A 25 year old man from Birr in Co Offaly has told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland about the efforts he and his girlfriend have been making to get home from Australia.

Tipperary midfielder Aisling McCarthy says there is a fierce ambition among the county’s ladies footballers to be a force in this year’s TG4 Senior championship.

With some sorrow, architect Karl Diskin is putting his beloved and unique home at No 6 Maryville up on the market. He has found an opportunity for a new-build that he cannot pass up. Let’s see what makes No 6 Maryville special, writes Catherine Shanahan.

Melbourne face Greater Western Sydney, who include Irish stars Cora Staunton and Yvonne Bonner, in their last-eight tie on Saturday.

Its 30 degrees in Melbourne and the sports mad city is abuzz as it bids farewell to the record breaking Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup and looks forward to the upcoming Australian Rules season, writes Maurice Brosnan.

A Cork artist who counts Hollywood actress Gal Gadot and singer Joe Jonas as fans and patrons, said that reaching out to your idols can help spark professional success.

Former Kerry minor Stefan Okunbor is likely to miss the entire AFL season after rupturing his Achilles tendon in training.

New Year celebrations were ignored in many towns and villages across Co Donegal last night as the body of tragic nurse Mary Ellen Molloy was brought home for burial.

While on this island we were debating whether Rory, Katie or maybe Paul O’Donovan was our outstanding sportsperson of the decade, the Associated Press gave itself the rather grander task of identifying the finest athlete in the whole world over the same timespan.

What a difference a decade makes: On this exact date 10 years ago, I dropped a friend to Shannon Airport — another statistic in the gathering gloom of Ireland’s great recession.

Twenty-six-year-old Mary Ellen Molloy from Ardara, was killed in Melbourne when a branch from a tree fell on her taxi on December 20.

Preparations to repatriate the 26-year-old Donegal woman's remains back to her native Ardara for burial are at an advanced stage.

Mary Ellen was killed when the branch of a tree fell on the taxi in which she was traveling on Friday evening last in Melbourne.

Mary Ellen Molloy from Ardara in Co Donegal died in Melbourne when a tree fell on the car she was traveling in.

A fund to help an Irish nurse killed in a freak accident in Australia has reached a staggering €65,000 in less than 24 hours.

A young Irish nurse has been killed in Australia after a tree fell onto a taxi she was travelling in.

It is believed the two other female passengers in the car are also Irish.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

The 42-year-old from Belmullet finished a superb fifth in the marathon major against a world-class field, clocking 2:26:23 to come home less than four minutes behind race winner Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya (2:22:38).

Lead singer Pa Sheehy talks to Marjorie Brennan about the importance of giving back and how music — and football — keep him on an even keel.

Galway star Olivia Divilly has been wooing AFLW scouts with her stunning tests, finishing in the top two in three tests during the Draft Combine in Melbourne.

Eddie O’Sullivan curls a smile and offers a bald, one-word answer when asked to sum up his experiences of Rugby World Cups.