Another terrific Croke Park performance from Cormac Costello helped Dublin to return to winning ways in the Allianz League, ending Mayo's 100% start in the process.

University College Cork 2-21 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick 0-13

Tipperary legend Eoin Kelly fears free-flowing hurling will suffer this year due to robust refereeing.

Mick Bohan’s Dublin got the defence of their Lidl National Football League Division 1 title back on track this afternoon with a comprehensive win over Tipperary in Ardfinnan.

Dunnamaggin fired seven unanswered points to become the eighth Kilkenny club to capture AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling honours in an entertaining decider at Croke Park.

Another Kerry-Dublin classic in Tralee ended in a welter of excitement and a third successive Allianz League Division 1 victory for the Kingdom

Ireland made it two from two in the the Six Nations U20 Championship after following up their home win over England with a comfortable victory against Scotland at Netherdale last night.

The old people talk about the trouble they used to have with going to the fair.

St.Mary’s have qualified for the last four of the Sigerson Cup battling in earnest to a two point win over Maynooth in Dundalk.

"Nothing like a clean sheet to welcome in the birth, eh Joe?"

They always remember the last man standing, the man with the match ball in his hand when the final whistle sounds. Wayne Hutchinson was that man in Thurles last November when Ballygunner finally claimed that elusive second AIB Munster club SHC title.

Some of the reaction to Ireland’s defeat by England last weekend has been crazy, writes Donal Lenihan.

Some nurses would get pay increases of 40% next year if the government gave in to their demands.

With the demise of the INF treaty, Europe is entering a potentially dangerous period and must play a central role in containing the new nuclear arms race, writes Sigmar Gabriel.

Against Leicester City on Sunday, Manchester United produced their worst performance under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s short stewardship.

When Ireland last fielded their front line troops at the Aviva Stadium, against New Zealand in November, the rapturous response from players and fans alike at the final whistle could not have been more exuberant. Unbridled joy. Kings of the world.

Gregor Townsend’s side got their Six Nations tournament off to the perfect start.

In his essential book on Hollywood Adventures In The Screen Trade, William Goldman tells of sharing a car one day with the Canadian director Norman Jewison. Jewison, whose daughter’s birthday party is due to take place the following day, says: “I wonder what the weather’s going to be like tomorrow?”

David Duchovny made his name on TV and cinema – and now he’s taking on the music world, writes Lorraine Wylie.

From chocolates to dinner, from simple intimate time together to lavish spa treatments, Ciara McDonnell looks at some fabulous Valentine’s Day hotel breaks.