Brass clocks and grey sofas are all part of the mix chosen by Esther N McCarthy.

An All-Ireland final going to a replay is like a kid counting down the sleeps waiting for Santa Claus to deliver the presents, only to run down the stairs and burst in the sitting room door on Christmas morning to be greeted by a sign saying ‘sorry kid, we’re out of stuff, call back in two weeks’.

Oliver Stone’s film ‘Snowden’ may change US public opinion and garner support to pardon the whistleblower, who performed a public service in the public interest, says James Bamford.

Since the final whistle of last Sunday’s chaotic and compelling All-Ireland final, there’s been a consensus that Jim Gavin’s Dublin will automatically be better in the replay. 

When Mark Hayes moved from Cork to LA for fame and fortune, he ended up hanging out with Robbie Williams — on a yacht in the Caribbean.

Kya deLongchamps is moved by the centuries old skills used in the automaton. 

Moldova 1 Republic of Ireland 3: In the usual manner, Ireland made this harder for themselves than was strictly necessary, not for the first time surrendering an early lead in a game, before a second half James McClean brace reasserted the visitors’ general superiority and deservedly sent them joint top on points of Group D with Serbia.

If somebody like Piers Morgan says something sexist (virtually everytime his mouth flaps open), he gets shut down, pulled up, ridiculed. 

Wholly contradictory statements about the alleged smear campaign against whistleblowers must be clarified immediately if the Garda Commissioner is to retain any credibility, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

The summer in France seemed a long way off at the Aviva last night and, for lengthy and depressing spells of this game, the prospect of a summer in Russia seemed even further.