Maxie Swain

Former Portadown star Darren Murray says it’s refreshing to be back enjoying his football after a sparkling start to life at Immaculata.

Amateur footballer Eamon Rea insists the comeback will be stronger than the setback after a freakish run of serious injuries that would have lesser mortals waving the white flag and retiring from sport.

Stevie O’Donnell has told Eamonn McCarthy he won’t want for quality after the former Crewe United and Newington boss was appointed manager of St James’s Swifts.

Stephen Cockcroft has revealed his reasons for leaving East Belfast last month – admitting he felt himself falling out of love with the game.

For the second year in a row, a tiny pizzeria that only opens 12 hours a week and seats just six people has taken its place among ‘Ireland’s top 100 restaurants’.

“What do you think of my city, it’s beautiful, huh,” quipped our white-haired taximan Amado, his elderly, sun-kissed face lit up with pride.

It was barely 9.30 on a Sunday morning but the bus to Dublin was buzzing.

With consistently fabulous food and exemplary service, Maxie Swain makes the case for Roam

Veteran newspaperman admits solo project could be ‘first of many, or my swansong’, depending on how it sells

Maxie Swain unwinds in lovely, leafy Castleknock, not far from where Posh and Becks tied the knot