12+ min ago   (386+ words) The morning breeze around Doonbeg was gentle but still it carried murmurs about Donald Trump’s intentions. Some thought he would rise early to see off Rory McIlroy, others swore he’d be out to see Brooks Koepka less than an hour…...

46+ min ago   (438+ words) In sport, those with the killer instinct don’t hold back or wait for any favours. Such was the mindset Shane Lowry brought into the final round of the Amgen Irish Open where the 39-year-old Offaly man started with a four-stroke…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (265+ words) July 1972. I was 11 years old. In a country tense with uniformed killings and violent recrimination, my mother’s Austin A40 made a tortuous one-day journey to Toormore Bay in west Cork. It was a warm summer, but televised outrage had kept the…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (322+ words) Alex Dunne had to settle for second place after a frantic and entertaining Formula 2 feature race at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid. With only three rounds to go, the Offaly driver remains fourth in the championship standings. Sweden’s Dino…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (488+ words) World champions South Africa beat New Zealand for a third ‌successive weekend to win the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series 3-1 as they took the last of four tests 43-28 on Saturday. The Springboks outscored the All Blacks six tries ​to four with…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1785+ words) A friend, who is Spanish, has been resident here in Ireland for about 10 years. Her mother passed away recently and a house she owned in Galicia is being left to her and her brothers who live in Spain. They are…...

10+ hour, 5+ min ago   (703+ words) US president Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are due to be reunited later on Sunday at the Irish Open in Co Clare. Martin is to attend the final day of play at Trump’s golf resort in Doonbeg alongside the…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago   (453+ words) “I am really surprised. There were better swimmers in this race than me,” Bruno Delmonte, winner of the men’s race in the 106th year of Dublin’s Liffey Swim, said on Saturday. Cheering crowds lined the quays between Rory O’More Bridge and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (463+ words) Galleries at the 20th Solheim Cup have been granted a blockbuster start with Nelly Korda and Charley Hull to face off in Friday morning’s foursomes. The meeting of Korda, the world No 1, and Hull, Europe’s star turn, should ensure an electric…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (745+ words) It can be hard sometimes to drum up much interest or excitement in any newly staged athletics event. One of the first people I spoke to about this weekend’s Ultimate Championship in Budapest responded by asking was that the one…...