A Garda oversight chief has said calls to put off the appointment of a new Commissioner until a policing reform body has reported are useful.

But there were wild celebrations elsewhere on the continent.

Portugal and France secured their places at next summer's World Cup finals but Holland will miss out on a second successive major tournament.

Jeff Hendrick praised the spirit shown by the Republic of Ireland as they claimed second spot in Group D with a smash-and-grab raid against Wales in Cardiff.

Daryl Murphy will remember last Friday’s home game against Moldova as the night he trebled his international tally.

West Ham eased the pressure on manager Slaven Bilic by fighting back from two goals down to beat Tottenham 3-2 in the Carabao Cup fourth round.

The leader of Kenya's main opposition party has urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the country's disputed presidential election amid rising political tensions and fears of violence.

Rangers are deeply unhappy with the way their case has been handled since their Betfred Cup semi-final loss.

Huddersfield are celebrating one of their best wins in decades to bring Manchester United's unbeaten Premier League start to a shock halt.

"We don't feel bad when we see Wembley, it's a good place and a wonderful stadium."

Spartak Moscow player Leonid Mironov has been charged with racially abusing Liverpool striker Rhian Brewster, UEFA has announced.

It is the second time this season Liverpool have been forced to act against the Russian club.

Vitaly Mutko is now Russia's deputy prime minister, president of the Russian Football Union and the chairman of the organising committee for Russia 2018.

There will be no Russian anthems, flags or uniforms at February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after the country was banned for state-sponsored doping.

Olympic chiefs look likely to ban Russia from February's Winter Games in Pyeongchang over systematic doping when they meet today.

The lawyer of the man who blew the whistle on Russia's state-sponsored doping programme believes anything other than a ban from February's Winter Olympics would "embolden the cheats".

The European Commission has said that "sufficient progress" must be made on three key issues before it will move on to negotiations on trade and the transition to a future EU/UK relationship.

Opponents of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe are preparing to demonstrate for the ousting of the 93-year-old leader who is virtually powerless and deserted by most of his allies.

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The Taoiseach has confirmed Government will not be immediately addressing pensions anomalies which have seen 42,000 people lose as much as €1,500 a year.