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Real Madrid’s 2014/15 season so far has been full of drama and pandemonium, but the club’s AGM yesterday was as serene as could be for club president Florentino Perez.

Knowing the sheer quality of my readers, when I (skilfully) drop the name Umberto Eco, I can almost see them nod in recognition.

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.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann has said Saturday’s junior final scoreline confusion was regrettable.

Austin Stacks 1-13 Mid Kerry 2-10

Liverpool: Lessons to be learned from Real bashing

It’s never easy for any manager to face the microphone after seeing his team come off second best, still less when it’s not just a game but a league title which has been lost in the preceding 90 minutes.

Name: Bríd Ryan

At heart I’m still an old hippy. I veer between cynicism and idealism.

SO THIS is what the far side of austerity looks like.

The Galway senior hurling championship has been thrown into chaos following the decision of the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) to quash the Galway CCC’s ruling dumping Turloughmore out of the competition.

Was Sunday the ultimate All-Ireland hurling final? Now that pulse rates are back to normal, we asked Michael Moynihan to be as objective as only he can be.