Declan Burke reviews Birds of Passage, The Hustle and John Wick: Parabellum

Bubba Watson was feeling low about his health and even worse about his golf. It reached a point that he wondered if he would ever win again, and he says he talked with his wife on a dozen occasions about retiring.

During the Christmas break of the PGA Tour’s wraparound season, Graeme McDowell toiled for seven hours at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, his home track in Orlando, working on his game. 

Tiger Woods was never in contention in his return to the PGA Tour.

Movies have long had the power to spark tourist trends, but changing viewing habits and increased TV production values mean it’s the small screen that’s now inspiring serious wanderlust, writes Carolyn Moore

Maritime-themed Radharc is ship-shape and is sure to attract attention from sailors and landlubbers alike, writes Tommy Barker

AT the start of this week weather forecasters lifted the spirits of the nation in a way even the most optimistic economist can only dream about. 

Pádraig Harrington admits he may need to undergo surgery on a troublesome shoulder injury to ensure he gets back to fitness in time for the Irish Open and the Open at Royal Birkdale.

Tiger Woods has made his first commitment for the 2017 season after agreeing to play in the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.

French officials have identified the second man involved in the murder of a priest in a Normandy church during morning Mass.

RECEIVED make-up wisdom decrees that you should only focus on one feature at a time — a smoky eye, a bold lip, etc — but there’s a red carpet trend that eschews that notion.

Rory McIlroy insists he’s prefer to be streaky as a putter and a player than a pedestrian plodder.

The road to the Masters starts on the other side of the country for Rory McIlroy.

World number one Jordan Spieth will look to make amends for one of the few mistakes he made in 2015 by winning the Northern Trust Open this week.

The French Riviera has long been the playground of the rich and famous. Darragh Murphy experiences the high life – but on a limited budget.

Pádraig Harrington is no longer searching for ‘the secret’ in the autumn of a glorious career, but he remains just a little bitter nobody told him where his ball was at St Andrews this year, writes Brian Keogh.

Adi Roche and Ali Hewson have been presented with a global humanitarian award.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names including Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett are expected to jet out to the Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival.

Green Property’s Stephen Vernon has swooped on one of West Cork’s loveliest spots, he tells Tommy Barker.

Joe McNamee basks in the comforts of Ireland’s only organic hotel, the Brooklodge Hotel & Wells Spa, in Macreddin Village.

The allure of superstar Nicole Kidman was not enough to salvage "Grace of Monaco" from the scathing wrath of critics as the movie opened the Cannes Film Festival.

Pádraig Harrington must beat seven of the world’s top 10 if he is to win the Honda Classic and make sure he doesn’t miss the Masters for the first time since his debut in 2000.

Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell returns to the scene of his greatest personal triumph for the first time this week insisting his major victory at Pebble Beach will not define his career.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes, wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789 but evidently he had not envisaged the ingenuity of French football.

Pádraig Harrington insists he would crawl out of his “death bed” rather than miss the Irish Open from June 19-22.

It takes a lot to rile Rory McIlroy these days but Nick Faldo’s insistence that his move to Nike is “dangerous” raised the Down man’s hackles ahead of his first-round showdown with pal Shane Lowry in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain.

Shane Lowry will face Rory McIlroy in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona on Wednesday.

Pádraig Harrington this week samples the incredible atmosphere surrounding the par-three 16th hole at the TPC Stadium course in Scottsdale, Arizona as he makes his debut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

After leaving new sponsor Nike and banking giant HSBC as red faced as his new driver, what Rory McIlroy needs more now than a planned four-week break is more competition.

THE new “Nike Chums” Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods remain the top two players in the world golf rankings in spite of missing the cut in last week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.

She was the Hollywood icon who married a prince. On the 30th anniversary of her death, PJ Gibbons looks back at the life of Grace Kelly.

Most parents would recoil in horror at the thoughts of backpacking by train with two toddlers in tow but Rory Fitzgerald found it a cheap and fun way to see Europe.

FLYING to your family holiday destination may have its advantages in terms of speed, but there’s a lot to be said for taking the scenic route by car.

FLYING to your family holiday destination may have its advantages in terms of speed, but there’s a lot to be said for taking the scenic route by car.

EVERY spring, as sure as daffodils bloom, so does the idea that women should worry, diet and exercise their way to bikini-ready bodies.

Jennifer Saunders has confirmed she is going to make 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'.