Ardscoil Rís Limerick 4-11

Limerick IT 1-15 Carlow IT 0-14: This fixture lay in doubt up until two hours before throw-in, but IT Carlow and Limerick IT finally locked horns at the third time of asking — the Limerick college holding off a spirited second-half revival from the visitors to advance to the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final.

Both of today's Fitzgibbon Cup Hurling quarter-finals are postponed after IT Carlow were reinstated in the competition last night, following a meeting of the GAA’s Central Appeals Committee (CAC).

Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7

In recent years the Fitzgibbon Cup has become a vital breeding ground to gain experience for the inter-county game

Mary Immaculate 1-17 Waterford IT 1-15

Árdscoil Rís 2-15 St Colman’s 2-12

Students from around the world have voted the University of Limerick as providing the best student experience, best student support and warmest welcome.

A DOMINANT second-half in which they outscored their opponents by 10 points to two saw reigning champions Árdscoil Rís comfortably defeat Cork college Coláiste Chríost Rí in this second round Harty Cup game at chilly Mallow yesterday.

ENTERPRISE Ireland should be measured on the number of Nasdaq quoted companies created here and not just on job creation, a leading entrepreneur has suggested.

DAVY FITZGERALD will be unveiled as Limerick IT’s director of hurling next month.

THEY really don’t come any more dramatic than this!

A POWERFUL and consummate display propelled UL past the challenge of Cork IT in yesterday’s Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final in the Clan na nGael Fontenoy club in Ringsend.

ST MUNCHIN’S, with wins over a highly-rated CBC and Ard Scoil Ris, are favourites to advance against Rockwell in today’s Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park (3pm).

LIMERICK senior footballer Ian Ryan’s tally of 2-5 proved invaluable to Mary Immaculate College who progress to this afternoon’s Ulster Bank Trench Cup final by defeating John Moores at CIT yesterday.

CHAMPIONS WIT face a critical encounter at home to DIT this afternoon, in one of three Fitzgibbon Cup ties down for decision.

PBC 12 St Munchin’s 6

STEPHEN HARVEY was the hero for Villiers School in yesterday’s titanic tussle with St Mary’s CBS (Tralee) in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup round one tie at Tralee RFC.

Presentation Brothers College added another major piece of silverware to their 2006/07 collection after capturing the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup title at rain-swept Dooradoyle yesterday.

CASTLETROY College compete in their first Munster Schools Junior Cup final, sponsored by Avonmore Milk, against traditional heavyweights Presentation Brothers College at Dooradoyle today (kick off 3:45pm).

THE curtain falls today on the first half of colleges activity for the season, with some finals down for decision.

LAST year’s beaten finalists St. Brendan’s, Tralee CBS, Limerick Colleges and newcomers DLS Macroom are the only schools definitely through to the knock out stages of the Corn Uí Mhuirí after Christmas.

ONLY one round of the Dr Harty Cup may be completed but it is already obvious that St Flannan’s and St Colman’s are firm favourites for the Munster Colleges senior hurling title.

UCC 3-11 NUIG1-1

CORK Colleges break with tradition tomorrow night when Farranferris and Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh clash under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn in the O’Callaghan Cup final (7.30 pm).

THE Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup is hotting up with a number of crucial ties during the coming week.

St. Colman’s, Fermoy 4-20 Kilmallock 0-8

MORE damning evidenceof the lack of rationale in the Government’s frenzied cutbacks — a costly legacy for the taxpayer of the Coalition’s cynical pre-election vote-buying spree — is manifest in the blatant neglect of one of Ireland’s leading teacher training colleges.