Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has admitted he may have to adapt his laid-back style to suit the level of the occasion ahead of the Champions League final against Real Madrid.

Cork dual star Libby Coppinger believes her side failed to come close to Kilkenny’s intensity in a devastating opening to Sunday’s Camogie League final, writes Stephen Barry.

Experienced Leitrim attacker Emlyn Mulligan insists it was more important for them than New York to win Sunday’s gripping Connacht SFC tie.

Managers Zinedine Zidane and Jupp Heynckes both believe tonight’s blockbusting Champions League semi-final between holders Real Madrid and Bayern Munich is wide open.

Managers of colleges which fail to give up-to-date accounts or explain how much money they have in private trusts and foundations by the next budget should be hit with significant financial penalties and fines.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

Tom Tierney says Ireland’s women’s team will take priceless lessons into next month’s World Cup from their Six Nations defeat to England last March.

The Central Bank has been asked to intervene in the Garda college financial scandal by opening a fresh examination into the St Raphael’s Garda credit union.

A senior Tusla manager has told the Charleton Tribunal that it was incompetence and not “something sinister” that led to a false rape allegation being made against Garda whistle blower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

As they prepare for the pool stages of next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup at the UCD Bowl, Ireland winger Alison Miller believes they can take inspiration from their historic 2014 win over New Zealand.

The public accounts committee has demanded the HSE immediately hand over an audit report into claims it cut funding to the organisation of the whistleblower in the ‘Grace’ foster care abuse scandal.

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David Beckham is backing his national soccer side to overcome becoming the latest English victims of an Aussie-bashing by bouncing back in the forthcoming European Championship double-header with Liechtenstein and Turkey.

THE outdoors haven’t been pleasant for the past couple of weeks, with Atlantic storms and short, dark days. But there are many places worse off.

Saturday’s win was greeted with stilted applause at the final whistle. It was another fragmented performance: some lovely passages of play mixed with some awful spells.

So, Liverpool perhaps have the most to celebrate from this result as they hang on to the Christmas No 1 spot, a position that has remained with the leading festive team for the past four seasons right until the trophy has been handed out on the final day.

Location: Castletownshend, Cork

Ireland’s players’ union leader is angry about recent unsubstantiated media reports suggesting football matches are being rigged in this country.

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