CBC Cork 30 Crescent College 5: Christian Brothers College Cork laid down a marker in their bid to retain the Clayton Hotels sponsored Munster Schools Senior Cup when they proved much too strong for Crescent College Comprehensive at Musgrave Park yesterday.

CBC Cork 16 Crescent CC Limerick 16: A magnificent Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup final between two quality teams ended in a draw at Musgrave Park yesterday and the schools will meet again on April 6 at Thomond Park to settle the issue.

The death occurred in his native Limerick yesterday of Paddy Reid, one of the country’s most celebrated rugby players.

Crescent College Comprehensive became just the third Munster school to taste national glory in 20 years as they claimed the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships in Galway yesterday. 

Back rowers Paddy Butler and Sean Dougall are leaving Munster at the end of the season, but versatile back Denis Hurley has signed on for another season.

Limerick students will feast on nine free-range Christmas turkeys next week thanks to the hard work of their classmates who reared the birds in their schoolyard coop.

Veteran Limerick rugby broadcaster Len Dineen will embark on a contrasting double assignment on this evening when he contends with the raucous roar of Thomond Park followed by the serene sounds of Perry Como during a marathon stint at the microphone.

Leinster U20s 32 Munster U20s 20

Belvedere College caused one of the biggest upsets in recent years in Irish schools basketball when they stunned defending champions St Malachy’s of Belfast in yesterday’s final, 60-50.

Ever wondered what became of all those bright young minds who collected the Young Scientist title over the years? Well wonder no more.

Castletroy College 16 Crescent College 13

John Brudair is set to become the new manager of the Limerick senior footballers after receiving the backing of club delegates at last night's Limerick Football Committee meeting in Adare.

Munster 12 Leinster 34

Munster Schools 23 Connacht Schools 15

More than 7,000 fans watched Connacht battle with Munster in Galway on Saturday night.

He’s a favourite of Queen Elizabeth and interviewed the rich and famous, but when he comes back home, Terry Wogan resists the trappings of his showbiz career.

CBC advanced to Sunday’s Barry Cup final with rivals PBC after an emphatic 25-5 win over Crescent College at Lansdowne yesterday.

HAVING bridged a 19 year gap last season, Crescent College are favourites to make it two-in-a-row when they meet Limerick neighbours Ard Scoil Rís in this afternoon’s (3pm) Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Tom Clifford Park.

CRESCENT COLLEGE Comprehensive are one game away from retaining the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup after recording a fully-merited 22-6 semi-final win over Glenstal Abbey at Clanwilliam Park.

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE will be keen to mark their centenary year in style as their men’s and women’s teams both contest the Munster Senior Cup finals on home turf at Rosbrien, Limerick today.

MICHAEL CARMODY (Castletroy College, Limerick) led all the way to win the senior boys title at the Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships at Tramore Racecourse yesterday, when the lack of teacher cover due to the cutbacks was reflected in much smaller entries.

THEIR performance was not as convincing as the scoreline suggests but PBC’s victory over Crescent College in yesterday’s Avonmore Munster schools senior cup quarter-final was everything Cork fans could have hoped for as it set up a mouth-watering semi-final clash with arch rivals, CBC.

THOSE who murdered Shane Geoghegan will be tracked down and brought to justice, defence minister Willie O’Dea vowed yesterday.

France U-19 34 Ireland U-19 10

Following their 23-0 victory over Italy in their last outing, the Ireland U-19 coaching staff has today announced the team to play France in their second and final international of the season.

Blackrock College 29 UCD 38

THE dye is cast. Ireland must play like men possessed or they will be more or less out of the World Cup after Friday’s game against France at the Stade de France.

TERRY Wogan and portrait artist Tom Ryan have agreed to accept the Freedom of Limerick.

The Ireland Schools selectors have named a 26-strong squad to take on Japan U19s this weekend and also to represent Ireland at the 6 Nations U18 tournament to take place in Glasgow from April 8 to 14.

AS the Munster team captured the heart and admiration of the country, a local Limerick sporting legend was cast onto the national sports scene by last weekend’s events.

NEXT year’s Dr Harty Cup will have one new entrant following the decision at the Munster Colleges AGM to allow a number of schools in Limerick city to amalgamate.

The Ireland Schools team to play England schools tomorrow in the opening game of the U18 4 Nations Schools tournament shows two personnel and three positional changes to the side that played against France last weekend in a friendly.

THE JESUITS have received a number of offers which match or exceed the €4 million asking price for their church and residence in Limerick, according to well placed sources.

SEALED bids for a historic Jesuit church and adjoining residence will be opened in a Limerick solicitor’s office today.

CORK born Jesuit, Fr Francis Browne’s collection of photographs, taken throughout the country - wherever his priestly work took him - is regarded as one of the finest of its kind in the world.