Irish bobsleigh pilot Aoife Hoey safely negotiated her Winter Olympic debut and said her and Claire Bergin’s performances at the Whistler Sliding Centre had served as a major boost for winter sports in Ireland.

SHANE LOWRY begins his first major championship in the United States today finally beginning to feel at home amongst the best players in the world.

A PRESSURE that I enjoy. hat’s the excited reaction of Paul McGinley to the coming three tournaments that will decide whether he again lines out for Europe against the US in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills next month.

A 61-year-old man died after he became trapped by a container he was directing onto a ferry at Dublin Port.

The Football Association have tonight launched an inquiry into alleged comments from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, criticising referee Graham Poll.

Whistle-blower Julian Assange today said his life was under threat as he prepared to fight an extradition bid after being freed on bail.

Davy Fitzgerald will have to plan for Sunday's Leinster final without Aidan Nolan who has received a two-game suspension after being red carded after the full-time whistle against Kilkenny.

Don’t work with children or animals, they say. With the former, the GAA have long succeeded in defying that idiom, but in Croke Park yesterday they tried their hand with a bird of prey and, well, it didn’t go too well.

We will soon be returning to West Cork from La Gomera, in the Canary islands. Yesterday, I found the text of a light-hearted radio talk I gave about island life in the late 1980s. In 40 years, it hasn’t lost its magic. This is what I wrote...

Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis couldn't help laughing after his side stole a win over Chelsea yesterday.

Great stuff.

MAN UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has been handed a two-match touchline ban and a £5,000 fine by the FA.

A block on processing donations by credit card companies to Wikileaks has cost the whistle-blowing website over £30m (€37m), its founder says.

The Football Association have charged Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock with improper conduct.

Gardaí are set to probe an alleged assault on the referee of a junior hurling game in Limerick recently.

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

Arsene Wenger today refuted his charge from UEFA for improper conduct in the fall-out from Arsenal’s Champions League defeat to Barcelona.