Here, we assess the state of play for the Irish on the turn towards the biggest week in Irish football for eight years. Two games away from a first World Cup for 24 years is a tantalising prospect.

Ticket prices are becoming as much a headline as the matches themselves for this year's World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada

McCabe's Arsenal contract runs out at the end of the season and will not be renewed

The Fifa president’s sycophancy towards the US president has left the organisation facing a new nadir, but any reckoning seems a distant prospect

The reigning Masters champion teed it up at one of golf's most famous courses and shot a best-ball 63 alongside Gerry to win the gross division

You start to believe the silent majority is not okay with it being business as usual.

“When France and Netherlands are on it, they can be completely unplayable," said Ireland head coach Carla Ward. “But when they’re not, there’s areas to exploit."

Sections of Irish fans questioned the English-born player’s commitment when he’d reappear in Ipswich’s matchday squad immediately after international breaks he’d been ruled out of through injury

It is a thin line between triumph and disaster as much as the silverware itself that has made Irish golf's golden generation all such compulsive viewing.

Initiative allows global audiences — and those unable to travel the route — to experience the journey

Ireland take on Les Bleus at Talaght on Tuesday evening.

Jordan Pickford’s ‘best save ever’, Antoine Semenyo’s shifting mentality and Liverpool’s set-piece threat grows

The Irishman stood on the 16th tee at PGA National with a three-shot lead and in supreme command before unravelling with back-to-back double bogeys which handed the title to Nico Echavarria

The Ireland Men are next in action on Tuesday.

Adare Manor event in 2027 will attract around 280,000 visitors

But Man City's stand-in striker won't be watching Arsenal play Chelsea on Sunday.

Using VAR to check corners will be an option for competitions from this summer, while the core VAR protocol has now been widened to cover second yellow cards and cards awarded to the wrong team

Volatility and unusual structure at Stamford Bridge leave club’s young manager with a big test to rebuild like his rival has at Arsenal.

Ireland will welcome the Welsh to the Aviva Stadium for a Friday night clash this week. 

King suffered the awful injury against England in last year’s Six Nations but has made a remarkable recovery.