St Flannans’ crusade for a first Munster A Colleges title since 2005 stayed firmly on track on Wednesday afternoon as they powered to a ten-point victory in a contest that had hurling pulses racing for three-quarters of an hour.

Students who received their Junior Cert results today are being urged to celebrate responsibly.

Offaly 0-15 Clare 1-11: Offaly added their name to the shortlist of Division 3 promotion candidates yesterday when they overcame the concession of a late Eoin Cleary goal to snatch the last score of an entertaining contest against Clare at O’Connor Park.

NO SHORTAGE of topics this week, is there?

Women’s designer clothing brand Joseph is gearing up for an auction that could value it at £100m (€145m), it was reported today.