Elsewhere, Tipperary footballer Robbie Kiely has announced his inter-county retirement.

The extended climate conference finally came to an agreement last night after running late into the weekend.

EU leaders have agreed to put sanctions on most Russian oil imports.

The seven-time world champion defiantly arrived at practice wearing a large amount of jewellery but performed a U-turn after talks with the FIA.

Pat Devlin discusses the Bray-Cabinteely merger and looks ahead to the new First Division season.

The tourists’ fixture with the Sharks will now take place at 6pm Irish time, while the England football team may be in action from 8.

The tech giant has resolved its conflict with the Australian government.

After the Portuguese side went to Fifa to demand compensation for the goalkeeper, the two teams have now worked out an agreement.

The cabinet will meet this morning, while the Fianna Fáil front bench will meet before lunchtime.

Are you looking for a change? Let’s see.

It follows days of wrangling over the date for the introduction of the payment between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Brendan Howlin is emerging as the clear favourite to succeed Joan Burton.

A reflection on the GAA’s ban an players taking part in foreign games.

Or at the very least, make it very difficult to be compromised.

The political party has suggested that three concerts should go ahead this year and the final two next year.

The compromised database contained encrypted eBay passwords and other non-financial information.

The BSI uncovered the security breach after it ran an analysis of botnets, which can be used to carry out attacks.

The vice-chair of recent talks told RTÉ’s Prime Time that some parties are continuing to focus on the parts of the deal they disagree with.

The General Secretary of the INTO said today that two issues of note were higher pay and the supervision allowance.

A proposal on introducing 30 seconds of silence before the daily prayer was reached by compromise between Senators Ivana Bacik and Ronan Mullen.

Ireland romped to victory in their first Test of this year’s International Rules Series, largely thanks to the team’s AFL experience, says its manager.

Croke Park is set for the decisive second test tonight.