THERE’s a good base to work with at the detached home 10, Grange Erin.

Sarsfields 4-15 Erin’s Own 1-14: Sarsfields’ remarkable level of consistency in the Cork senior hurling championship continued at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday when the Riverstown club reached an incredible seventh final in eight seasons.

Murphy is a common surname among the Sarsfields and Erin’s Own squads.

Glen Rovers have reached a second consecutive Cork SHC final but they will have to wait another week to find their opponents in the October 11th decider, with Erin’s Own and Sarsfields drawing in the second semi.

Erin’s Own 0-16 Carrigtwohill 0-8 (Cork County SHC): There was more edge to Niall Kidney’s post-match reflection than the entire 60-minute effort churned out by his Carrigtwohill team.

Erin’s Own 2-22 Carrigtwohill 0-16: Erin’s Own looked comfortable winners throughout this Cork SHC first-round tie in Lisgoold on Saturday night.

Origin Enterprises chief executive Tom O’Mahony expects the company to enjoy continued growth this year, driven by dairy sector expansion and via acquisitions outside of its core UK and Irish markets.

Erin’s Own 2-12 Ballymartle 2-9

Diversified support services group DCC has reached agreement to sell 80% of its food and beverage division for €60m.

St Finbarr’s 3-12 Erin’s Own 1-9

Midleton 3-18 Killeagh 1-13

Sometime next year, certainly in league and possibly championship, the veteran secretary of the Sarsfields club will smile across at the first-year secretary of Erin’s Own, and give a knowing nod.

Erin's Own clubman Conor Fogarty will replace the injured Jackie Tyrrell in the Kilkenny defence when they meet Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3.50pm).

RESTRUCTURING costs at Jacob Fruitfield Food Group Ltd last year contributed to pre-tax profits plummeting by 81% to €2.1 million.

AGRI-FOOD company Origin Enterprises and its majority shareholder, the Irish-Swiss bakery group Aryzta, have both refused to comment at length on reports that Origin has received a £400 million (€464m) takeover offer from an unknown private equity house.

VALEO Foods — the joint-venture of Batchelors and Origin Enterprises’ branded food division — has acquired iconic Irish consumer food group, Jacob Fruitfield for an undisclosed sum.

Batchelors and Origin Foods are to merge to form Valeo Foods, it was announced today.

YESTERDAY’S announcement that 95 jobs are to be lost at the Premier Foods Ireland plant in Thurles brings to almost 180 the number of jobs the company is cutting nationwide.

Cork 1-21 Offaly 1-14

BRITISH food manufacturer Premier Foods has bought jam maker Chivers after it sold it in a management buyout in 1999, it was confirmed last night.

The Dublin U21 team for today's Erin Leinster U21 hurling final against Kilkenny has an experienced look about it (Nowlan Park, throw-in 7.30pm).

TIPPERARY'S U21 hurlers will be looking to lift the air of deepening gloom that has enveloped the county in recent years by capturing their first title at this grade in almost a decade, at Nowlan Park tomorrow.

TOP of the pops and Ireland’s biggest-selling brand, Coca-Cola, has no fear of losing its fizz.

Cork 0-17 Waterford 1-8

THE ever-growing popularity of the GAA’s inter-county U21 competitions was confirmed with the announcement yesterday that Erin Foods are to sponsor the hurling championship at the grade until 2006.

The All-Ireland U-21 hurling championship has been given a major boost with the announcement that Erin are to come aboard as sponsors until 2006.

Food manufacturers Erin have confirmed they'll take over sponsorship of the All-Ireland U-21 championships in both codes this year.

Campbell Soups has now been given the go-ahead to take over Erin foods.

The Campbells food company has announced the purchase of Erin Foods from Greencore for €27m.