So prodigious was Colm Cooper’s talent as a teenager that he usurped more established players, writes Kieran Shannon.

Munster’s squad needs stability and another two seasons under the watchful eye of the former Springbok, writes Donal Lenihan.

Colm Cooper, one of the great Gaelic footballers, retired from inter-county competition yesterday. 

For all the credit Niall Quinn gives Martin O’Neill for defending himself, the former striker wants the Ireland manager and Everton boss Ronald Koeman to call a truce in their war of words.

When Rory McIlroy steps onto the practice range at Augusta National today he will do so with that bounce in his stride that tells you he is a golfer with everything in place to take the final step on his road to golfing immortality.

For those of us who love Gaelic football, even this modernised version of the game, last Sunday was a brilliant day full of possibilities, permutations and performances. 

So much for the great “let’s see if we’re better without Zlatan” experiment, then.

Last week, Colm Greaves had a terrific piece in this paper speculating on what Charles Haughey’s political and personal career would have been like if he’d retained a financial interest in a lucrative filly he sold on, Ballidaress.

Arsene Wenger is planning for next season as manager of Arsenal and believes uncertainty over his future should not affect his current squad or potential new recruits.

Another year, another trip down Magnolia Lane and the pressure continues to build on Rory McIlroy to win the Masters and complete a career grand slam of major championships.

In a rapidly changing TV landscape, RTÉ’s only realistic options are to reduce its costs as a TV platform and increase the commercial income it earns as a producer, writes Roddy Flynn

Stephen Duffy is a member of the Irish Wingsuit team attempting to break several world records in California next week. They’ll skydive from a height in excess of 33,000ft, in temperatures of less than -55C, at speeds over 250km/h.

At a stretch, you could call these the best of times and the worst of times for the boys in green.

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He changed the fashion landscape – and one woman was at the enigmatic designer’s side at all times. Susannah Frankel tells Jenny Meirens’ story.

Fiona Coghlan says that she eats really healthy food but she does fall off the wagon more often now.

After the unwelcome lull of the international break, games are coming thick and fast again as Fantasy Premier League managers brace themselves for three rounds of fixtures in the space of just 10 days.

Fifty years ago sons of Glasgow marched on Lisbon, as Celtic became the first British team to win football’s European Cup. Now the city’s rugby Warriors are striving for their own European conquest — at the home of seemingly invincible Saracens.