It’s been a tourist secret for decades, but it’s time Carlingford got its place in the sun, writes Tony-Clayton Lea.

A retired couple have been found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a caravan park in the North.

Benny Coulter last night joined the list of high profile inter-county players to announce their retirement in recent weeks, admitting it is with "a heavy heart" that he has called time on his 15-year career with Down.

Irish golfers have captured four major championships since 2011 but in that same timeframe, eight of our best and brightest have taken the plunge into the professional ranks.

Naas ace Jack Hume produced a strongman finish to beat his fitness coach and capture the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland at Rosses Point yesterday.

West Waterford’s Gary Hurley needed just 25 holes to blast his way into this morning’s semi-finals of the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open at a sun-kissed County Sligo.

Dungarvan’s Kevin Stack and West Waterford’s Gary Hurley kept Munster interest alive in the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland Championship at a sun-kissed County Sligo.

Over 50 years have elapsed since Jack Kyle hung up his boots yet half a century later he remains one of Irish rugby’s most iconic figures.

Plans for a cross-border bridge at the site of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles have been dealt another blow after funding from Europe was pulled.

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) won the Silver Medal as leading qualifier in the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara GC yesterday when he shot a six under par 66 in the second round.

Ambrose Rogers, Conor Laverty and Championship debutant Niall Madine has been named in the Down team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2pm).

A new cross border bridge has been given the green light after Stormont stumped up its share of the £14m (€16.3m) construction funding.

Muskerry’s Niall Gorey got out of jail with a dramatic semi-final comeback against Reeve Whitson, but had no answer to a brilliant Rory McNamara in the final of the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open at Rosses Point.

A proposed cross-border car ferry linking Down and Louth could provide a €10m a year boost for the counties, an economic study has predicted.

Shane Lowry continued to display his fondness for the Blackstone course on day two of the Ballantine’s Championship in Seoul.

Shane Lowry has never played Augusta National but believes it would be easier to play a round of golf on next month’s Masters venue than to tee up on this week’s host Hassan II Trophy course at Agadir.

BELFAST is on a roll.

Marty Clarke has completed his move to Aussie Rules football club Collingwood.

Police have praised army bomb experts who prevented a device exploding inside a Co Down bank.

TIPPERARY’S Arthur Pierse came agonisingly close yesterday to claiming his second British Seniors Open title. The former Walker Cup player was pipped by a stroke at Royal Portrush as he attempted to add to his triumph of 2007.

YOU probably didn’t know it had a name, but I’m sure you’ve come across the Cupertino Effect.

THE GAA should be doing more to keep its players in Ireland, according to two Ulster greats.

Engineers are targeting 2,600 homes still without any water in the North.

More than 60,000 homes face a night without water in the North as engineers temporarily cut off supplies to allow depleted reservoirs to refill.

Around 5,200 homes in the North remained without water as engineers continued to repair the leaks that crippled the region’s water system.

WATER supply is continuing to improve around the country, according to the National Severe Weather Co-ordination Committee.

Air accident investigators have arrived at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed three people who were flying from the North to England, police confirmed tonight.

WHERE the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea sits the mock gothic splendour of the Slieve Donard Hotel – the setting for Daniel Craig and Toni Collette’s adventure into repressed sexual longing in the film Hotel Splendide – and yesterday home to the rather less exciting British-Irish parliamentary forum.

DOWN forward Danny Hughes is refusing to contemplate the possibility that next Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final is a ‘now or never’ moment for the older members on the county panel.

An independent republican councillor whose police officer niece was the target of a suspected car bomb attack in the North tonight refused to condemn the incident.

SETANTA O hAilpín has returned from injury to reclaim his position in the Carlton team to play Brisbane in what is a vital AFL game for both sides at the Etihad Stadium today.

THE general perception after Tyrone’s defeat of Antrim last month was of a side that had seen one too many summers.

WIN, lose of draw on Sunday, Down’s supporters will be able to tell themselves that it is just like watching Real Madrid.

The palm prints of a Dublin man accused of murder were found at the scene of a fatal stabbing, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin murder trial has heard that a stab victim arrived at hospital in cardiac arrest having received a penetrating wound to the heart.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

NEWLY-APPOINTED Monaghan trainer Paul Grimley is not set to make a dramatic re-entry into the race for the vacant Armagh football manager’s post.

Down 1-11 Cavan 2-07

Catholic schools which retain academic selection will inevitably discriminate against some children, the North's Education Minister claimed today.