- The Dublin football panel was dealt a major blow with the news that Eoghan O'Gara is out for the rest of the season after rupturing his ACL at the weekend.
- The Dublin hurlers will play their Allianz Leagues Division One quarter-final against Limerick at Croke Park this Saturday (5pm) ahead of the clash of Dublin and Derry in Division One of the football (7pm).
- Shay Given says he wants to win back the Irish number one shirt as the Republic of Ireland gear up for their Euro 2016 qualiifer with Poland which could yet feature Jonathan Walters with a face mask to protect a fractured cheekbone.
- Walters, Shane Long, David Meyler, Marc Wilson and newbie, Harry Arter, all joined up with the squad yesterday afternoon while the skipper Robbie Keane flew in from LA last night.
- And the Irish women's rugby team (pictured) got a hero's welcome after they touched down at Dublin Airport carrying the Six Nations trophy which they won at the weekend with a hammering of Scotland.
