A Briton has been arrested in Spain for allegedly killing a German man he caught filming his young daughter with an iPad.

Dermot McElroy is determined to break his championship duck when the Irish Amateur Open gets under way at The Royal Dublin today.

Roy McIlroy is desperate to join the Masters legends for breakfast in the Champions’ Locker Room.

Ireland finished a highly-creditable third in the European Nations Cup after a splendid final day at Sotogrande.

The European Tour have confirmed that next month’s Andalucia Masters at Valderrama has been cancelled.

Michael Hoey put his rivals to the sword, including fellow Irishman Damien McGrane, in being presented with a ceremonial dagger as his prize for winning the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco.

Big Break winning hero, Mark Murphy is living the dream after putting himself into contention in the weather affected Hassan II Trophy in Morocco.

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.

Martin Kaymer’s made a rocky start in his bid to claim the world number one ranking at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters in Sotogrande today.

DARREN CLARKE believes his close friend Tiger Woods got it right in opting for next month’s US Masters as his return to golf.

Next season’s European Tour – starting in South Africa on Thursday – will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including six new ones, and will once again culminate in the Dubai World Championship.

Shane Lowry finished sixth in the European Nations Championship at Sotogrande as England's Sam Hutsby beat Spain's Carlos Pigem Xammar to take title at the first extra hole.

Royal Dublin's Niall Kearney is the best of the Irish entering Saturday's final round of the European Nations Championship at Sotogrande in Spain.

Shane Lowry is seven shots off the pace in his defence of the individual title in the European Nations Championship at Sotogrande.

A couple accused of trying to extort money from Madeleine McCann’s family will appear in court today, Spanish police said.

AN Italian man and Portuguese woman who allegedly tried to extort money from the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann remained in custody in southern Spain yesterday pending further questioning, a police spokeswoman said.

An Italian man and Portuguese woman who allegedly tried to extort money from the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeline McCann remained in custody in southern Spain today pending further questioning, a police spokeswoman said.

Spanish police said tonight they had arrested an Italian man and Portuguese woman who allegedly tried to extort money from the parents of Madeleine McCann, offering them information about their missing four-year-old daughter.

Spanish police arrested an Italian man and a Portuguese woman today with possible links to the case of Madeleine McCann, the four-year-old British girl who vanished nearly two months ago during a holiday in Portugal.

AN Irish property company has agreed an €80 million deal to develop a retail site in southern Spain.

Sixteen-year old Rory McIlroy, who successfully defended the West of Ireland Championship last weekend, heads the entries for the AIB Irish Amateur Open Championship.

Construction company McInerney Holdings has reported a mammoth pre-tax profit leap of 100% to €17.03m. Pre-tax profits for the same period last year (six months to end-June) were €8.53m.

EDDIE POLLAND will face Denis O’Sullivan in the semi-finals of this year’s Daily Telegraph/Sodexho European Seniors Tour Match Play Championship over the new Flamingos GC in southern Spain.

An all-Irish battle has been set up for the semi-final of the Daily Telegraph/Sodexho European Seniors Tour Match Play Championship over the new Flamingos GC in southern Spain.

AS we sat a golf buggy in the late afternoon Mount Juliet sunshine, it was hard to believe a five million dollar golf tournament was taking place a 100 yards or so away.

SPAIN’S Costa del Sol is buzzing with expectation at the imminent opening of an entirely new concept that is set to radically alter the way golf is played in this hugely popular destination.

Philip Walton and Paul Broadhurst are both looking to recapture the spirit of 1995 in Spain today.