Dancing with the Stars finale: Rhys McClenaghan is ‘in another world’ as he beats Jack Woolley to 2025 Glitterball trophy
Television: Jack Woolley also receives two rounds of perfect scores, despite ripping his trousers
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Television: The DWTS final will see four celebrities battle it out for the Glitterball Trophy this weekend - here is everything you need to know
Dancing with the Stars: ‘I’ve had the best time of my life. I feel super fit,’ chef Kevin Dundon says as he is voted off show
Television: Former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede is landed with her third dance-off in four weeks. What's up?
Dancing with the Stars: Gearóid Farrelly hit by nerves during dance-off but Kevin Dundon somehow lives on
‘I screwed up and never recovered,’ says Farrelly as judges hand him a collective thumbs down on orchestra night
Dancing with the Stars: Audience boos judge Arthur Gourounlian after his comments about Rhys McClenaghan
Judge Arthur Gourounlian looks stunned when his critique of Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan earns a prominent boo from the audience
Dancing with the Stars: dark and stormy end for Joanna Donnelly as meteorologist loses dance-off
‘I’ve had the time of my life,’ says Joanna Donnelly after judges save former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede
Dancing with the Stars judges and Kellie Harrington in tears after Jack Woolley’s emotional dance
Television:Taekwondo Olympian Jack Woolley recalls how Kellie Harrington was there for him after he was viciously attacked in Dublin: ‘I needed plastic surgery ... she was the first person that turned out’
Dancing with the Stars: Celebrity chef Kevin Dundon serves up another dance floor mess
Dancing with the Stars: Ireland AM’s Elaine Crowley is second contestant to go from show
Dancing with the Stars review: Mickey Joe Harte first to be voted off this year’s show
Television review: ‘It’s been great craic,’ says the Donegal Eurovision singer Mikey Joe Harte. ‘I made so many friends’
Dancing with the Stars review: Waltz by meteorologist Joanna Donnelly in memory of her mother leaves everyone in tears
Television: week two of DWTS 2025 sees goosebumps abound and emotions flow
Dancing with the Stars review: Twists, turns and all kinds of grimaces as new judge Karen Byrne goes up against sourpuss Brian Redmond
Television: Olympians Jack Woolley and Rhys McClenaghan are clear front-runners as RTÉ’s dance competition returns for its 2025 season
Dancing with the Stars 2025: Who are the contestants, when is it on and more
Everything you need to know about RTÉ’s new season of the competition for the glitterball trophy
Denis Walsh: Irish sport’s underdog mentality has been replaced with an unabashed hunger to be the best
In the Golden Age of Irish sport, winning has become intentional
The 2 Johnnies – what you get if you feed Ant and Dec a Tayto sandwich after midnight – are taunting us now
As I get sucked into this regional boosterism, I feel something change in me. Do I ... actually like it?
Field Outing – Frank McNally on an impromptu trip to the National Ploughing Championships
It was a jaunt reminiscent of the inaugural Bloomsday, albeit with more speed and less alcohol
‘Times are changing’ – NI Olympians speak about coming together as one at homecoming
Function in Co Down celebrates achievements of athletes including Rhys McClenaghan who won gold for Ireland and swimmer Jack McMillan who struck gold for Team GB
Your highlights of the Olympics: ‘The Italia ‘90 moment for the next generation’
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In Pictures: Team Ireland’s Olympic homecoming
Thousands lined O’Connell Street as Ireland’s athletes travelled back from Paris 2024
Large crowds gather to greet Kellie Harrington as double Olympic champion arrives home to Portland Row
Athletes receive warm reception after winning seven medals and challenging on many fronts in Paris
Our writers choose the best and worst of the 2024 Olympic Games
From historic feats by Daniel Wiffen and Kellie Harrington to kangaroo-hopping and boxing’s lapse into a culture war
Team Ireland or Team GB? For Northern Irish Olympians, there’s no identity crisis
The middle ground in Northern Ireland can ‘get their heads around’ multiple identities, says former rugby international Trevor Ringland
Olympics: Complete day-by-day guide to the Irish athletes in action in Paris
Paris 2024 timetable: Who is competing when in athletics, boxing, rowing, hockey, badminton and gymnastics?
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic success
Ireland is now so different from the begrudging country I grew up in
The self-assuredness to be found among so many creative Irish people – and sport is a creative endeavour – demonstrates a novel openness to excellence
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic bronze medal seals a weekend unlike any in the history of Irish sport
Swimmer, who becomes first Irishman to win multiple medals at a single Olympics, still has 10km swim ahead of him on Friday
Seventh Heaven: How Irish athletes won seven medals in seven days at the Olympics
Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sport
‘It always felt like it was going to happen’: Rhys McClenaghan’s Olympic destiny is now fulfilled
‘It feels like a dream, it’s a dream well-earned and I just can’t believe it’s happened’ – Rhys McClenaghan after his gold medal success
Olympics Day 8 live updates: Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan wins pommel horse gold as Kellie Harrington reaches lightweight final
Kellie Harrington beat Beatriz Ferreira to earn a place in the women’s lightweight final
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 8 - A super Saturday in Paris
Rhys McClenaghan secures another gold for Ireland while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen could make it five Irish golds by Tuesday
Tears of joy flow as Rhys McClenaghan wins historic Olympic gold medal for Ireland
25-year-old Co Down gymnast puts Tokyo pain behind him with brilliant routine on the Pommel Horse
Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan: ‘Perfection isn’t attainable - but we’ll try’
The number-one ranked gymnast just wants to ‘land on top of the podium’
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