11 h. ago Golf star wins tournament by six shots but sees £58k prize money go to runner

One up-and-coming golf star made a mighty impression after winning the Irish Open by six shots, but the 21-year-old is not allowed to take home the grand prize due to her amateur status

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15 h. ago British amateur Lottie Woad wins Irish Open — but can’t accept prize money

The 21-year-old has ruled out turning professional for now as she closes in on LPGA Tour membership

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15 h. ago Lions name strong team to face Brumbies as preparations ramp up for first Test

Majority of leading names selected by Andy Farrell for Canberra gameFirst-choice pairing of Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park reunitedAndy Farrell has picked his strongest British & Irish Lions combination so far for his squad’s penultimate fixture before they take on Australia in Brisbane next week. The majority of the Lions’ leading names have been selected to start against the ACT Brumbies in what is clearly being seen as a dress rehearsal ahead of the first Test.The first-choice pairing of Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park are reunited at half back inside an all-Irish centre pairing of Bundee Aki and Gary Ringrose, with Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn at full-back and the Anglo-Irish combination of Tommy Freeman and James Lowe on the wings. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Blair Kinghorn gives Lions skipper Maro Itoje a rude awakening

Kinghorn has now arrived in Australia for the British and Irish Lions tour after winning the French Top 14 title with Toulouse

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7 d. ago British world No.733 denied £99k Wimbledon prize money after stunning first

Oliver Tarvet saw off Leandro Riedi, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 19 minutes on the opening day of Wimbledon, but the 21-year-old Brit won't be able to accept the prize money

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1 week ago Return of the Mack: Hansen ‘living the dream’ on Lions trip back to Australia

Lions winger born in Canberra and with a tattoo of Andy Farrell has ‘no regrets’ about his decision to play for IrelandMack Hansen says he feels like is living in “an alternate universe” on the eve of his first start for the British & Irish Lions in his native Australia. The winger, qualified for Ireland through his Cork-born mother, was a youngster in the crowd when the Lions last toured Australia 12 years ago and cannot wait to line up against one of his old housemates this weekend.The 27-year-old represented his homeland at under-20 level but says relocating to Europe was “the best decision I ever made”. Nevertheless he has been pinching himself ever since flying in as a member of the 2025 Lions squad. “It feels like I’m properly living the dream,” admitted Hansen before Saturday morning’s fixture against Western Force, for whom his former Brumbies colleague and good friend Bayley Kuenzle now plays. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two more winners on Thursday – here's my Friday Royal Ascot tips

Daily Star Chief Tipster Jason Heavey continued his good form with two winners on Thursday and he fancies star Irish filly Babouche to steal the show on Friday

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2 w. ago EuroMillions winner says lottery jackpot 'destroyed' her life

The National Lottery has advised the Irish winner of the €250million EuroMillions jackpot to 'stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can'

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2 w. ago Irish EuroMillions jackpot winner says their life was 'destroyed' after bagging prize

Margaret Loughrey was living on benefits and had just been to the job centre when she picked up the winning ticket on a whim, but she said the mega windfall destroyed her life

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2 w. ago Lions enjoy rare status as heavy favourites as Australia fight for credibility

Captain Maro Itoje and head coach Andy Farrell are out to mastermind a series win for the British and Irish Lions.

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2 w. ago Royal Ascot 2025: Field Of Gold triumphs emphatically in clash of Classic champions

The Irish 2,000 Guineas winner defeated the winners of the French and British 2.000 Guineas in style in their showdown in the St James’s Palace Stakes

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2 w. ago A Sip of Irish review – knocking it back around the world in the diaspora of drink

Producer-director Frank Mannion follows his cordial guide to champagne with a cheerful celebration of beloved tipples of Irish originThe always likable figure of Irish producer and film-maker Frank Mannion has, in the past, given us a cordial guide to champagne, a slightly more chaotic essay on Britishness, and its counterpart on Irishness. Now, in his cheerfully celebratory and slightly corporate-promo way, he has made a film about Irish viticulture and drink in general, which means not simply wineries, breweries and distilleries actually in Ireland, but also abroad: this is about drinks producers with an Irish background, such as Hennessy brandy, which has an obvious Irish ancestry.It’s what this film calls “an Irish drink in a French terroir” – or, in fact, a terroir anywhere in the world, meaning places in Europe, the US and occasionally Australia and New Zealand. The film even jauntily insists that Ireland invented whiskey before Scotland. Prince Albert II of Monaco is intervie...

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4 w. ago Aidan O'Brien rules another star out of Royal Ascot in latest blow to plans

Lake Victoria, the Irish 1,000 Guineas winner, will not make the Coronation Stakes next week following an announcement by Coolmore

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