Amnesty International tonight called for an independent inquiry into the killing of two armed robbers in a quiet Irish village as Bertie Ahern backed the gardaí involved.

A LITTLE bit of hurling history was created this week when leading Kerry club Kilmoyley, trained by former Cork and St Finbarr’s player John Meyler, got the go-ahead to play competitive hurling across the county bounds in the Cork City Division.

BRIDE ROVERS, from the village of Rathcormack, won the Permanent TSB Cork County IHC for the first time at Pairc Uí Chaoimh yesterday with a 1-15 to 1-5 victory over Inniscarra.