The GAA’s stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna said it is “flattering” Croke Park has been linked with staging a world boxing title fight.

THE conflict between Motorsport Ireland and Kart Ireland continues, with the latter claiming one of the five karting venues have nailed their colours to the mast of the governing body by agreeing to host three events – two championships races and the C Plate races – organised by the Irish Karting Club (IKC).

The site for Northern Ireland’s new £80m (€119.1m) police college will be selected today.

Members of Northern Ireland’s policing board were under pressure today to ratify moves to site a new £80m (€118.6m) officer training academy at a food science centre.

A police crackdown on Northern Ireland’s counterfeit clothes trade has scored one of its biggest ever successes after goods worth £180,000 (€291,338) on the street were seized, it emerged today.