Jarrell Miller finally lived out his Madison Square Garden dream on Saturday night, defeating Kingsley Ibeh via split decision at boxing's most iconic venue. However, the defining moment of the fight came in the second round when Ibeh quite literally punched the wig off Miller's head. The two were locked in a close exchange near the end of the round when Ibeh landed a sharp right hand that dislodged Miller's hairpiece. Nearly six years after missing out on a lucrative showdown with Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden due to a failed drugs test, this night carried personal significance. His Madison Square Garden chapter is no longer a missed opportunity.

The Association of Advertisers in Ireland has appointed Geoff Codd, marketing director at Energia, as its new president, and Jennifer Power, media lead for UK & Ireland at McDonald’s, as its vice-president. The AAI is the national representative body for advertisers in Ireland, advocating on categories ranging from food and beverage to retail and telecoms, finance, pharma and technology.

Poll reveals support for Taoiseach’s trip to the White House for St Patrick’s Day has droppedMicheál Martin backed by 54pc of respondents to visit America as calls grow for boycott over Donald Trump threatsThe State of the Parties: Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks PollMary Regan and Fearghal O'Connor Today at 06:30The public are largely in favour of the Taoiseach meeting Donald Trump on St Patrick’s Day, but support for the annual event has dropped by 20 percentage points since last year.

Crisis grows at Irish airports over shortage of air traffic controllersAirports depend on overtime to maintain their cover, as staff point to pension issuesAir traffic control services in Ireland are now at breaking point. Fearghal O'Connor Today at 06:30Ireland’s air traffic control services are at breaking point due to staff shortages, and the State’s main airports are facing sporadic and increasingly disruptive closures, controller representatives have warned.

Question: My wife has several sisters and they are a close and lively group. We often went out on double or triple dates with her sisters and their boyfriends when we were dating. However, since getting married and buying our house, her sisters have practically moved in with us. We bought a house in a trendy area near the city centre, and our home has become like a party base for the girls at the weekends. One has just become engaged and our kitchen is like a Pentagon conference room most Sundays.

A bespoke collection of Irish Times journalism exclusively for subscribers featuring previews and the best of the week that wasWhy does The Irish Times insist on saying the first World War, that first being lower case? There is a long answer to each of these questions, but the short answer is: because The Irish Times Stylebook says we must. Others, such as the rules on exclamation marks (“Don’t use”) or going forward (“Please don’t”) are to the point. The Irish Times stopped using Mr, Ms, Mrs and other courtesy titles in most sections, including arts, features, obituaries and sport, decades ago. We would never say “Mr Kelleher launched the ball towards Mr Scales, who headed it down for Mr Parrott to score.”Honorifics never appear in opinion columns or editorials.

Cash QueensFrom Thursday, February 5th, NetflixCash Queens: Rebecca Marder, Zoe Marchal, Tya Deslauriers, Naidra Ayadi and Pascale Arbillot. The Artful DodgerFrom Tuesday, February 10th, Disney+Thomas Brodie-Sangster returns as Dr Jack Dawkins in the second series of the comedy-drama featuring characters from the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist. Jack, formerly known as the Artful Dodger, has moved to Australia and is using his light-fingered talent as a respected surgeon. While Jack has to keep away from Belle to avoid the noose, Boxer tries to move in on his girl. 56 DaysFrom Wednesday, February 18th, Prime Video56 Days: Avan Jogia as Oliver Kennedy and Dove Cameron as Ciara Wyse.

Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionEmma O'Dowd’s Kinsale home. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionEmma O'Dowd’s Kinsale home. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionEmma O'Dowd’s Kinsale home. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionEmma O'Dowd’s Kinsale home. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionEmma O'Dowd’s Kinsale home.

