The home side's last match before Euro 2024 ended in boos at the final whistle after Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson's goal was enough to give Iceland a shock win

What was supposed to be a relatively straightforward send-off friendly instead ended in an alarming loss to a nation that will be watching this summer’s tournament from afar

There are six significant fixtures down for decision on Saturday.

The point doesn’t do much for Stephen Kenny, who has only one victory in seven league games now. His team sit eighth and all of the teams around them have, at least, two games in hand

Party leaders will study the turnout, first preferences, and transfers in the European and local elections — and in Limerick's mayoral race — to gauge public sentiment in Ireland

It would be easy when the real heat comes on to think that the losers could have a handier route to an All-Ireland final. That can’t entertain Clare's thought process for a second.  

Although this was a low-key friendly played at Gibraltar’s temporary home in Portugal, this result will do few favours for Dragons manager Rob Page.

More than 900 seats on local councils have been filled but there is still plenty of time to go in the MEP elections

Minister Byrne again told MI officials that any decision by Government to provide state funding to support the hosting of major sporting events needs to be underpinned by an independent economic analysis and business case. 

The emergence of Vannes – a club founded less than a lifetime ago, in 1950 – as a rising rugby force has been so rapid that a new high historical water mark could be made early on Saturday

Asked whether he will tell players not going to Euro 2024 before or after Friday's Iceland friendly the England boss said: 'I'll work that through with the staff over the next few days and we'll decide what we think is the best way of doing that'

One letter-writer says voters are concerned about moves towards the militarisation of the EU, while another reader expresses the view that carers should not be subjected to the red tape of means tests

Dr Hyde Park produced the wonderful and the weird last Saturday as Mayo held off a late Roscommon rally to secure their second victory of Group 2 in the All-Ireland Sam Maguire series.

There'll be plenty for Kevin McStay to reflect on after Hyde Park meeting.

Offaly are a work in progress, nonetheless a development that has captivated their people, their 20,000-plus contingent in the 25,825 crowd on Saturday a further indication of their love for them.

Roscommon were edged out by their Connacht rivals on Saturday. 

CBS’s Champions League Today has been met with heaps of acclaim, drawing comparisons to TNT’s Inside the NBA. And Jamie Carragher has proved essential to the chemistry.

The fact Cork have had two weeks off, and the trip for the Ulster champions should even up the score here.

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial but the fight over the case is far from over.

Insofar as we can employ a comparison, this was Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final last autumn against the All Blacks. The only thing that mattered was getting over the line.