I often think about how much nature meant to me as a child, especially when I'm watching children on their devices today, heads down, missing nature all around them

 In 1976 at Wembley, Ireland's moral victory was meant to unlock our gateway to the world. 

While the surroundings at the Sportsground-turned-Dexcom-Stadium become more impressive, making it an inhospitable venue for visitors is still a focus

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 900th career goal in Portugal's home Nations League game victory over Croatia.

The manager safe for now with injuries and signings in mind. 

Football and style icon David Beckham last year helped coffee retailer Nespresso brew up record Irish revenues of £32. 5m (€38. 6m).

A June friendly against USA back in 2018 was billed as a generational shift, the experienced O’Shea bowing out in the knowledge that his teen successor was solidifying Ireland’s core.

Heimir Hallgrimsson's first game in charge of the Republic of Ireland comes against England. 

Bruce has signed a two-year contract to replace Neil Critchley, who was sacked in August after opening the current campaign with successive defeats.

The tributes following his death at 39 have spoken for themselves: a mark of the man as much as the player.

The Manchester United manager can resort to performance metrics now but if he did so earlier, he may have been able to identity and resolve familiar flaws that linger from last season.

Omar Berrada has insisted Erik ten Hag remains the right man to take the club forward.

Casemiro display against Liverpool was painful, but the blame for United’s early season struggles sits with an incoherent shape

The 17-year-old is a holding midfielder who was promoted to United’s first-team for training last season and is part of the development squad coached by ex-Ireland defender Paul McShane.

Salah’s goal in the 3-0 win over Manchester United meant for the first time in his eight seasons at the club he had found the net in the opening three matches of the campaign.

Man Utd supporters will hope their boss can regroup as we reach the first international break.

It was a busy end of summer for the team. Here are our August highlights

Jack Grealish on the comeback trail, Iliman Ndiaye offers Everton hope and Declan Rice appears unruffled

“I met him after the game in the dressing room, so he didn’t leave the stadium at half-time,” Ten Hag said. “Why I subbed him was because we are 2-0 down against an opponent as Liverpool, with their qualities, they are very good."

Roy Keane described United’s performance as “really shocking”.