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Paul Pogba has told Manchester United’s young players to make the most of their opportunity in the first team - and says he will help them in any way he can. The World Cup winner, who has been sidelined from injury recently, is set to return to full training next week.

Jurgen Klopp has compared Liverpool's fixture congestion to ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. T he Reds have already played three times in December and have five, potentially six, more matches this month before three more games before the middle of January.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John made sure they left fans with chills that were multiplying after dressing up as their iconic Grease characters for the first time in 41 years. The Hollywood legends looked hopeless devoted to each other as they once again took on the roles of Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson for a movie sing-along on Friday night.

Revenge is in the offing for Michael Conlan when he takes on Vladimir Nikitin in New York this weekend. The Belfast boxer controversially lost to the Russian at the quarter-final stage of the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Three weather warnings are in place as Ireland is hit by hit by snow, ice and wind. Met Eireann have issued a status yellow snow/ice warning for Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. Wintry showers will give localised accumulations of hail and snow, compacting to ice in some areas and leading to dangerous driving conditions. It is valid until 5pm today. T here is a separate status yellow wind warning for Donegal because of 110km/h winds. Read MoreRelated Articles

Irish viewers had a mixed reaction to Shane McGowan and Philomena Begley's version of Fairytale of New York on RTE Late Late Show. Some posted on Twitter that it wasn't the best version of the song while others felt it really suited the spirit of the night.

Late Late Show fans weren't happy with RTÉ for using a bar set on Friday night's tribute to Shane MacGowan. T he legendary singer on the show with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke, friends and family.

Manchester United have reportedly made contact with Dries Mertens to discuss a free transfer move next summer. Mertens, 32, has enjoyed an impressive spell at Napoli but will depart the club at the end of the season when his deal comes to an end with chairman Aurelio de Laurentiis refusing to hand him a two-year deal worth €6m per year.

Liverpool have the chance to go eleven points clear at the top of the league with a win over Watford this weekend. Jurgen Klopp's side, ominously for the rest of the league, seem to be hitting top gear now.

Joshua Ritchie has slammed rumours he was unfaithful to Charlotte Crosby after their on/off relationship crashed and burned. T he reality star, who has signed up to the new series of Celebs Go Dating to find love, insisted he never cheated on Geordie Shore's Charlotte - and shifted the blame squarely onto her shoulders.

Micheal Martin will pull the plug on the Government at Easter and fight an election over housing and health. T he Fianna Fail leader on Friday called for 34 days of “winding down” in the new year.

Liverpool have almost twice as many points as one former Premier League champion had at this stage of the season. Jurgen Klopp’s side have been virtually unstoppable in the league this season with 15 wins and one draw from their opening 16 games.

Rod Stewart has shocked fans by appearing to endorse Boris Johnson - just days after his wife Penny Lancaster had to tell him to leave the Loose Women set. The 74-year-old crooner shared a message on Twitter after scoring his 10th number one album with new offering You're In My Heart, and congratulated Mr Johnson on his landslide win in Thursday's general election .

A shocking video which shows two cars apparently smashing into each other is blowing up on social media in Cork city. CorkBeo reports that the video, which has been widely shared on Whatsapp and on community facebook pages on the northside of the city - was shot around lunchtime in the Glen area of the north city.

Caroline Flack vowed to keep hold of her toyboy boyfriend Lewis Burton "forever" just a month before her arrest for alleged assault. T he Love Island host gushed over her former professional tennis champ boyfriend after he threw her a glittering party for her 40th birthday in November.

Twink has revealed all she wants for Christmas is her pal Al Porter to get his life back. T he panto queen, real name Adele King, said she has known the comic and presenter since he was a child.

Glenda Gilson won’t be cooking the Christmas dinner this year – joking she’s been known to “poison” people with her culinary prowess. T he Virgin Media presenter, currently putting her dancing skills to the test in a bid for the Glitterball trophy on Dancing With The Stars, added she prefers to take control of the decor and entertainment.

Many football fans think VAR is has been benefiting certain teams since its introduction in the Premier League at the start of the season. It is not unusual to see fans moaning about LiVARpool - despite the Reds only having two VAR interventions for them and one against this season.

