Bemand has made three changes to the starting XV. Co-captain Sam Monaghan returns to the second row, Enya Breen is named at centre, and Méabh Deely starts at fullback.

Cork native Hurley - regarded as one of Sunderland and Ireland's greatest ever footballers - won 40 international caps between 1957 and 1969, captaining his side on over 20 of those occasions.

McIlroy is set to return to the PGA Tour policy board just months after stepping down and believes he can assist in striking a deal between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Bayern are looking for a new coach with Thomas Tuchel poised to leave the German powerhouse at the end of the season.

The 40-year-old former Argentina striker is now manager of Independiente and the club announced he had been taken to hospital in Buenos Aires before later providing an update.

Thursday’s Premier League trip to Brighton will be their 53rd match of a season which started with the Community Shield on August 6 and has included the European Super Cup against Sevilla, the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia and a run to the FA Cup final next month.

After overcoming injury trouble, Leinster prop Michael Milne is hoping to build on recent performances in blue. 

Monaghan is expected to feature on Saturday as Scott Bemand’s charges aim for a third-place Championship finish and - by extension - qualification for next year’s World Cup finals.

Pursuit of Rúben Amorim may stall on €15m buyout clause.

The worry is how much more ground is lost while the FAI struggle to convince the political classes of their qualification to put taxpayers’ cash to proper use.

Bill Gladden, of Haverhill, Suffolk, was just 20 years old when he arrived on a Hamilcar glider carrying a tank and six motorbikes on June 6, 1944

The Examiner's resident 'Gen-Z'er seemingly threw the cat in among the pigeons with a recent column on text/DM etiquette — here, two of her generational predecessors argue the toss over grammar and its role in daily life

Independiente added Tevez would stay in hospital for the time being while further examinations were conducted.

O'Gara said he would not settle for just being a member of the France backroom team. 

Havertz struck twice as part of an 18-minute blitz in the second half against Chelsea.

The idea is that Scott Bemand and Ireland sift through this “intel”, discarding what’s not required and utilizing the nuggets that can fast-forward their journey back up rugby’s ladder

Munster head coach Graham Rowntree also confirmed that Jean Kleyn will be available to play next season.

The 34-year-old Glasgow hooker has not played since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament while playing for the World XV against the Barbarians at Twickenham last May.

The Kerry star chats in real terms about the loss of his mother a year ago and how football insulated the family from the grief - at least for a while. 'In a weird way, you were nearly invincible for a few weeks because it didn't really matter what happened'

Alan Rice's widow said in her victim impact statement: 'I find it difficult to live in world without him.'