Every day, often as an unwitting gesture, Anna McGann’s right hand will reach across and touch the inside of her left arm. For here lie the forever words of a beloved father, inked in red, a farewell ...

Sometimes leadership can be stealthily acquired with a quiet purpose. Others have it thrust upon them.

Lily Agg told the Irish Independent last month just why she and over a hundred leading pros had lobbied FIFA to drop World Cup sponsors Aramco.

When Emeli Ó hAilpín left her birthplace 38 years ago a piece of her died. For the sake of her new family, she would never mourn the loss.

Rosie, the most famous toddler on the Irish football scene, would have shrieked with delight when waking up on Thursday morning to see the streets and fields of Galway covered in a blanket of snow.

Eileen Gleeson’s first home game in charge as permanent Ireland boss was a match against Wales last February.

Jack Crowley had struggled to stop the bleeding but now his team needed him to stop theirs.

“When your day is up, your day is up.” – Jonah Lomu