Following Anthony Joshua's rematch victory over Andy Ruiz Jr last week, there is more world title action this weekend in New York. T erence Crawford makes a mandatory defence of his welterweight world title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden.

The “monster” wind turbine towers menacingly over the village, each of its vast white blades alone will be two-and-a-half times the length of a wing on a Boeing 747. T hese structures are almost twice the size of the Statue of Liberty and completely dwarf the church, people and tractors below.

Irish tenor Paul Byrom has revealed how counselling allowed him to face the dark pain caused by the break-up of his marriage. Last year the singer watched in dismay as his divorce to Phil Coulter’s daughter Dominique was processed after just five years of marriage.

Turkeys who vote for Christmas deserve all the cranberry sauce coming their way. But that's enough about handing Boris the buffoon and his Bullingdon cronies the keys to No.10 Downing Street.

Nicole Scherzinger stole the show when she made her comeback with The Pussycat Dolls on Celebrity X Factor last month. The singer, 41, left little to the imagination in a see-through catsuit which had just a few strips of PVC to protect her modesty while she writhed around the stage.

New manager bounce is worth an extra 0.7 points per game, exclusive Mirror Football analysis has found. Marco Silva’s time at Everton came to an end earlier this month following the five-two loss to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby.

Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona has made no secret about her dramatic body transformation and has been keen to show off her 30lb weight loss on Instagram . The 39-year-old proud mother of five has recently been updating her social media followers with snaps of her slimmed down physique after shedding over two stone and giving her a new slinky 8-10 dress size.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says he expects 'a lot more' from Christian Pulisic - and urged him to start turning more chances into goals. USA international Pulisic signed for Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in January, but did not join up with his new teammates until the summer after he was loaned back to the Bundesliga club for the remainder of last season.

Allianz Park is a notoriously tough place to crack Saracens but Rory Scannell pledges that Munster will give it a proper go today. Although Mark McCall has stuck to the mix and match selection policy that saw the weakened reigning champs lose in Thomond Park seven days ago, he does recall six Lions and a World Cup winner for the return clash.

With another festive bumper crowd descending on Lansdowne Road this evening, Leo Cullen recognises that Leinster must stay attractive to keep supporters coming back for more. Ticket sales for the clash with Northampton Saints - the third time the clubs have met in back to back December fixtures in nine years - passed the 40,000 mark on Wednesday.

A beaten favourite last month, the Willie Mullins-trained Monkfish will be expected to recoup losses in the Irish Racing Yearbook Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse. T oday’s fare comprises five hurdles and a bumper following a decision in midweek to abandon the two chases on the card due to ground conditions.

Arsenal have issued a statement distancing themselves from comments made by Mesut Ozil in which he criticised other Muslims for staying 'silent' on the persecution of the Uighurs in China. Ozil took to social media to add his voice to the wave of international outrage about the treatment of the Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority, in the north-western region of Xinjiang.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reportedly met Erling Braut Haaland on Friday to discuss a potential January transfer. Haaland has become one of Europe's hottest transfer properties after firing in 28 goals in 22 games for Red Bull Salzburg this season - including eight in the Champions League group stages.

Arsenal and Manchester United have sent scouts to watch teen sensation Dejan Kulusevski as a £42million transfer race hots up. Swedish midfielder Dejan Kulusevski has impressed on loan at Parma this season from fellow Serie A side Atalanta.

Chapecoense plane crash survivor Neto has announced his retirement from playing football three years after the tragedy in which 71 people died. T he 34-year-old said he had been forced to hang up his boots due to "constant pain" after he suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash in 2016.

Deontay Wilder has revealed what it was like meeting the Pope ahead of his rematch against Tyson Fury early next year. Wilder is set to defend his WBC heavyweight title against 'The Gypsy King' on February 22.

Alan King runs Good Man Pat in the 13:55 at Cheltenham and he has a lot going for him in the feature handicap of the day the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup. It’s been good-to-soft ground at Cheltenham all week, but it is likely to be significantly softer than that come race time with heavy rain forecast for the course and Good Man Pat's three wins have come on soft (twice) and heavy ground.

Shane MacGowan and celeb pals partied into the small hours after a star-studded Late Late Show tribute to the singer. T he Pogues frontman and wife Victoria Mary Clarke joined stars in a session backstage at RTE until 2.30am.