The Republic of Ireland have drawn 1-1 against Poland in their friendly in Wroclaw tonight.

Next week's Ryder Cup in Paris will be the last but one biennial event in Europe before 2026. With an extravagant investment by its owner, Adare Manor resort in Limerick makes a compelling case to join the elite list of hosts.

Paudie Murray admits he is tempted to stay on as Cork senior manager with the aim of guiding them to a third consecutive title in 2019.

Another cold war All-Ireland final and camogie faces an existential crisis but there’s no such concern for this Cork group today.

A stop-start final and a heart-stopping finale?

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Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says he is “hardwired” as a police officer to serve and protect society.

A first championship win over Kilkenny in 45 years progressed Limerick to an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Cork after this pulsating contest.

That it has been 45 years since Limerick last overcame Kilkenny in the hurling Championship won’t play on the mind of John Kiely’s younger troops this weekend.

And so the great day dawns on a bitterly divided nation, writes Enda McEvoy. England are in a World Cup semi-final and the bitterly divided nation is… Ireland, of course. Are we, on the day Harry and Megs visited Croke Park, cheering for them?

So football is not coming home after all.

Tonight's highly anticipated World Cup semi-final converted even those who wouldn't normally bat an eyelid at the sight of Harry Kane kicking a ball around a field.

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France took the lead six minutes into the second half when Samuel Umtiti got to Antoine Griezmann's corner ahead of Marouane Fellaini and saw his header clip the Belgium midfielder on its way into the net.

Mesut Ozil’s father believes his son should quit Germany’s national squad after he was made a “scapegoat” for their shock first-round defeat at the World Cup.

How often have we heard, since the Waterford-Tipperary game, that umpires should be referees and not just friends or acquaintances of the official in question?

A strange affair in Navan.

Irish firms engaged in the trade of goods have reason to feel some relief with the latest Brexit negotiations, while recognising that huge potential pitfalls still remain, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

By Gerry Cox

The law of averages might be against Kilkenny but then they might argue theirs is the stronger commandment based on Cody’s ability to get it right second time around.