Irish Water is expected to announce that less than half have paid water charges;Cork camogie captain urges others not to hide their feelings; Paul O’Connell has explained that there was no option but to call time on his Ireland career; Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his left-wing party. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Rob Kearney has rejected suggestions that Paul O’Connell’s switch from Munster to Toulon will kickstart a trend of senior Ireland internationals ending their careers in the financially flush Top 14.

Paul O’Connell has explained that there was no option but to call time on his Ireland career in order to afford himself the best possible opportunity of making his post-World Cup switch from Munster to Toulon a success.

Manuel Pellegrini last night hailed Raheem Sterling as “one of the best attacking players in world football” after the 20-year-old finally completed his big-money move to Manchester City from Liverpool.

It’s official: Damien Duff has become a Shamrock Rovers player — but he’s not ready to don the famous Hooped shirt just yet.

Alexis Tsipras is facing a battle to cling on to his government’s majority; Eircode expects the postcode to be widely used within two years; A teenage girl who survived a plane crash emerged from the wilderness after hiking “for a couple of days”; Barry Davis Ryan was laid to rest yesterday. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Manchester United have fired a further message of intent to their Premier League title rivals by confirming the arrivals of Germany World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger and Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin.

The Irish men’s and women’s Sevens sides will be hoping to keep their Olympic dreams alive this weekend, when both squads travel to Lisbon for the Rugby Europe Olympic Repechage tournament.

Former Munster and international back rower Alan Quinlan believes that Ireland can learn a lot of lessons from what happened in the build-up to the 2007 World Cup as they prepare for this season’s tournament.

Cork County Council has agreed to lease 30 acres of its land to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for a €10m regional centre of soccer excellence in Glanmire.

We’ll start with the context. Nothing occurs in a vacuum.

Yesterday in Thurles was my first time involved in a Munster final since I captained Clare in the 1999 decider against Cork.

Blanket defence still frustrates brilliant Blues

Doug Howlett remains hopeful that Munster will be able to source a replacement for Paul O’Connell from abroad.

Irish rugby stars past and present will line out this Saturday in support of Berkeley balcony collapse victim Aoife Beary.

They’re finally in the game, and now they’re on the cover too. EA revealed that FIFA 16 will feature female players on the cover in the US, Canada and Australia.

Bryan Robson saw a bit of Alex Ferguson in Louis van Gaal when he decided to ruthlessly ditch Robin van Persie, Radamel Falcao and Victor Valdes.

Sepp Blatter yesterday brushed off a stunt by an English comedian to categorically state he will not stand in next year’s Fifa presidential election — and sent a ‘good luck’ message to Michel Platini, the man who is favourite to succeed him.

In the end, it was perhaps one trip too many around the Old Course for Paul Dunne. Call it a Swilcan Bridge too far.

Exciting young prospect Simon Carr has been rewarded with a wild card into the main draw of the ITF Men’s Futures Irish Open.