Of the three televised games this weekend, the most difficult match to officiate was the Donegal v Derry Ulster semi-final in Clones.

Paris menswear shows reached a colourful 1980s-infused climax yesterday, the last day in the spring-summer 2016 collections that saw the City of Light glistening in a summer heat wave.

A bus passenger who tackled armed robbers has been praised for his selfless actions.

TJ Ryan played down an incident following the final whistle when an angry Limerick supporter attempted to confront him before he was ushered away by a steward.

IMAGINE a child of 12 or 13, a nervous, look-away girl or an overly aggressive boy, frightened, cornered, and untrusting because they have been abused, physically or sexually.

Beau Biden, who followed his father, US vice president Joe Biden, into politics has died of brain cancer at the age of 46, less than two years after he was diagnosed.

John Cleary will decide this week if he will allow his name to be considered for the vacant Cork senior football team manager’s post.

Laois 2-22 UCD 1-08: Laois proved far too strong for UCD in this Walsh Cup opener in Abbeyleix on Sunday.

Sligo IT 0-8 NUIG 0-8

With Jimmy Gopperth at 10 instead of Ian Madigan, Mike Ross demoted from the 23 and Jack Conan preferred to Dominic Ryan, Matt O’Connor has provided no scarcity of pre-match debating points for Leinster fans today.

New historical allegations of child sex abuse by priests in the Kerry diocese have been received since a report on clerical abuse in the diocese was published just over a year ago.

Abi Jackson says a proper diagnosis is crucial for asthma.

Hockey

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney has termed the disciplinary measures which followed his side’s ill-tempered battle with Laois in the O’Byrne Cup as “a joke”.

Fallout from the All Ireland senior hurling final between Kilkenny and Tipperary continues.

KILKENNY may have been starved of senior camogie success of late, but midfielder Ann Dalton has never found herself short of accumulating honours.

A REALLY good, no nonsense, family home — that’s 16 Monswood, in a nutshell.

NORTHAMPTON can become the first team through to this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals tonight — but Saints boss Jim Mallinder is taking nothing for granted.

ALL BLACKS hierarchy have complained about Irish referees’ lack of fitness for the second time in less than six months with head coach Graham Henry taking a swipe at Irish whistler Alan Lewis.