The whoops and hollers were still going strong inside the St Michael’s dressing room after they had beaten Omagh CBS in the MacRory Cup final on March 18, when captain Brandon Horan was asked to speak to some reporters outside.

Jim Stokes has been synonymous with Ulster rugby for over three decades.

The ethics watchdog has said it is powerless to investigate whether a TD on the Oireachtas’ Sports Committee broke any rules when he obtained World Cup final tickets through the FAI.

Mick McCarthy has never had much truck with spin.

Between the idle chatter about France and the build-up to the weekend’s nicely poised Champions Cup quarter-finals, one of the most important rugby stories slipped through unnoticed this week.

Two Irish European Cup-winning fly-halves past and present are casting a long shadow over Billy Burns as he prepares for the biggest game of his career.

The administrators of the four provincial football associations have issued a statement backing John Delaney’s tenure as FAI CEO, praising the “contribution of Mr Delaney to the grassroots game”.

The Republic of Ireland have been hit with a UEFA charge after protesting spectators threw tennis balls on to the pitch during their Euro 2020 qualifier victory over Georgia.

John Fallon Denmark’s Henrik Dalsgaard is expecting Mick McCarthy to enrich Copenhagen with an entertaining Ireland side for their crunch Euro meeting in June.

It’s a real game of two halves for Irish football just now.

Towards the end of last season, Johnny McNicholl asked himself a rhetorical question: “Am I Welsh? It’s a tough question to answer. I don’t know.”

Rory McIlroy has made an impressive start to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas today.

Sean O’Brien’s form and fitness have both given cause for concern this season, but the Leinster back row remains confident that he still has plenty to offer as his last days with province and country approach.

Masters week is a time for the stars of golf to shine. But for some, the real fun begins after dark.

Britain and its prime minister, Theresa May, have been granted a Brexit extension by the EU until October 31, which is Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve, depending on where you live.

The actions of a callous, negligent police force led to the worst stadium-related disaster in English sports history. Three decades later, the fight for justice for the 96 victims goes on, writes Daniel McConnell.

The commercial firm owned by Irish rugby legend, Paul O’Connell last year enjoyed a bumper year as accumulated profits topped €2m for the first time.

Joe Schmidt was French Rugby President Bernard Laporte's first choice to be appointed as the new head coach of Les Bleus.

Ireland's Derrick Williams has spoken out about being on the end of online racist abuse from one of his club's own supporters.

A former teammate of Israel Folau has said it is time for the player "to be moved on".