The only bit of good Nations League news out of last night for Ireland is that, with Denmark’s stand-off with their federation now resolved, they are sure to present a rather more formidable obstacle to Wales in Aarhus on Sunday than sorry Ireland were able to muster in Cardiff.

Being “thrown in at the deep end” suited Amy O’Connor just fine. Rather than being inhibited by promotion to the Cork team while still a teenager, the St Vincent’s forward flourished with the responsibility placed on her young shoulders.

The Republic of Ireland fall behind to an early goal and it is a beautifully crafted strike.

The much-hyped new film release BlacKkKlansman has once again brought the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) to public notice, writes Kristofer Allerfeldt.

Back again. Still chasing their dream, hoping this September might bring something different.

Luas operator, Transdev, has sacked one of its drivers after finding that he was ‘moonlighting’ as a taxi-driver in his wife’s licensed taxi.

Mickey Harte has always sweated the small stuff.

Margin of error is something a lot of observers don’t consider when analysing a referee’s performance. Refs don’t go out with a plan to make mistakes but neither do they believe they are going to get everything 100% correct.

Eager presidential hopefuls are promising everything, from rail lines to handing ministers their P45s to dressing up as Hollywood icons to entertain foreign dignitaries.

Mickey Harte had no issue with the big picture stuff.

A fourth straight All-Ireland title for Dublin and a sixth this decade turned out to be their easiest as they swallowed Tyrone’s early promise and made the final their own.

Hilary Fennell meets TV presenter and Chef Takashi Miyazaki.

Dundalk’s ‘bouncebackability’ will be put to the test against Limerick at the Market’s Field tonight, as the Premier Division leaders resume their quest to dethrone champions Cork City who currently trail them by just three points.

Prominent campaigner Colm O'Gorman has said the Pope's comments on the failure of the church to tackle clerical abuse in Ireland was a "shameful deflection of responsibility".

Beauden Barrett scored a record four tries as New Zealand routed Australia 40-12 at Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe Cup.

Pope Francis has warned people of the threat social media poses to relationships.

It was Declan Hannon who said it, sitting in the victors’ banquet with the Liam MacCarthy Cup in front of him: ‘We’ve all marched behind the band out the back garden when we were four, five, six years of age.’

Cork City 4 Maynooth University Town 0

What’s winning an All-Ireland final with Limerick like? Like becoming a father for the first time? Like being hit be a car, it knocks you on your back, sending your system into brief shock before you slowly grasp what’s after happening

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