No Irish domestic or international football fixtures are currently under threat from the coronavirus but the FAI are in regular contact with government and UEFA about the spread of the disease and say they will follow expert guidance about any measures which may need to be taken.

Ambitious goals will attract billions in investment, create thousands of jobs, and regenerate coastal communities, writes David Connolly.

It’s the European Championship Finals draw which puts the hype in hypothetical for Ireland and 15 other nations.

Lisa Smith, the former soldier who left Ireland to join IS in Syria and who was married to an IS fighter, is due back in Ireland in the coming days.

It came as quite a surprise to learn that I had been writing my Weekend column in the Irish Examiner for 21 years — how the years have flown by and how the food scene has changed in Ireland over those two decades.

And so it all comes down to this. Ninety minutes that will decide qualification for the Euro 2020 finals.

Ireland’s strike rate in Group D is their lowest after seven qualifiers since 1985 (0.57)

Ireland are facing one of the in-form teams in Europe, whose unbeaten run over the past three years is lurking them towards world record territory.

Yesterday, Denmark celebrated the two-year anniversary of the 5-1 win in Dublin which secured qualification to the World Cup in Russia.

It was Mick McCarthy who told Alan Judge that without bad luck he would have no luck at all.

Vestas Wind Systems beat earnings estimates for the third quarter as sales soared 30% and orders hit a record, contrasting with stumbling results from rival manufacturers.

After the 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in Geneva on Tuesday, Mick McCarthy has no hesitation in saying that Ireland were beaten by “the best team in the group”.

Prior to Geneva, when did Ireland last start with 3-5-2?

At least the phoney war is over, the fable of Mick McCarthy clothed in Merlin the Magician garb belatedly binned.

And so it's Daneja vu all over again.

It’s not ‘do or die’ for Ireland tomorrow tonight – more like a case of ‘do but not die’.

Cork city set to spill some secrets over the weekend.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he is willing to consider a Brexit extension request from Boris Johnson, but added he would prefer a deal.

Neil Fox's younger sister Donna Fox, 30, who was engaged to be married, was crushed by a truck at a junction in Dublin in September 2016.

The developer of a proposed new, European-style co-housing apartment development in Cork city centre says that such projects are needed to attract long-term residents back into Irish cities and strengthen urban communities.

Data centres are playing a key role in Ireland’s bid to reduce its carbon footprint, as well as bringing invaluable high-volume employment, according to a report by Host in Ireland.

As the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival hits Cork, Cillian Murphy and the other curators pick their top tips for the weekend ahead, and tell Des O’Driscoll about their magic moments from previous events.

In the run-up to big games, we easily pleased meeja types like nothing better than when rival managers and players have the fabled ‘pop’ at each other.

The agony and ecstasy riff is a familiar one in sport but rarely can it have had a more literal application than to the bittersweet situation in which Alan Judge found himself at the conclusion of Ireland’s 1-1 draw with Denmark in Copenhagen in June.

The decision by Dublin City Council to refuse planning permission for a new injecting centre for chronic heroin addicts is "reprehensible" and a represents “a dereliction of duty”.

Which is the best way to handle the Brexit debacle?

Tánaiste Simon Coveney and British prime minister Boris Johnson have begun the latest final stretch in the Brexit diplomatic marathon as the pair rather aptly flying off in completely different directions.

Shares in Pandora, the jewellery maker and retailer that spent much of last year under attack by hedge funds as it tries to relaunch its brand, jumped after it delivered a smaller decline in operating profit than the market had expected.

The Government is ramping up its Brexit backstop campaign as it faces increasing pressure to clarify where new checks and inspections on goods will take place if the UK crashes out of the EU.

Danske Bank, hampered by negative interest rates for longer than any European peer, promised wealthy depositors it will resist a trend to pass the burden on to them.

The airline has blamed the global ground of 737MAX aircraft for the decision.

A Green Party MEP does not believe building housing on reclaimed land in Dublin Bay is a viable option.

Foraging for wild foods with my little basket on my arm is definitely up there with my favourite pastimes.

Rising hip-hop and R&B songstress Lizzo's ‘Cuz I Love You Too’ European tour is coming to Dublin.

In penning this column over many years, there has been quite a bit of reaction to certain issues raised but nothing to come near the response to last week’s piece on cycling in Copenhagen.

The international verdict on cycling in Dublin is in - and it’s not good news for the capital city.

While a hopeful start has already been made in providing such lanes here, we still have a long way to go to catch up with the Scandinavians.

New York, Paris, London and Milan host world-renowned Fashion Weeks, but there are others that have editors and influencers scrambling for front-row seats. Pitti Uomo in Florence is one of them. Niamh O’Donoghue rounds up the new, cutting-edge fashion destinations.

En route to an audience with Robbie Keane in Crumlin the other day, the journey down the Long Mile Road and past the Half-Way House offered a handy metaphor for where Ireland are at in their Euro 2020 campaign.

International football doesn’t ravage the energy reserves as relentlessly as the domestic English game in which Mick McCarthy was so long immersed but the Republic of Ireland manager is clearly looking forward to the summer recess.

At the half-way point in Euro 2020 qualifying, the good news for Ireland is that they sit atop the group table with a healthy haul of ten points from four games.

A bore fest rather than a score fest, Ireland once again made heavy weather of seeing off Gibraltar.

After doing the heavy lifting in Copenhagen on Friday, Ireland should be relishing a comparatively easy shift in Dublin tonight.