Lar Corbett has broken his silence after withdrawing from the Tipperary panel.

I’m writing this as my old friend Bill O’Herlihy reads a laundry list of names to Eamon, John and, yes even, Ronnie Whelan.

The O2 in Dublin was the fifth most attended music venue worldwide last year.

ONCE upon a long time ago there was only one world heavyweight boxing champion instead of three or four and he was a real hero in rural Ireland.

LADY Gaga’s top grossing three-night run at the O2 in Dublin last year contributed to the co-owners of the venue recording pre-tax profits of £5.7 million (€6.5m) for 2010.

MARTIN DONNELLY, Irish sponsor of Matthew Macklin, planned to have hundreds of green T-shirts printed today with “Matthew Macklin — WORLD CHAMPION” on the back.

AS three major players in Limerick’s ongoing gang feud commenced long prison sentences in recent days following prosecutions at the Special Criminal Court and Limerick Circuit Court, a fourth gang figure left prison in England after serving five-and-a-half years for a gun offence.

CIARA MAGEEAN will maintain her amazing momentum when she embarks on a busy indoor schedule that includes the Woodies DIY Irish senior championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on February 19-29.

The British actor Ray Winstone - best known for his roles in 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' and 'The Departed' - believes he would make a "great" James Bond but worries he could not compete with the physical standards set by current 007 Daniel Craig.

Amir Khan has confirmed he hopes to make his US debut against Paulie Malignaggi at New York’s Madison Square Gardens on May 15.

THE Republic of Ireland finished their first training session of the week at Malahide yesterday with a penalty shoot-out, confirmation that Giovanni Trapattoni is planning for all eventualities in the World Cup play-off against France.

THE Milner household in Ballinacarriga is quiet. Situated idyllically, there is a clichéd yet reassuring serenity in the Girlough townland. But Michael Milner is doing his best to disrupt all that.

Kelly Pavlik's first defence of his united WBC and WBO world middleweight titles is to come against Ireland's John Duddy on June 7.

American rap mogul JAY Z is embarrassed by his announcement to retire from the music industry.

Kevin McBride returns to heavyweight action in the early hours of tomorrow morning in New York.

FRESH from her victory over German champion Yana Kultysheva at the weekend, Ireland’s world boxing champion, Katie Taylor, returns to the ring in Dungarvan on Friday night for the first all-women’s tournament at the Sports Centre.

The two men charged in the deadliest terrorist attack on a commercial airliner prior to September 11 will learn their fate in a Canadian courtroom tomorrow as a judge delivers his verdict in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people.

Detroit rapper Eminem and veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen were the favourites to dominate today’s Grammy nominations at New York’s Madison Square Gardens.

Liza Minnelli is to be married in a lavish New York ceremony with Dame Elizabeth Taylor as her maid of honour and Michael Jackson giving her away.

Liza Minnelli today revealed she has put health fears behind her - and was planning her fourth marriage.

Thousands of people crammed into New York’s Madison Square Gardens for a concert to raise funds for the victims of the World Trade Centre attacks.