Cork City have signed another striker with just over 24 hours to go until the start of the new SSE Airtricity Premier Division season.

He joins Ireland's Enda Stevens, John Egan and David McGoldrick at the promotion-chasers.

Saturday was a landmark day for Adam O’Reilly as the 17-year-old from Mahon in Cork city made his Preston debut in the 1-1 draw against Aston Villa.

International football is these days resembling a transfer market and this time Martin O’Neill is nursing the bloody nose.

Mauricio Pochettino insists Harry Kane is happy at Tottenham and can fulfil his desire to win silverware in north London.

Right then, all set for the weekend’s big one in Blighty?

The man accused of carrying out the Finsbury Park terror attack was a "ticking time-bomb" who became obsessed with Muslims after watching a drama based on the Rochdale grooming scandal, a court heard.

Heavy snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind have caused disruption across much of Britain as a band of "severe" weather rolled across the UK.

First impressions count and it didn’t take Joe Mason long to make his mark on his Burton Albion debut.

Stuck for ways to broaden your cultural horizons this week? Des O’Driscoll has some suggestions for you.

Redwater, a new spin-off series from EastEnders, is set in Ireland and begins on RTÉ One tomorrow.

Of vital importance to everyone involved in making the drama is that “the public really understand how grooming works”, writes Susan Griffin

Aiden McGeady maintained his recent fine form as Preston continued their play-off push with a 2-1 win over QPR in Saturday’s Championship clash at Deepdale.

Four members of a child sex grooming gang are facing deportation after losing a legal challenge in their battle to remain in the UK.

A 26-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital after being found on fire outside a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in England.

Two parents have been charged over the death of an eight-month-old baby boy, Greater Manchester Police said.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an eight-month-old baby boy.

Four prospects for the World Cup qualifiers...

The partner of a police officer accused of assaulting a security guard after shoplifting from a supermarket hatched a plan with her hairdresser to provide a false statement in a bid to stop him losing his job, a court has heard.

On a sunny evening recently my son and his housemates decided to have a barbecue in their back garden. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales is facing calls to resign after she was forced into a U-turn over her decision not to charge former MP Greville Janner for alleged child sex crimes.

Katie Hopkins has been accused of behaving in “a dangerously provocative way” after she suggested Pakistani men in the Rochdale area were sex abusers.

USA: A retired teacher who sued a school district, saying administrators discriminated against her because of a phobia that makes her fear young children, has lost her appeal in the federal case.

A terrified llama on the loose in a town just outside Manchester managed to evade capture for six hours before being safely guided back home.

Significant delays in the investigation of child protection cases have been uncovered by inspectors within one of Britain's police forces.

Britain’s approach to tackling child abuse is under fresh scrutiny after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period.

Around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one town in England over a 16-year period, a report said today.

You can see the shock as these pedestrians stand back after this near miss.

A 90-year-old woman has been dragged off the street and raped in England.

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James Mendeika believes Ireland can make the last four of the Rugby League World Cup.

Five years ago, long before Declan Kidney’s Ireland side upset the Wallabies at the 2011 World Cup, another select bunch of Irish rugby players made the Australian public sit up and take notice.

Ireland have called local youngster Matty Hadden into their World Cup squad as coach Mark Aston steps up preparations for their opening game against Fiji.

Ireland Head Coach Mark Aston has announced his 24-man squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.

Police are working to establish if 22 suspected child sexual exploitation cases in the North are linked to potential organised abuse activities.

Torrential rain, thunder and lightning is blighting the first weekend of the school holidays, as thousands set off across the UK for their summer break.

Seven members of a sadistic paedophile ring will appear in court for sentencing today after being found guilty of grooming vulnerable underage girls for sexual exploitation.

The British Government should take steps to claw back some of the pay-off given to a former council chief executive who presided over a sickening grooming scandal, an MP has said.

Three men have been arrested by police investigating a paedophile ring which led to vulnerable schoolgirls being drugged, raped and sold into prostitution.

Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died, aged 60.

A Wizard Of Oz track which has had a surge of popularity in the wake of Baroness Thatcher’s death now looks on course for a place in the top 10.