had $190,000 stolen after being mugged in New York, according to police.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone will lead a fact-finding mission to New York starting today to improve state agency co-operation on child protection.

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A man accused of intentionally mowing down pedestrians on a Times Square pavement, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, has pleaded not guilty.

A female doctor gunned down by an ex-colleague ousted from a New York City hospital was not his intended target, authorities have said.

A doctor forced out of a New York City hospital over sexual harassment claims returned with an assault rifle hidden under a lab coat and shot seven people, killing a woman medic and leaving several of her colleagues fighting for their lives.

Latest: The gunman who opened fire at a New York City hospital, killing at least one person, was a doctor who used to work there, a police official said.

A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians in Times Square should have been shot by police to stop him, a prosecutor said.

A man accused of steering his car on to one of the busiest pavements in the US and mowing down pedestrians has been charged with murder and attempted murder.

An 18-year-old woman killed by a car that barrelled down a pavement in New York's Times Square was a tourist, police said.

A full hour after the astroturf had settled, crowds were still coming through the turnstiles in the Bronx.

Sligo survived a brief but real scare in the Bronx tonight before their experience and class told late on to see off a spirited New York.

The Canada goose is a controversial bird, writes Richard Collins. 

Enda Kenny’s visit to the White House was necessary - his invitation to Donald Trump to visit this country wasn’t, writes Michael Clifford.