Sunderland midfielder Seb Larsson hopes the Wearside club can move on to better things next season after the club secured their Premier League survival on Wednesday night.

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New EU regulations take effect today that will see some of Ireland’s biggest companies publishing information on a range of policies from gender diversity on boards of directors to greenhouse gas emissions.

Defence Forces whistle-blowers who raised concerns about Air Corps staff exposure to carcinogenic chemicals are to receive the review of their disclosures this week.

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Last year’s All-Ireland club hurling champions, St Thomas’, face a relegation play-off in the Galway SHC after defeat to Craughwell over the weekend.

Election posters again became a topic of discussion during the recent local and European elections, as an aside to political issues such as water charges, medical cards and the economy.

Wexford footballer Adrian Flynn has apologised for his outburst against referee Anthony Nolan on social media.

Mayo chairman Paddy McNicholas has hit out at the comments of the Cork management labelling the westerners as "good at tactical fouling" and "extremely streetwise".

Joe McQuillan told Cillian O’Connor there was still 30 seconds left when he popped over the final score of the game, according to Mayo captain Andy Moran.

Rob Penney has offered a slightly different take on weekend reports centre Casey Laulala would be departing the province at the season’s end and joining up with Grenoble in France‘s Top 14.

National Geographic has dubbed the spectacle of an All-Ireland final as the experience of a lifetime.

Limerick Institute of Technology has been scolded for breaking a number of rules on proper corporate governance.

One man believes that Donegal will lift Sam Maguire again this year, and he’s even written it in stone.

Anyone who thought Dr Doolittle was a load of rubbish may have to think again. Scientists have shown that animal “languages” are actually much more than just the simple sequences of grunts and whistles we assumed before.

Oldham have called in police amid reports a death threat was sent to their new manager, Irishman Darren Kelly.

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan will celebrate his 50th birthday tomorrow – an age he, along with many fans, never thought he would reach.

Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel has escaped disciplinary action over his alleged elbowing of Sheffield United captain Chris Morgan during last night’s Barclays Premiership match at Bramall Lane.

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Eddie Hobbs, well-known as the presenter of TV show Rip-Off Republic, has reacted angrily to the “shocking” news that car dealerships in Ireland are allegedly inflating prices.