
Amazingly, this is not Mr Dempsey’s first time coming to the rescue of a kitty at risk with his cherry picker.

The former Liverpool and Fenerbahce forward is in his second spell at Feyenoord.

The Canadian was stripped of 100-metre gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after he failed a drugs test.

He didn’t quite reach 18 million, but at 3.4 million and counting it has officially surpassed Ellen’s famous Oscar selfie.

Staff at New Ross Books found a baby tag tucked into a book in their storeroom.

The Central Hearings Committee said he was guilty of “contributing to a melee”.

Kangaroos can reach speeds of up to 70kph so this fellow clearly felt he could give the thoroughbreds a run for their money.

Not all heroes wear capes.

His response seems to suggest he thinks a Kardashian is a type of Chinese food.

The game was abandoned and the referee brought to hospital for treatment on his injured cheekbone and jaw.

This is how you celebrate properly.

“Maybe I am a bit harsh with the fact that I look and say, well, everything comes easy to Sergio."

Fair play to the young lad, he gave it his best shot.

"The first job of the referee is to almost be anonymous and that's the first duty for him.”

His face speaks a thousand words as the bike falls 100 feet .

The news was widely expected but football fans still struggled to accept that Gooch’s Kerry playing days were truly at an end.

If it had been scored in a higher profile league it would have been seen around the world by now.

The unusual piece was commissioned by Conlan’s home boxing club Clonard ABC in Belfast.

The tennis-loving lizard first perched himself on the scoreboard in the corner of the court, all the better to get a good view of the layout.

If Martin O’Neill’s men are looking for any extra motivation ahead of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier on Friday, watching this clip of their former colleague should do the trick.