Ireland's victory over Portugal had a peak audience of 966,000

Colin O’Brien’s young Boys in Green came through the round of 32 on penalties against a tough Canada team who had taken points off of France and Uganda – both sides are also in the Last 16.

The salary Heimir Hallgrimsson joined on, €650,000, will be increased and there’s also the incentive of a seven-figure bonus for staff should they steer the team to what would be a first World Cup in 24 years.

'I’m still taking it all in,' said Josie as she hugged her granddaughter

Troy Parrott’s last-gasp goal and DR Congo’s triumph proved once again why the best soccer is almost never about the soccer.

It's another action packed weekend of sport on TV.

From a pharmacist to a high-performance coach, GP and breathwork teacher, Gemma Fullam asks 19 people to share how they find happiness in their everyday

The World Cup qualifying campaign appeared like it was going to end in another failure with Heimir Hallgrimsson on borrowed time. Instead, Troy Parrott’s heroics have rewired Irish belief

South Africa visit Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

“We play in a good spirit, we’ve never talked bad about other teams. We always try and play in a good spirit, and hopefully things can just be between the four lines. Are we treated fairly? I don’t think so.”

Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers review the weekend's club championship and World Cup action.

Emotional Irish supporters returned from Budapest praising Troy Parrott’s last-minute heroics, with some even getting celebratory tattoos

Ireland welcome South Africa to town this weekend and it promises to be another epic clash between the two sides.

It comes three years after the competition was first mooted to replace the traditional mid-year tours.

Haaland bagged a double in Sunday's 4-1 win over Italy on Sunday to bring his extraordinary scoring tally in 2026 World Cup qualifying to 16 goals, twice any other player in Europe.

As Parrott mania sweeps the country, the weary but joyful Green Army arrived home from Budapest with talk of their hero taking a tilt at the Áras in seven years

Deal is believed to be worth around €2m annually

Cork-born Josephine McNeill became the first Irish woman to head a diplomatic mission abroad in 1949

Urgent need to future-proof our energy system

Troy Parrott is now a name the Magyars will always remember, the Budapest press adimt.