The Galway defender has found himself in a bind in recent seasons due to the success of both his club Corofin and college side NUIG.

DCU will be Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup hosts in 2020 and have been handed a Round 1 game against Garda College on January 12.

Top artists have donated to Leeside’s first €50 anonymous sale for the Jack and Jill Foundation, writes Marjorie Brennan.

The joint application for university status by institutes of technology in Carlow and Waterford will be submitted to the Government by the end of September but no timeframe has been set out by the Minister for Education Richard Bruton for approval of the plan.

Few nations embrace their medal-winners quite like Ireland, a country that puts a higher premium on international success due to its rarity.

Irish women in the IT sector are the second-best paid in the world but still lag almost a fifth behind their male counterparts when it comes to pay.

The bosses of a company whose burgeoning global reputation has attracted clients such as Disney, PayPal, eBay, and Spotify have been named as Cork’s Tech Persons of the Year by their peers.

Mary Immaculate 0-19 Limerick IT 0-14: Mary Immaculate manager Jamie Wall played down the favourite’s tag that has been thrust upon his side, but after Aaron Gillane fired them to a Fitzgibbon Cup derby win over LIT, the manager is confident his side can cope with any pressure that comes their way against IT Carlow.

UCC 0-10 IT Carlow 1-6 (AET): A point from play by Cork senior county player Brian O’Driscoll in the sixth minute of extra-time proved the winning score as UCC progressed to the Sigerson Cup semi-final with victory over IT Carlow in an undistinguished game at the IT Carlow grounds last night.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has called for third-level teams to be pulled from the province’s FBD league.

UUJ and Cork IT will host the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup respectively in 2016.

Limerick IT v IT Carlow, LIT (A Kelly, Galway), 2pm

Tomorrow's Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals are unlikely to go ahead, after Mary Immaculate College have confirmed this evening that an appeal has been submitted to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) over the reinstatement of IT Carlow in the competition.

Voxpro is to create 43 jobs at its multi-lingual support centre in Cork, it was announced today.

Group A: DCU v St Pat’s, DCU Sportsgrounds (J McGrath), 6.30pm

FBD Connacht League: Roscommon 0-14 IT Sligo 0-5

A major financial crisis has engulfed the National Hurling and Camogie development centre (NHCDC) in Waterford.

Kerry, Cork, Cork IT and UL got off to winning starts as they claimed quarter-final wins in the McGrath Cup today.

Roscommon manager John Evans may be something of an unknown quantity for most Mayo football fans, but he needs very little introduction in the O’Shea household in Breaffy.

Men are more likely than woman to die from all types of cancer, mainly because of higher smoking rates, heavier drinking, poorer diets, less exercise, and obesity.

Ikea has grown into a global brand by tapping into customers’ fondness for DIY and, as its founder Ingvar Kamprad quits the board, the flatpack giant is looking to carve out an even bigger slice of the market, writes Kyran FitzGerald

TUI delegates have voted not to re-enter any talks with the Government on the proposed successor to the Croke Park Agreement and to ballot on withdrawing from Ictu should any of its proposals be forced on teachers.

LIT Tipperary 1-25 IT Tralee 2-09

Sport stars across a range of codes feature in a video aimed at helping to combat suicide.

Kerry hurling boss John Meyler is expecting no favours off his old pal Jimmy Barry-Murphy tomorrow.

The draws for the 2012 Higher Education GAA Championships, including the prestigious Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups, were made this afternoon in Croke Park.

THE IT industry is alive and well in Ireland and will continue to grow.

INTERNET guardians have voted to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.

IT has a west-facing balcony and views over the more unspoilt reaches of Cork’s inner harbour.

THE institutes of technology in Limerick and Carlow could be moving towards a technological university application after signing a collaboration deal.

This weekend's entire first round of Dr. McKenna Cup fixtures will not take place due to frozen pitches, while there are some other changes to GAA fixtures today.

The Leinster Council have confirmed that it will hold Shield competitions respectively for teams which lose first round ties in the O'Byrne, Walsh and Kehoe Cup competitions this month.

ALAN O’CONNOR and Kevin McMahon are the only two members of Cork’s All-Ireland senior football winning squad set for action for the Rebels’ 2011 season bow in Sunday’s McGrath Cup opener against Waterford IT at Páirc Uí Rinn.

MUNSTER’S leaders in technology have been celebrated for their contribution to the technology sector in an award ceremony for those who are driving success in the area.

An iconic building firm of the Celtic Tiger years has gone into receivership, it was confirmed today.

DCU and Carlow IT meet in this afternoon’s Ulster Bank Ryan Cup final at Pearse Stadium, Galway (12.45) after beating NUI Maynooth and IT Tralee, respectively, in yesterday’s semi-finals.

Tonight’s McGrath Senior Football Cup clash between Limerick v Waterford IT at 7.30pm at the Staker Wallace Pitch, Bulgaden, Co Limerick has been called off.

The inclement weather has forced the GAA's Leinster Council to move two of the fixtures in this weekend's opening round of the O'Byrne Cup to other venues.

BRYAN SHEEHAN, the favourite to captain All-Ireland champions Kerry next season, admits a return to the Kingdom’s starting 15 is his ‘number one priority’ for next season.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

FIRST-YEAR students will be ineligible to play in the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup competitions this season. The announcement follows a ruling passed at Saturday’s AGM of the Higher Education GAA authority at Trinity College in Dublin.

IT does exactly what it says on the tin, does Rockcliffe Village. It’s a self-contained little estate on the high-value, village side of the Blackrock Road and is a bit of a haven for singles and couples.