Ballyboden St Enda’s deservedly set up a Leinster club final date against Portlaoise in a fortnight’s time thanks to a comfortable win over St Loman’s of Westmeath this afternoon.

Jose Mourinho was back in the dugout and Diego Costa returned to the score sheet as Chelsea claimed a much-needed 1-0 win over Norwich.

The North is on safe ground and is a place transformed, Peter Robinson has told his party conference.

Saracens took complete control of Pool One with a hugely impressive 27-9 win at Kingspan Stadium.

The international community has strongly condemned the Kosovo opposition’s “continued use of violence to achieve political goals”.

The goalkeeper for Columbus Crew will be a bit sheepish this morning.

Tiger Woods won 14 majors by the age of 32, but turns 40 on December 30 and faces a daunting task to match the record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.

The Taoiseach has today apologised to the family of a six-week-old baby who waited 11 hours in A&E before being admitted to a children’s ward.

Deulofeu turned in a master-class to send Everton into the Capital One Cup semi-finals.

Opposition policy-makers have released tear gas in Kosovo’s parliament as they tried to pressure the government into renouncing deals with Serbia and Montenegro.

The shock result brought an end to Tottenham’s 14-match unbeaten run in the league

Failing children’s services that are putting the lives of young people at risk will now be taken over by other councils and charities, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he has does not have problem with West Brom’s tactics or their manager Tony Pulis despite a fractious 2-2 draw at Anfield.

Klopp gathered all his players together and walked towards the Kop hand-in-hand in a gesture of thanks.

Millstreet’s synonymy with boxing is in many ways an apt one.

United now face the prospect of playing Europa League football in the new year.

The aggravation continued during the game and after the final whistle.

The shemozzle kicked off during a final at Páirc Tailteann in Navan.

Louis van Gaal stood by his controversial decision to substitute Anthony Martial for Marouane Fellaini in Manchester United’s narrow victory over CSKA Moscow.

Striker Arouna Kone’s hat-trick saw a Gerard Deulofeu-inspired Everton rack up their biggest Premier League win in eight years against a shell-shocked Sunderland.