UL Eagles double dream remains on track following their emphatic 85-57 win over UCC Demons in the Nivea Men’s SuperLeague semi-final at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

As if on cue, the sun broke through just as the March for Marriage came to a halt outside the shut Department of Justice.

IRELAND is set to return to the short-term bond markets this year, ahead of a planned resumption of auctioning long-term debt sometime in 2013.

Mayo manager James Horan made a guarded warning to Cavan referee Joe McQuillan not to use his association with the Dublin squad against his side in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

It’s not often someone steals the limelight from The Boss, but one six-year-old from Dublin managed just that.

KEN HOGAN was already thinking of the All-Ireland semi-final at the final whistle in Nowlan Park yesterday.

GALWAY UNITED registered their first point since April, but manager Sean Connor is still on the verge of leaving Terryland.

PETER McDERMOTT, pictured, a star of Meath’s first All-Ireland SFC triumph in 1949, passed away yesterday at the age of 93.

THE whistle-blower who exposed Tallaght Hospital’s x-ray scandal has claimed delays in making key management changes called for by reviews into the crisis are continuing to damage the facility.

THE head of one of the country’s most powerful trade unions has written to all TDs in a bid to stem criticism of the extent of savings made under the Croke Park Agreement.

Referees in Wexford have fired the first shot across the GAA’s bows in relation to the new expenses structure.

A RELAXED looking Minister Micheál Martin was at home with family and close political friends yesterday as most commentators were caught up in the will he? won’t he? mount a leadership challenge debate.

WICKLOW moved top of Division 3A, level on points with Derry after the Garden County’s 1-15 to 1-14 win over London at Ruislip yesterday.

MACEDONIA will come to the Aviva Stadium for today’s Euro 2012 qualifier with a simple game-plan — to attack Ireland from the first whistle.

MICK MCCARTHY singled out Stephen Ward for praise after the versatile Irishman helped Wolves record a deserved derby victory over Birmingham.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron flew back to Switzerland last night as England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup received a last-minute boost.

AN investigation into the violent scenes that marred the end of last Friday’s Tyrone ladies senior football final is officially underway.

A MAN was stabbed and violent battles broke out between rival football fans in “large-scale” crowd trouble last night.

SEX and booze have been very much off the agenda for Dunmanway FC in the past few days, at least until they get over the game of their lives against Liverpool today.

THE Republic of Ireland will be hoping to cap their fantastic run in the European U17 Championship by overcoming last year’s beaten finalists, Spain at the in the final at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland tonight.