The Shannonsiders were overturned by Cork in their opening game in the Gaelic Grounds after winning both of their home games in Munster last year.

In the BBC hit comedy Dad’s Army the butcher Corporal Jones always carried a bayonet. When asked why, his answer was ‘They don’t like it up ‘em’.

The captain of the Limerick senior hurling team scored last night by selling the national lottery jackpot worth almost €4m at his shop in Ballingarry.