“I just hope it’s a total shitshow circus.”

Twenty-two years ago, Dr Liam Hennessy was working out at a gym when he bumped into Tadhg Harrington.

Kurt Walker has secured Ireland's fifth medal at the European Games in Minsk this afternoon.

Meteorologists have placed more than half of France, including around Paris, on alert for high temperatures as a heatwave was expected to spread across Europe.

Injury may have diluted Joey Carbery's first year with Munster but the province's out-half believes the time he did manage to bank as the starting ten will stand him in good stead as he targets the upcoming World Cup.

Devin Toner's injury problems are behind him with the Ireland lock declaring himself fit and ready to go as Joe Schmidt's squad ramps up its World Cup preparations.

RTÉ has returned an operating deficit for the fourth year in a row, according to its annual accounts, prompting senior figures at the broadcaster to renew their appeal for a reform of its funding.

A documentary produced by an Irish independent local radio station has beaten off competition from major national broadcasters to win gold at the at the New York Festivals Radio Awards.

The Irish Examiner, RedFM, The Echo and 96FM are taking on the challenge of the King of The Hill Sprint Triathlon taking place at Dock Beach in Kinsale on Saturday, July 27.

Former Roscommon goalkeeper Shane Curran is adamant Dublin having two Super 8 games in Croke Park is “not right or fair” but he doesn’t expect his county to contest it.

Stina Blackstenius fired Sweden into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup but they needed a penalty save from Hedvig Lindahl to edge out Canada 1-0 in Paris.

Ireland enjoyed seeing three boxing medal hopes progress on Day 4 of the European Games in Minsk – but Dean Gardiner and Kieran Molloy have bowed out at the hands of experienced Eastern European hard men.

The United States needed two penalties to see off a stubborn Spain side and advance to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup with a 2-1 win in Reims.

A look at some of the highlights from the 2019 Cork Midsummer Festival.

Charlie Mulqueen Tickets to the Masters tournament at Augusta are as precious as gold dust and usually available only to long-standing patrons and the very privileged.

Nigeria coach Thomas Dennerby refused to blame VAR for their Women's World Cup exit at the hands of Germany but believes no one has found the solution to the system's on-going teething problems.

In many households, I’ll wager, it’s no longer the ‘Women’s World Cup’; it’s just the ‘World Cup’ now.

The deepening ennui around Gaelic football presents many side effects.

What makes a champion nervous?

Theatre for One at Cork Midsummer Festival offers an enjoyable new experience, writes Des O'Driscoll.