The Saffrons won an enthralling final against Kingdom.

The Ballymun Kickhams great has started in all of Dublin’s All-Ireland final wins since 2011.

The finalists both have five players on the XV.

The MLS Best XI for 2019 has been announced, with prolific strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Carlos Vela the standout names.

The free agent, released by Southampton this summer, has been recognised for his performances at this month’s Uefa U19 Championship in Armenia.

They were commissioned by Dublin City Council Company to celebrate the people who make the capital special.

The celebrated Irish author has been appointed a Dame of the British Empire.

Elsewhere, Aidan O’Brien was voted Manager of the Year and there was a surprising result regarding Team of the Year.

Nick Cave, Johnny Depp and Carl Barat are among those due to take part.

7 awards for Dublin and 6 for Mayo.

The 27-year-old came off the bench in Saturday’s win over Japan.

O’Gara is now the fourth sportsperson to receive this honour.

The veteran broadcaster will receive the award for his “superb and distinguished contribution to Irish broadcasting for almost five decades”.

Both men will be honoured with Hall of Fame awards next Saturday.

John McDonnell has been appointed to his position in recent days by new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

It was an epic month of action at HQ.

The 21-year-old collected two more prizes at Connacht’s awards ball last night.

Meanwhile, JJ Hanrahan was selected as the province’s leading young player of the season.

The Everton man has been voted as the best in the position in the Premier League by his fellow pros.

The 54-year-old passed away last week, having been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on the 5th of April.

The European Commission president is due to give a 25-minute speech at the ceremony.

Aitzaz Hassan sacrificed himself to save his classmates when a suicide bomber targeted a school last week.

Sligo Rovers, Davy Fitzgerald and the Irish Ladies rugby team are all nominated for the Canon Hayes Sports Awards tomorrow night.

Kerry’s Jack Savage and Limerick’s Ronan Lynch won the provinical minor awards.

The awards will be presented at Friday night’s Allstars banquet at Croke Park.

The former England flanker is hoping to display his medal and MBE properly now that he has retired.

The 18-year-old actress is set to receive the Maureen O’Hara Award.

Fr Stan Brennan had been working as a missionary in South Africa since 1965.

Former President Mary Robinson and novelist Edna O’Brien were among the 25 women celebrated last night.

The golfers have made it on to a shortlist of ten for the ceremony, which takes place on December 22.

Oprah Winfrey was also honoured by the Academy, receiving an honourary Oscar for philanthropy, while makeup artist Dick Smith received one for his work on films such as The Exorcist and The Godfather.