THE beautiful Leitrim town of Carrick-On-Shannon played host to one of the big darts events of the year as up to 500 players descended on the Landmark Hotel for a hotly contested West Coast Challenge tournament over the weekend.
LIMERICK'S Michael Flynn capped off a fine few days for him at the PDC Challenge Tour by making it to the last four of event 5.
ONE of the hardest things to do in any sport is to retain a title.
MONAGHAN'S Shane McGuirk enjoyed his best run so far, winning four games on his way to a last 16 finish at PDC Challenge Tour 4.
CORK'S John O'Shea and Galway's Dylan Dowling both had good runs at PDC Challenge Tour 3 today as they picked up some crucial ranking money.
LIMERICK'S Michael Flynn was the best of the Irish in the second PDC Challenge Tour event today as he won four games on his way to a last 16 finish.
MAYO'S Conor Heneghan and Cork's John O'Shea impressed with some early wins in the opening event of this year's PDC Challenge Tour.
WATERFORD'S Dean Finn and Cork's John O'Shea fell just short of gaining a PDC Tour Card on the final day of action at Q School.
THE best way to prove your mettle in any sport is to come back winning in the face of adversity.
CORK'S John O'Shea remains the best placed of all the Irish to win a PDC Tour Card after another good day at Q school for him.
MONAGHAN'S Shane McGuirk has picked up his first point at PDC Q School final stage on an otherwise tough day for the Irish at the event.
THE Irish duo of Robyn Byrne and Katie Sheldon have put themselves in contention to qualify for finals night at Modus Super Series after picking up some crucial wins on their opening day.
CORK'S John O'Shea performed the best out of the eight Irish players vying for a PDC Tour Card on the first day of Q School final stage.
MAYO darts star Ultan McDyer has stormed through to the final stages of PDC Q school following a stunning final day of qualifying action from him.
WATERFORD'S Dean Finn is top of the PDC Q School Order of Merit following a second day of action that has seen two more Irish players qualify directly for the final stages.
MONAGHAN'S Shane McGuirk has qualified for the final stages of PDC Q School following a good first day for the Irish players at Milton Keynes.
The beauty about darts is that there is no age limit or timeframe for success.
IT'S that time of year again when a host of Irish players head off to Milton Keynes in the hope of winning a PDC Tour card at Q-School.
TYRONE'S Mickey Mansell suffered PDC World Championship heartache as he lost in a sudden death decider to Jonny Clayton in their second round clash.
FERMANAGH'S Brendan Dolan says he's really looking forward to his third round clash at the PDC World Championships with Michael van Gerwen after his whitewash win over Hong Kong youngster Lok Yin Lee.
Tipperary's Dylan Slevin has won the all Ireland battle over Limerick's Willie O'Connor to advance to the second round at the PDC World Championships.
IT was a night of doubles trouble for Keane Barry as he crashed out of the PDC World Darts championships in the second round. The Meath man fell to a 3-0 defeat to tenth seed Gerwyn Price as he missed a series of doubles that handed the game on a plate to his Welsh opponent.
Meath sharpshooper Keane Barry said he was "over the moon" to win his first round match at the PDC World Championships and set up a second round clash with 2021 champion Gerwyn Price.
SHANE McGuirk has created history by winning the WDF World Championship at Lakeside in stunning fashion.
NEW WDF world darts champion Shane McGuirk received a hero's homecoming in Monaghan on Monday night as he returned with the trophy.
MONAGHAN'S finest Shane McGuirk has fired his way into the WDF World Championships final at the Lakeside with another stunning performance.
SHANE McGuirk has stormed into the semi finals of the WDF World Championships at Lakeside, and is still yet to lose a set.
Shane McGuirk has continued his stunning run at the WDF World Championships at Lakeside with another straight sets victory to put him into the quarter finals.
IRELAND'S Shane McGuirk lit up the Lakeside for the second day in succession as he stormed into the last 16 of the WDF World Championships with an impressive 3-0 win over Sweden's Edwin Torbjörnsson.
Mayo's Conor Heneghan has just missed out on competing at the Modus Super Series finals night tonight after falling to an agonising last leg defeat in his final Group C match.
Monaghan darts player Shane McGuirk says his preparations have gone well and he is confident ahead of his WDF World Championship debut at Lakeside on Saturday.
It was only into the third leg of his opening game in an ADC finals event in Ballymena on Sunday that Donegal darts player Dean Gallagher started off with a 180.
Offaly darts star Ronan McDonagh has added to his growing list of achievements after qualifying for the next Modus Super Series by winning through the highly competitive ADC Ireland regional qualifier last weekend.
By Keith Falkiner
PDC star says young players in Ireland are getting better all the time
It was a big weekend at the Gleneagle Hotel for four days of action at the Killarney Darts Festival on November 7-10, which included two WDF ranked events.
