Irish Ferries has published details of the new sailings schedule it will introduce following the arrival in mid-2018 of its new 55,000 tonnes cruise ferry W. B. Yeats.

Cork football champions Ballincollig open the defence of their first title with a repeat of their opening fixture in this year’s competition.

TOURNAMENT specialists Royal Portrush and Douglas are hopeful of regaining national eminence when the closing stages of the Irish Ladies Senior Cup are played at Cork Golf Club, Little Island, over the next two days.

CHAMPIONS Limerick IT have been drawn against Galway IT in the first round of the Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup.

Midleton CBS 1-14 Rice College 0-3