URC: Ulster 21 Cardiff 14Angus Bell stole the show with a sensational solo try as Ulster ground out a 21-14 United Rugby Championship victory over Cardiff at a freezing Affidea Stadium. Despite some late Cardiff pressure, Ulster clung on and leapt above their opponents in the URC standings into fourth, eight points off leaders Glasgow, who have played a game more. ULSTER: E McIlroy; W Kok; J Hume, Ben Carson; Z Ward; J Murphy, C McKee; A Bell, R Herring, S Wilson; I Henderson (capt), C Irvine, M Dalton, M Rea, D McCann. Replacements: J McCormick, S Crean, B O'Connor, H Sheridan, L McLoughlin, D Shanahan, J Flannery, B Moxham. Replacements: D Hughes, D Southworth, J Cowell, R Thornton, L de la Rua, A Davies, E Evans, L Halfpenny.

She’s entitled to improve for the run and should she do so, Lossiemouth will have to be very good to deny her. A three-time winner at the Cheltenham Festival, her Christmas Hurdle win brought her Grade One tally to nine and her overall record to 13 wins from 16 career starts. And while Brighterdaysahead kept her honest at Christmas, the suspicion is Lossiemouth wasn’t all out to repel her rival. Willie Mullins can also win the Ladbrokes Novice Chase courtesy of Final Demand. A 13-length winner of a Navan beginners’ chase in November, Final Demand then went to Limerick over Christmas to win the Faugheen Novice Chase by eight lengths.

Harty Cup final: Nenagh CBS 0-20 St Flannan’s College, Ennis 0-18The age of Tipperary. The first will be hung on the main corridor of Nenagh CBS. Eoghan Doughan of St. Joseph's CBS, Nenagh in action against Colm Daly, Conor Hill and Sean McNamara of St. Flannan's. Darragh Ball of St Flannan's is tackled by Patrick Hackett and Eanna Tucker of St. Joseph's CBS, Nenagh. Scorers for Nenagh CBS: E Doughan (0-12, 0-8 frees); A Duff, P Hackett, J O’Dwyer (0-2 each); D O’Dwyer, P Ryan (0-1 each).

Litigation between warring spouses can turn family law into “lawfare”, as one judge put it, when one party seems intent on pursuing the other at all costs. He was legally represented for his unsuccessful Supreme Court appeal earlier this month, which resulted in another costs order against him. Last week, a five-judge Supreme Court unanimously upheld an order restricting the man from bringing further family law litigation against the woman without court permission. In the wake of the court’s decision, lawyer Keith Walsh, a family law solicitor and chair of the Law Society’s Family and Child Law Committee, said the huge number of family law and childcare cases before the courts means the system is under continuing stress. He hoped the new Family Courts Act, expected to be implemented in its first phase in 2027, may also address some of the issues associated with protracted litigation, Walsh said.

The death of Grace Lynch in Finglas has reignited the debate about regulations and enforcement of the use of scramblers and e-scooters in public places. Ireland’s debate about e-scooters, scramblers and other forms of micromobility has become strangely unmoored from reality. This is why Ireland’s streets feel chaotic; because legal vehicles operate illegally while largely illegal vehicles operate as if they are legal. Gardaí already have powers to seize illegal vehicles, which includes scramblers operating without a licence plate, tax and insurance. They do little to correct a system in which clearly illegal vehicles are able to operate openly for long periods without intervention.

An All-Star nominee in 2025, he scored 0-9 in last year’s Cavan final to help Kingscourt Stars to victory over Gowna. Jordan Morris of Kingscourt Stars and Meath. After suffering a knee injury against Louth in the final game of Meath’s league campaign last March, there were fears initially that his 2025 season was done. Photograph: Bryan Keane/InphoAt one stage in the first half of the Cavan final, Morris had a straightforward scoring chance at the edge of the small arc. But when the latest chapter in the Meath-Cavan rivalry is written this weekend, chances are Kingscourt’s Jordan Morris will be among the storyline’s central protagonists.

Irish support for the India deal raised some eyebrows in Brussels, with the State jumping back on the pro-trade bandwagon just days after voting against the Mercosur pact. The incoming secretary general at the Department of Justice will take on the job for a seven-year term. She was appointed secretary general in 2020. Her departure will bring an end to a sister-sister tandem at the top of the Civil Service, with Sinéad McPhillips last year appointed as secretary general of the Department of Agriculture. Another was from the Irish Wedding Professionals Association, “a non-profit community and resource hub created for Irish wedding industry vendors”, which late last year wrote to Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke seeking a meeting.