Fan rings 999 to complain about Man U form

Classical: Berlin Philharmonie, Live in HD

The head of the GAA’s referees’ association, Pat McEnaney, has described the recent rescinding of red cards as “very disappointing”.

A superb performance from UL Eagles star guard Rob Taylor helped his team to a crucial win in their top of the table Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague clash with UCC Demons.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Dundalk 1

Someone will finally have to claim this season’s La Liga trophy next Saturday when Atletico Madrid travel to Barcelona’s Camp Nou.

An Bord Pleanála has approved an ambitious €40m remediation plan to transform one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones into a large public park.

Don’t allow the diminutive figure of Marian Earls fool you — the Wicklow town native is a powerful force which has helped many of the Irish women’s senior team become household names this last week.

Cork 7-23 Clare 1-5

IT’S 8.45am, Notre Dame University, South Bend, in my son’s off-campus student house. On waking, I look up at my sister, who’s sitting up in bed and gazing around as if she’s just been told the punchline of a joke she doesn’t understand.

Dublin Writers Festival hit the right note with an engaging programme, says Orlagh Ní Arrachtain.

Just a week after winning the Ulster final in July, Armagh captain Caroline O’Hanlon was brushing arms with Usain Bolt and photobombing Prince William and Kate Midleton at the Commonwealth Games.

It’s been just over two weeks since Donegal turned the bookies odds on their head and delivered their finest display of the Jim McGuinness era, seeing off heavily-favoured Dublin with a pulsating semi-final performance that few outside the set-up saw coming.

1. Diarmuid Connolly is a top-class footballer

Forget the Six Nations and settling selection grudges, Saturday night’s clash between Leinster and Munster is all about league points at the top of the RaboDirect Pro12, insists Damien Varley.

All-Ireland-winning manager Davy Fitzgerald has called for the introduction of a second referee during games to cut out the “mangling” of players.

Thursday lunchtime in Ireland’s HQ in Kildare, and all the talk is of the side’s new centre combination.

On Monday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Government will shortly take decisions on Irish Water that will provide greater clarity about the utility and the charges the public will face. The mind boggles.

DIY expert Alan Pardew is taking the IKEA approach to dragging Newcastle out of the doldrums.

St. Anne’s 1-10 Shelmaliers 0-13