Catholic children enduring daily protests at their Belfast school could be permanently damaged, a priest at the centre of the dispute has warned.

Paul Lambert reckons former team-mate Harald Brattbakk has proved the critics wrong but is hoping he can still become a Celtic hero in Porto next week.

The secretary of the Tipperary GAA board Michael O'Brien has welcomed the initiation of the anti-doping measures, which were introduced on All-Ireland Final hurling day for the first time.

As the half-time whistle blows, Ireland lead by five points.

Ulster fly-half David Humphreys shattered the Heineken Cup points scoring record at Ravenhill tonight to leave Wasps on the brink of an early Heineken Cup exit.

About 200 loyalists gathered on the disputed Ardoyne Road to hold a short service in memory of 16-year-old Thomas McDonald, who died in an incident in another flashpoint area of the city on Tuesday.

Northern Secretary John Reid says the north Belfast school crisis can trigger a political settlement in Northern Ireland.

Dozens of Catholic families have made their way safely down the Ardoyne road to the Holy Cross Primary School this morning.

The protest by loyalists at the Holy Cross School in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast has passed off without incident.

There was little trouble in Munich last night following the English victory over Germany at Olympic Stadium.

Holland boss Louis van Gaal is under severe pressure after his side's 1-0 World Cup defeat to Ireland in Dublin.

The parents of a young man murdered in Northern Ireland will tonight be among the audience watching the curtain fall on the final performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical, The Beautiful Game.

Manchester United's big guns got an afternoon off to allow their understudies to rip Sunderland apart in impressive style.

Laois will meet Mayo in the All Ireland Senior Women’s Final after they defeated the Ulster champions Tyrone at Pearse Park in Longford today.

The loyalist protest against Catholic schoolchildren and their parents in north Belfast is to be called off for one day as a mark of respect of those killed in the terror attacks in the US.

Catholic children and parents at the centre of the north Belfast school walk protests today held a prayer service and a minute’s silence for the thousands of victims of the terrorist outrage in the United States.

Two United Airlines jetliners crashed this morning, one in western Pennsylvania and the second at a location the airline did not immediately disclose.

Veteran Tottenham striker Les Ferdinand had the honour of claiming the 10,000th goal scored in the Premiership today.

Loyalist protestors at the Holy Cross Catholic School in North Belfast threw fireworks at school children as they walked home from school this afternoon.

Children involved in the long-running dispute at Holy Cross Primary School in Northern Ireland will get hurt unless the loyalist protests end, it was claimed today.