Munster Rugby led the tributes last night to their former media manager Pat Geraghty, who has passed away following a long illness.

Eight of the very best Leaving Certificate grades would be the pinnacle of any young person’s achievement, but it doesn’t beat an All-Ireland camogie medal for one Limerick student.

Dublin schools have cleaned up with seven out of 13 students receiving eight H1's in today's Leaving Cert results.

Cistercian College, Roscrea will face Gonzaga College in the quarter-finals of the Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup, following their narrow victories over CBC Monkstown and Castleknock College yesterday.

Cistercian College Roscrea 24 Clongowes Wood College 18: Cistercian College Roscrea’s quest for a second successive Leinster Schools Senior Cup triumph remains on course, after Brian Diffley’s 61st-minute try helped them to edge a compelling semi-final showdown with Clongowes Wood College, at Donnybrook yesterday.

Cistercian College, Roscrea 27 Gonzaga College 17

Niki MacCarthy’s quest to discover why her father returned from war with a Japanese sword uncovered a story so incredible, it’s been made into a film, writes John Meagher.

Ireland centre Gordon D’Arcy has been given a handful of games to prove he is worth being given a World Cup swansong after announcing he will retire at the end of this autumn’s tournament in England.

There’s not a lot of information out there about second and third level scholarships. So Aileen Lee has been doing some research.

Facing off in the colours of Munster and Leinster, they had their fair share of wins and losses, but Donncha O’Callaghan can claim a bonus point victory over his former Ireland captain, Brian O’Driscoll, in their latest head-to-head on Twitter.

We like nothing better than a bit of banter between our sporting heroes and yesterday gave us a fantastic exchange between two Munster and Leinster greats.

The funeral Mass of 40-year-old Shay Casey, who died in an avalanche on the Alps, was not so much an outpouring of grief as a celebration of a life passionately lived.

The family of a climber killed in an avalanche in Italy have spoken of their devastation at the death of their youngest son.

FROM the family farm in the Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth, to the grounds of the Aviva stadium, rugby player Dave Kearney’s life has largely been lived out on the green fields of Ireland.

The Ireland U18 Schools team were defeated by England (30-14) in Saturday’s FIRA/AER European Championship final in Wronki, Poland.

Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup final:

Clongowes Wood College stand between Blackrock College and their back-to-back Senior Cup aspirations, after Noel McNamara’s charges held off a strong showing from St Andrew’s College to book their place in the March 16 decider.

All systems go for a re-match of the 2013 Leinster Schools Senior Cup final after holders Blackrock College were drawn against St Michael’s College in the quarter-final draw at Old Wesley RFC yesterday.

2008 champions Belvedere College sent out a message of intent in Balbriggan yesterday afternoon, as first-half tries by Adam Foy and Josh Hutchinson provided the foundations for a comprehensive 28-3 opening round victory over Wesley College.

Two rugby players from a prestigious private school who were involved in a mass brawl have avoided a jail term.

Two rugby players from a prestigious private school who were involved in a mass brawl which left a youth with a broken leg have avoided a jail term.

Two rugby players from a prestigious private school will be sentenced next week for their involvement in a mass brawl which left a youth with a broken leg.

Sallyanne Clarke, who lost her only son Andrew just after Christmas, is dreading what would have been the boy’s 17th birthday today.

Celebrity chef Derry Clarke and his wife Sallyanne have been inundated with fresh messages of support after it was revealed their teenage son Andrew had taken his own life just after Christmas.

The distraught mother of teen Andrew Clarke has revealed how she “willed him to live” as she rode with him in the ambulance to Tallaght Hospital.

Youngsters performed great feats at the YMA National Finals 2012 — presenting and showing their animals with admirable enthusiasm and skill.

Four years ago, staff and students from Methodist College applauded the cup-winning exploits of Craig Gilroy, Paddy Jackson and Adam Macklin.

After an exciting Leinster Schools Senior Cup campaign the pre-tournament favourites are the last two standing ahead of tomorrow’s final.

Two tries in three minutes helped fire Clongowes Wood to an emphatic victory in this Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final at Donnybrook yesterday.

THE boys were treated like men, and not just any men, but professional sportsmen.

THIS one-sided Leinster Schools Senior Cup final ended in a victory for tournament favourites Clongowes Wood College, who retained their title with a scintillating display of power and precision at the RDS yesterday.

Gonzaga College in Ranelagh in Dublin has been listed as Ireland's top school for progression to university, according to the Sunday Times' Parent Power Survey.

CONOR GILSENAN’S Clongowes Wood College will be molten hot favourites to complete back-to-back Powerade Leinster Schools Senior titles for the first time in their history at the RDS on St Patrick’s Day.

LEINSTER’S U18 schools side left Cork with a victory over Munster to their names last night, just as their predecessors did 111 years ago.

IRELAND will be bidding to advance to their third FIRA-AER U18 Championship decider in four years when they face Georgia in tonight’s semi-final at Casale Sul Sile, Treviso, (7pm, Irish time).

IT was as the bookmakers predicted; a seventh Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup title for Clongowes Wood College whose 14 points salvo in the opening minutes of yesterday’s decider at the RDS proved decisive.

St Michael's College lock Emmet McMahon will lead the Ireland Under-19 Schools team, coached by Terry McMaster and Bobby Byrne, to play the Australian Under-19 Schools at UCD tomorrow.

As expected Rob Kearney, Luke Fitzgerald and Jamie Heaslip will make their reappearance in the blue of Leinster away to Edinburgh in Saturday's Magners League clash at Murrayfield (KO: 6.30pm)

TWO young farmers’ sons beat off the challenge of more than 500 other projects from schools on both sides of the border to win this year’s BT Young Scientists of the Year award.

IRELAND will get one last shot at redemption when they take on Italy in the final outing of the U18 Six Nations Festival at Cork Institute of Technology today (2.30pm).