This wasn’t the first time that Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney managed a Monaghan win over Tyrone, but what’s rare is precious as he allowed a small smile play on his lips after this most commanding of wins. “It’s my second,” he told reporters.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has again gone overseas to complete his coaching group.

“We have not seen any fall-off in recruitment in these sectors”

Stunning images captured by the National Monuments Service (NMS) show light filtering through Newgrange leading up to today's Winter Solstice.

If you look around us, the trees are without their leaves, animals are hibernating, farm animals are kept indoors, flowers have gone to seed, and aside from us humans, everyone and everything else seems to have got the memo to slow down, writes Joyce Fegan.

Robin McBryde was a baby at birth in Bangor...

Peter Dowdall shows you how best to enjoy the seasonal drama unfolding in the room outside.

This time of year, in the long nights of winter in our northern hemisphere, is when people may be more vulnerable to depression or suicidal thoughts.

Jonathan Sexton let it be known last year that he would not walk gently into the good night as a rugby player.

The top eight teams in the world rankings will contest the World Cup quarter-finals in Japan this weekend.

Ireland aren’t the only country to have embraced the residency ruling.

Ever wondered who has won the most matches. Who has yet to wn any and who won in 1991?

It hasn’t been the ideal summer for observing the skies, but as we move into September we live in that almost annual hope of an Indian summer, writes Niall Smith.

The Irish dairy sector is a huge contributor to growth in economic activity across the rural Irish economy, supporting over 60,000 jobs, according to food economist and consultant Ciaran Fitzgerald.

A legal row over an allegedly infertile stallion and a claim of a failure to pay out on a €3million insurance policy have come before the Commercial Court.

Author Jane Harper has been in the vanguard of the ‘outback-noir’ genre — tense thrillers set in Australia’s desolate landscape, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Munster go in search of their eighth win in a row this evening when they take on Scarlets at Parcy Scarlets on an occasion to be marked by Rory Scannell’s 100th appearance for the province.

Munster put the “Sold Out” signs up at Thomond Park yesterday as supporters snapped up the last of the tickets for the Heineken Champions Cup pool finale with Exeter Chiefs but it is the penultimate game this Friday night that is occupying Johann van Graan.

Rassie Erasmus will step down from his role as coach of the Springboks after next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan.

I got off a flight in Christchurch Sunday weary and with the seat of the pants stuck to my backside. By Monday morning though, the first shrill whistle of Crusaders’ pre-season had that whiff of fresh ambition about it, writes Ronan O'Gara.

Joe Schmidt has insisted Ireland keep striving to improve after their history-making win over the All Blacks.

In this sports writing game we’re always told not to get too far ahead of ourselves but come on, who now isn’t thinking about the knockout stages of the World Cup?

First impression in Blanchardstown yesterday was that the All Blacks were just flat out trolling their hosts.

Manu Tuilagi’s imminent England comeback in time to face New Zealand at Twickenham has had a calming effect on Eddie Jones’ underdogs, according to Ben Youngs.

Leinster may be the best side in Europe over the course of the season, but the notion that they are invincible ignores those human traits — thoroughbreds or not, says Ronan O’Gara.

Extreme heat has gripped the northern hemisphere in recent months, and the year 2018 is on track to be among the hottest ever recorded.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has included two uncapped players but made no selection surprises in his squad for this season’s Rugby Championship.

Two football fixtures over the week-end made me experience the “Wow where did that come from”. Dublin and Kerry both destroyed their opposition on their way to trying to win this year’s All-Ireland Football Championships.

“Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time?”

This delicately poised Test series in Australia represents the best possible preparation Ireland could have hoped for a year out from the World Cup, writes Donal Lenihan.

An Irishman is planning a 1,400km trek between two Siberian towns, both of which claim to be the coldest on Earth. Temperatures can drop to minus 60C.

You know you are in a good place when the first question at a press conference is to consider which of your three Six Nations championships was the most satisfying.

Rugby the people’s choice but what is the women’s game?

New Zealand Rugby is set to consider selecting overseas-based players for the All Blacks, tax breaks, and privately-funded contracts among other ideas in attempts to find a solution to plugging its player drain.

Hats off to Six Nations Rugby for having the foresight to schedule a down week in the 2018 Championship. It coincides with one of the most severe weather events in a generation. Simon Lewis used the pause to encapsulate the various whys, wows, wherefores, and what-nexts

Ireland and Lions winger Tommy Bowe faces up to eight weeks out of the game after suffering a shoulder injury when he came on as a replacement in Ulster’s thumping 38-7 defeat by Leinster at the RDS on Saturday evening.

The owner of a world-class plant collection in Kerry is set to realise his greatest professional ambition by exhibiting at next May’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The big guns are back for Munster’s Champions Cup showdown with Leicester Tigers at Thomond Park tonight (7.45pm) and what a noise there has been around them these past few days.

Virgil may have coined the phrase ‘Love Conquers All’ but it took Carol Drinkwater to reinvent it as a creative metaphor, writes John Rainsford

Joe Schmidt was under no illusions as he surveyed the fast-approaching 2018 Six Nations Championship.