Twin delights after seven years and six rounds of IVF

New embryo screening process helps to beat the odds for couples who have had multiple failures

Paul Dunne sets higher goals with full European Tour card

‘Hopefully I can keep playing well and never have to visit this place again’

Paul Dunne on the brink of success in Catalunya

Irish man up to 12th place in European Tour Q-School - Damien McGrane also in top 25

Peter Lawrie expelled from Tour School

Dubliner disqualified after refusing to sign card at Qualifying School

Ruaidhri McGee follows glorious 64 with a nightmarish 87

Irish man endures a round from hell at European Tour Final Qualifying Stage

McGee makes fast start in card bid

Seven birdies lead the way to a 64 for Derry native

Only the fittest will survive torrid European Tour School test

The 25 who emerge with a tour card in Spain next week will have really earned it

Casey and Dunne qualify as Hume’s brave effort falls short

Naas player shot final round of 63 only to lose out in play-off

Charl Schwartzel takes share of lead at Porsche European Open

Former Masters champion shoots second 66 to join Graeme Storm and Ross Fisher on 10 under

Thomas Pieters claims second successive European Tour victory at Dutch Open

Best of the Irish was Simon Thornton, his final round of 67 left him 11 under

Lee Slattery and Rafa Cabrera-Bello share KLM lead

Both players shot superb 63s to go into the final day tied for the lead on 16 under

Matthew Fitzpatrick cards 67 to take share of lead at Czech Masters

Sweden’s Pelle Edberg also on 11 under in Prague

Eduardo De la Riva and Renato Paratore share Czech Masters lead

Michael Hoey sits just two shots back after an opening round of 67 in Prague

David Horsey opens up three-shot lead in Denmark

Peter Lawrie in share of sixth place after second round of 69

David Horsey eventually reined in with 59 on the cards

Peter Lawrie three shots off the lead after opening with a 66

Darren Clarke hoping to make it in Denmark

Defending champion Marc Warren looks forward to more of the same

Antonio Hortal nudges Nacho Elvira aside to take Madeira lead

Ruaidhrí McGee and Kevin Phelan head Irish challenge but are six shots off the lead

Inbee Park aiming to add British Open to her laurels

Stephanie Meadow the only Irish player in the field at Turnberry

Early Bourdy gets the worm as French star stretches lead to four

Five birdies in opening nine holes helps extend lead in Austria

Bogey-free Bourdy leads the way at Lyoness Open in Austria

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie three shots off the pace after opening 68

Mikael Lundberg aiming for repeat success at Lyoness Open

Irish in contention in Austria include Michael Hoey, Damien McGrane and Peter Lawrie

Pádraig Harrington still chasing elusive US Open spot

Dubliner needs to be among world’s top 60 after this week’s FedEx St Jude Classic

Rory McIlroy drawn with Rickie Fowler in Irish Open

Padraig Harrington to play with Sergio Garcia at Royal County Down

Rory McIlroy lets chance slip on back nine as Henrik Stenson goes clear

Three straight bogeys leaves world number one seven shots off Swedish star

Three Rock Rovers come from behind to qualify for IHL semi-finals

Elsewhere, Banbridge scored three in the last 10 minutes to defeat Railway Union

Peter Lawrie misses card by one stroke at Tour School

Simon Thornton two short of mark as Irish fall short of winning back cards

Peter Lawrie facing tense final test at qualifying school

Dubliner one of three Irish golfers battling to regain his Tour card at Catalunya

Irish cohort still in with a shout for Tour card in Catalunya

Lawrie, Thornton and Phelan head into final round with hope but Maybin slips back

Irish contingent stay in hunt for Tour cards

Thornton, Lawrie, Phelan and Maybin all make the cut in Catalunya

Thornton stays in the hunt to regain Tour card

County Down man cards an impressive 67 but is still six adrift of leader Pelle Edberg

Michael McGeady makes it through to European Tour final qualifying stage

Niall Kearney misses out after closing round of 72 in Spain

David Lynn hoping to rediscover form in Portugal

Ten Irish, including Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, involved at the Oceanico in Vilamoura

Shane Lowry leads Wales Open by one

Offaly golfer carded a 65 at Celtic Manor to stay ahead of Nicolas Colsaerts and Joost Luiten

Romain Wattel takes three-shot lead at KLM Open on day of low scores

England’s Paul Casey flirts with 59 on way to equalling course record of 62

Larrazabal cards course record at KLM Open

Spaniard leads by two in Zandvoort after carding a 62, Peter Lawrie seven off his lead

Medical facilities at KLM Open questioned after Zanotti scare

Paraguayan taken to hospital after being hit on the head with golf ball, Luiten and McLeary lead

Crestfallen Luiten eyes KLM Open after Ryder Cup disappointment

‘It’s special to be here in Holland and defending your own tournament,’ says Luiten

Harrington named by McGinley as a Ryder Cup vice-captain

‘Pádraig is my oldest friend on tour, a guy I have known most of my life’

Hennie Otto goes low to stiffen Stephen Gallacher’s Italian job

Scottish golfer now five shots off second-place finish he needs to make Ryder Cup side

Donaldson remains on course for Ryder Cup spot

Four Irish make the cut for the weekend at the Czech Masters in Prague

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