Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar has defended Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s decision to march in the controversial St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York.

In February 2010, Seán Greenwood took a volunteering job at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

BODE MILLER wanted out. He felt trapped, like he was being forced to be something he had never asked to be: an All-American poster boy, a bang on the drum, red, white and blue, God Bless America branded piece of Olympic propaganda.

Ireland's Pat Shannon has come in 27th at the half-way stage in the men’s skeleton competition in Whistler last night.

Didier Defago ended 22 years of Swiss downhill heartache by scoring a surprise victory in the delayed blue riband event of the Winter Games at Whistler today.

Winter Olympic officials considered abandoning the Vancouver luge competition following the death of Georgian competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili in training.

THE Irish women’s bobsleigh team could be sensationally stripped of their place at next week’s Winter Olympics following a legal challenge by Australian officials.

TOPFLIGHT have announced sponsorship of a Ski Weather Forecast which will be presented by Martin King live on TV3 each Wednesday and Thursday at 7.58pm until the end of the ski season in March.

More than 50 people were rescued from about 30 gondolas after a tower supporting the lift cables partially collapsed at Canada’s Whistler ski resort.

SUNWORLD HOLIDAYS are boasting unrivalled value on winter holiday prices to Lanzarote from Cork this winter.

An avalanche near one of Canada’s most popular ski resorts swept two men off a cliff, killing one and seriously injuring the other, authorities said.

An avalanche near one of Canada’s most popular ski resorts swept two men off a cliff, killing one and seriously injuring the other, authorities said tonight.

SWISSAIR is offering special fares from Dublin to a range of long-haul destinations (via Zurich). Bookings must be made before October 31, for travel to be completed by January 31.

A bidding war has erupted between rival magazines over the latest images of Nicole Kidman's alleged baby bump.

Lucky Spin dropped down to six furlongs for the first time in her career at York yesterday and showed she has enough speed to make her mark as a sprinter.

Lucky Spin was well beaten when she visited York for the Royal Ascot meeting last month, but it was a totally different story at the sun-drenched course today.

Darlington owner David Metcalfe’s run of success continued when Mecca’s Mate won the Grampian Country Food Group Handicap at York today in the hands of Fergal Lynch.

Seal proposed to supermodel fiancee Heidi Klum on a mountaintop in the Canadian ski resort of Whistler.

German supermodel Heidi Klum and singer Seal are engaged to be married, Klum confirmed on her website.

Jenson Button is confident he can end his quest for a grand prix victory in 2004 – a year he admits will decide his Formula One destiny.