Michael Conlan has predicted that he will record his fifth stoppage win on the spin when he takes to the ring tonight in the chief-support bout to the world super-featherweight-title clash between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York (live on BoxNation).

It’s the flagship show for garden design and gardening in Ireland and as it’s run by Bord Bia it has found a suitable bedfellow in the food industry.

Greening Grey Britain is an RHS initiative to convert dreary grey and tarmacked spaces into beautiful green and vibrant garden areas.

Walking from a snow-capped Madison Square Garden to Times Square with Michael Conlan only a year ago would have taken all of 10 minutes.

Lost somewhere amidst the furore surrounding Michael Conlan’s professional bows at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick’s Day, Limerick’s former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee returns to the ring after a 16-month absence.

Conor McGregor could hardly have done more to make New York sit up and take notice, writes Brendan O’Brien

An Irish gardener has won a gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Today is the day to visit the Open Garden at Reggie and Cynthia Browne’s Oak Farm Estate, Carrigadrohid, Macroom, Co Cork in aid of Marymount Hospice from 2pm to 6pm.

Events are taking place all over Ireland today to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 rising. 

JUST back from a hectic few days in Capetown, whizzing from one speaking engagement to the next.

Peter Dowdall discusses the perennial appeal of the rock-climbing campanula, which, with its little blue bells, creeps over walls and seeds everywhere it’s allowed.

Davy Condon insists he feels “very lucky” despite being forced to retire from the saddle due to a spinal injury.

Andy Lee and Adam Booth were in New York with Cork-Cuban heavyweight Mike Perez last July, but if feels much longer now, writes John Riordan.

Andy Lee is backing Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez to seal his bid for a WBC World Heavyweight Championship title shot in New York tonight.

Who knows what’s going through Mike Perez’s head this week?

A 300km cycle might not be everybody’s idea of a fun holiday, but it allowed Richard Herriott to experience the best that the often overlooked eastern Germany has to offer.

* Conna & District Flower & Gardening Club will present “Welcome to Spring” By Betty Holden, AOIFA in Conna Hall on Wednesday next at 8pm. www.connaflowerandgardenclub.org

¦ Ladysbridge and District Flower and Garden Club will host ‘Christmas Time’ a gala demonstration with Theresa Collins on Monday, Nov 25 at 8pm, Garryvoe Hotel. €10.

Noel Baker recalls a tranquil few days in Sagres on the southernmost tip of Portugal, with a spin in a Porsche thrown in for good measure.

Forgive us for being obvious about yesterday, and Limerick versus Tipperary, but any remarks about the game must be prefaced with one consideration.

The most high profile rebranding of a US sports team of the past decade needs all the help it can get and the Brooklyn Nets ticked two important boxes this week: they beat the New York Knicks on Monday night and got into a fight in Boston on Wednesday.

Three things were lost in Aughrim on Saturday when Waterford travelled to take on Wicklow in the first round of the football qualifiers.

At a press conference announcing the Macklin-Martinez fight at Madison Square Garden back in January, my phone rang. Colin Morgan was about four yards away from me but he was on a crutch — it was easier just to call me.

THE rustic poet Patrick Kavanagh put it lyrically when he wrote that “ordinary things wear lovely wings”.

Charlie Wilkins has a spring in his step as he looks forward to exploring some of the best gardens in the country

Some of the country’s most historic houses and gardens will throw open their gates to the public as part of a new garden festival taking place next month.

George’s career hadarrived at the all-or-nothing stage. If he didn’t win here, he didn’t know what he was going to do with his life. This was a truly broken man.

Sprung from the bench, he destroyed the New Jersey Nets with 25 points and seven assists.

HE lights dim and the audience is hushed. Former middleweight contender Bobby Cassidy is led to the front of the stage.

THE nights are drawing in on us, you’ll notice, ahead of another winter, like the cinema lights dimming before a movie.

MICK O’DWYER reckoned the performance in Armagh on Saturday evening was as good as Wicklow have produced since he took charge five years ago.

WATAMU BAY, as low as 10-1 for the four-mile National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham, has been put down after suffering an injury on the gallops.

FORPADYDEPLASTERER has made pleasing improvement since found to have been clinically abnormal after the William Hill King George VI Chase.

NICKY Richards reports Monet’s Garden to have had a “steady night” (Tuesday) as he continues to battle for his life.

Monet’s Garden won the totetentofollow Old Roan Chase for an emotional third time with a thrilling success over Poquelin at Aintree.

Richard Hannon’s Strong Suit features among 13 confirmations for the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Kerry 2-17 Wicklow 2-14

CHRISTY RING CUP (Quarter-final): Westmeath 2-21 Down 1-18, Wicklow 3-13 Meath 1-18

Wicklow v Carlow

There was a time well within living memory that such a contest would have dominated discussions for weeks beforehand – and afterwards.

WICKLOW’S good run in this year’s championship and the confirmation that Mick O’Dwyer is remaining as manager have been identified as helped the Garden County GAA board to buck the national trend by attracting a new sponsor for the next three years.

SHOPPERS will be able to enjoy the feel of a small village within the heart of Limerick as the city opens Ireland’s first-ever Georgian Quarter Christmas Market.

NEVER was the ‘Dwyer’ effect more apparent than last Saturday night.