This Rugby World Cup bid, you know it’s going to happen, right? 

Have no doubt, this was a huge win for Kieran McGeeney and his troops, writes Declan Browne.

A senior Tusla manager has told the Charleton Tribunal that it was incompetence and not “something sinister” that led to a false rape allegation being made against Garda whistle blower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

As they prepare for the pool stages of next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup at the UCD Bowl, Ireland winger Alison Miller believes they can take inspiration from their historic 2014 win over New Zealand.

We may well admire the whistleblower in the abstract but the organisations we, and they, belong to, are more primitive in their reactions, writes Mary Morrissy

What we see is what they got. Rarely, if ever, will an athlete do something they haven’t been coached to do or practised at length before the ball is thrown in. 

Garda management is to be questioned over the sudden resignation of Garda whistle- blower John Barrett from a key ethics committee at the Public Accounts committee today. 

The man who first imagined the grassy Wisconsin cattle farm as a potential piece of the US Open’s hallowed history will see that vision come to life this week.

Writing here on the eve of Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Austria, I was full of confidence that we were going to win, perhaps even with a bit to spare, writes Liam Brady.

A throwback this and not just because it was, in the main, an atavistic reversion to the old long ball game from Ireland, an all too familiar one-dimensional approach which looked like it was never going to pay off – until it did.

After a long flight west to east, it takes 36 or 48 hours for the body clock and brain to catch up, writes Damien Enright. 

If you’re all at sea about a theme for your interior look this summer, head for Aldi which has some great ‘Coastal Look’ accessories coming into stores next Thursday, June 15.

So prodigious was Colm Cooper’s talent as a teenager that he usurped more established players, writes Kieran Shannon.