GUINNESS PRO12:

The best place to begin any appraisal of Tommy Walsh’s career is not with the All-Ireland medals, not with the All Stars but on a Sunday afternoon at Walsh Park in the summer of 1997.

YEARS ago, caught up in rush-hour traffic on a bus, I was thrust up against a warring young couple.

If the GAA and AFL are serious about re-energising the series, they should up sticks and bring it to New York<

The Office of the Revenue Commissioner will be brought before the Public Accounts Committee within weeks to discuss whether it was allowed to properly examine the Ansbacher scandal.

Joe Schmidt’s Ireland played safe, smart rugby in dispatching South Africa on Saturday and made a mockery of their underdog status with the bookmakers.

A plumber on trial for manslaughter arising out of a gas leak at the Trident hotel in Kinsale, Co Cork, had told gardaí he had tested the boiler for possible leaks with a computerised testing device. But the accused later stated he had not done so.

Joe Schmidt must have big sleeves.

Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 0

Whistleblowers whose concerns are ignored within their own organisation cannot be criticised for taking their complaints elsewhere, according to a former Garda commissioner.

IT is not unique to petrolheads, but their ability to engage in lengthy, detailed and often terribly dull discussions about the relative merits of individual cars — or, specifically, their engines — can characterise the breed.

A string of successive ministers in one of the most influential departments in government failed to adequately act on information concerning tax evasion by well-known public figures, according to potentially "explosive" claims made by a whistleblower.

The shady world of corrupt government and ruthless companies bribing them to win lucrative contracts is normally associated with the third world.

IT’S commonplace in our public conversation to deify Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, but the connection between Irishness and racism is studiously avoided. Its uncomfortable, it’s ingrained, but it’s a deeply unattractive part of us.

Tottenham 2 Everton 1

Idler Johnson the unlikeliest of Red heroes

Sunderland 0 Chelsea 0

The great Jack Kyle passed yesterday, aged 88, but what a full life he lived and he knew it.

Liverpool defender Kolo Toure has no doubt team-mate Mario Balotelli is one of the best players in the world and is backing the striker to go on a scoring run following his goal in Tuesday night’s Capital One Cup win over Swansea.