EVERTON manager David Moyes is expected to confirm next week Duncan Ferguson will not be offered a new contract with the club.

NOBODY beats Munster twice.

Derry City 2 Longford Town 1

WESTMEATH officials have reacted cautiously to the news that Down are to seek a replay of the Christy Ring Cup final.

EVERY Rose has its thorn - and if Luxembourg Rose Yvonne Lintner is anything to go

BERTIE AHERN and Fianna Fáil were last night forced to defend the Bertie Bowl debacle after the Progressive Democrats blew the final whistle on the Taoiseach’s pet project.

A SENIOR garda officer yesterday indicated that the force is willing to set up a whistleblowers’ charter that will allow officers to report malpractice.

TWELVE months ago, in Clones, it was so different. Tyrone’s historic breakthrough in winning their first ever Allianz National Football League title was celebrated in style on the field after the final whistle had been sounded by the same referee who officiated in Croke Park yesterday.

Grasshoppers 0 Middlesbrough 1

THREE top civil servants will be appointed next week to vet any private sector public relations consultants that the State hires in future, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern confirmed yesterday.

As Irish airports and airlines virtually resumed normal operations yesterday after the chaos caused by the suspected terrorist attack on several passenger planes, it has to be borne in mind that the spectre of a threat still exists.

Seamus Coleman says he regrets that Ireland weren’t able to put on “a show” for the fans at the Aviva last night.

It was a dream debut for Rhys Marshall as he scored and assisted in the two goals that gave Shamrock Rovers an easy victory over 10-man Waterford FC in last night’s SSE Airtricity Premier Division clash at the RSC.

DCU dominated for the large part as they cruised past rivals UCD by 15 points in their disappointingly one-sided Sigerson Cup semi-final in St Claire’s on Wednesday evening.

Peter Keane’s Kerry have coughed up late leads and drawn with Dublin in two of their last three games; last year’s All-Ireland final stalemate and Saturday’s Allianz League opener which ended 1-19 apiece.

The Grace investigation into claims a severely disabled mute woman suffered decades of sexual abuse at a State foster home has asked to delay its findings until the end of the year — pushing back the start of inquiries into 46 other cases at the home.

Dublin captain Chris Crummey admits he felt mixed emotions as the county secured their All-Ireland survival in Parnell Park last Saturday only to discover they missed out on Sunday’s Leinster final.

The Claret Jug has been renamed the Clara Jug in Shane Lowry's native Offaly.

The concession of two goals during Tyrone’s spell of superiority is what undid the Cork challenge in today’s Super 8 fixture at Croke Park, said manager Ronan McCarthy.

Sean Cavanagh has called Kerry fans a "strange breed", mirroring comments made by Páidi Ó Sé 16 years ago.