Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

A modest proposal: Uefa should now do the decent thing and cancel this year’s Champions League final.

The last time there was a big Munster senior hurling championship game in Waterford, back in 1996, Ken McGrath was still a minor.

Still trying to find the perfect pair of jeans? Annmarie O’Connor has done the work for you. Here are her new denim rules.

A special bucket collection for a special Cork GAA talent takes place outside Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday. It is worth your support. Now read on....

It comes as a joy - and even a little bit of a relief - when Pauline McLynn sits down for our interview and orders a proper pot of Irish breakfast tea.

It’s not often that you’d find yourself sympathising with sports bodies.

The move is part of a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

Summer is almost upon us but forgive me if I’m not of a sunny disposition. The standard of hurling refereeing is slipping and I fear it could have a major bearing on what we see in the coming weeks.

II read that they are planning to put microchips into sliotars now.

The one word uppermost in the minds of all Barcelona players, fans and pundits throughout this season was ‘Roma’.

In the second day of a three-part series on the European elections, Elaine Loughlin profiles Dublin — the ‘constituency of death’.

Glastonbury is back and there are a host of other overseas festivals offering impressive line-up, writes Ed Power.

Munster sneaked into the Guinness PRO14 semi-finals by the skin of their teeth in Limerick on Saturday as Benetton missed two late drop-goal attempts after a game performance in their historic first knockout game.

Three goals in eight second-half minutes propelled Laois to a first ever All-Ireland Minor B Camogie Championship, getting the better of Limerick by 4-6 to 2-5 in the replayed decider at MacDonagh Park.

Twelve months after an injustice undid them at the Euro U17 finals, Ireland were again left fuming by a refereeing decision in the tournament.

A cynic, according to Oscar Wilde’s Lord Darlington, is “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing”.

Have you refereed outside the country before?

Martin MacLean blows his whistle. He takes a step forward and throws the ball in the air.

There are two distinct types of difficult games to watch, depending on your preference.