Snooker

1997 World Snooker champion Ken Doherty is in Carlow on Wednesday evening as the first inductee to the SBI Hall of Fame.

The National Lottery have named two sporting organisations in Kilkenny and Carlow as county winners for their Good Causes Awards.

Colvin O'Brien is the only player to qualify for both the amateur and intermediate national championships in snooker this season.

There will be players from all over the world in Carlow and Graiguecullen this weekend in preparation for the Macau Casino World Matchplay Billiards Championship, which takes place from April 4 to 8.

Jordan was a 750/1 outsider at the beginning of the tournament

He announced on social media that he's going to take part in the Gibraltar Open

Crettyard United have been knocked out of the Leinster Junior cup after being defeated by Usher Celtic at the weekend. An early Lee Salter strike was not enough to see the Carlow side thru the first half with a penalty...

Megan Randle has won the RILSA National Intermediate Snooker Championship title for the second time in Newbridge last weekend. The Randle family who live in Kilkenny have dominated the National Intermediate Championships over the past three seasons with Megan taking...

Popular snooker player and commentator Willie Thorne has sadly passed away at the age of 66 after a short battle with leukaemia. Thorne had been in hospital in Spain, where he suffered respiratory failure. His carer, Julie O'Neill, wrote on...

Antrim's Mark Allen exited the tournament late last night