WHILE Mayo manager James Horan spent yesterday sweating over the fitness of his players, the Mayo club championship threw up a couple of big surprises.

INCESSANT rain certainly dampened the spectacle of the Comórtas Peile Na Gealtachta in Falcarragh, Co Donegal but the miserable conditions failed to deter Cloughaneely and Moycullen, who will meet this afternoon in the senior final.

St. Gall's, St. John's and St Mochta's all claimed All-Ireland Sevens Football titles yesterday, while Westport also picked up a prestigious Sevens gong.

Clonduff (Down) 0-11 Longstone (Down) 0-8

The Achill lifeboat has been launched following the sighting of what is believed to be a body in the sea off the Co Mayo island.

THE huge basking shark is the latest creature to be seen moving northwards, another case of wildlife responding to climate changes.

IN A WILDLIFE equivalent of the Olympic Games, Irish animals would win gold and silver medals. The gold would go to the blue whale, for being the largest mammal ever to have lived.

Achill Island GC won the national final of the 3T’s Golf Tournament at the K Club last week.

The lifeboat service on Achill Island was called out this morning to help a Spanish fishing trawler that reported a fire on board at around 5am.

A trawler and four crew members have been towed to safety after getting into difficulty off the Mayo coast last night.

An Irish-registered fishing boat with four crew on board has been towed into Achill in Co Mayo this morning.