CIT have made a swift and comfortable return to top-level colleges football, Conor Kelleher’s side emphatic winners of this one-sided Trench Cup final.

Eoghan Cormican picks out three players to watch in Wednesday's Trench Cup final between Cork IT and Mary I.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

From chasing yet another Fitzgibbon Cup final appearance to the continued squeeze being put on third-level competitions, there is plenty exercising the mind of Mary Immaculate College manager Jamie Wall.

Few counties have as many players involved in the Fitzgibbon Cup as Cork and the tight turnaround this week is a fair test of those involved and a clear indication of what exactly fixture congestion means to those most affected by it, writes Michael Moynihan.

Second half goals from Shane Ryan and Gary Cooney were enough for a the Limerick side that were down by two points at half time.

The return of Dónal Óg Cusack to the Cork fray was never going to run smoothly. And the award for most obvious hurling statement in 2019, beating “Liam Sheedy has the x-factor” and “you can never write off Kilkenny”, goes to...

Education Minister Joe McHugh came under fire this week after he suggested that students could pursue “regional options” as pathways to their chosen career if the expense of university was an issue.

A PROFILE site with 140m frontage to Limerick City’s Dock Road, and in an area earmarked as an economic development hub with docklands focus has been put to market for the Shannon Foynes Port Company.

Irrespective of how tomorrow’s Munster final plays out, Ronan Maher will point the car for Templemore on Monday morning to begin the first day of his new career.

The minor grade has changed a fair bit — and for the better — since a young Diarmuid Mullins won back-to-back All-Ireland football medals with Laois in the mid-90s.

A surge in property development across residential, commercial, educational and other sectors has led Dublin-based KSN Project Management to open a new Cork office.

Michael Clifford joins Grace O’Sullivan, the Green Party candidate for Ireland South in the upcoming European elections, as she takes to the campaign trail on Shannonside.

II read that they are planning to put microchips into sliotars now.

The LIT management were informed late last night they had been awarded the game after controversy had reigned on Wednesday of last week when the two finalists showed up at different venues.

Seán Powter will start his first game for the Cork footballers in almost 14 months this weekend.

Aaron Gillane was the hero as Mary Immaculate College booked their place in this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup final when they held off the NUIG challenge at Cusack Park in Ennis..

Tributes were paid to Patrickswell and Limerick legend Leonard Enright who passed away on Friday at the age of 65.

A young couple took the train to their wedding today six years after falling for one another on one of Iarnroid Eireann’s Dublin to Limerick services.

Cian Lynch wouldn’t regard himself as a social media influencer, but he has the Midas touch when it comes to grabbing people’s attention on it. 

Teachers and parents will get to play a part in global research led by Dublin City University (DCU) to help combat school bullying.

You won’t see Kyle Hayes in action for UL in tomorrow’s Fitzgibbon Cup final. Nor will he be part of the Limerick squad for Sunday’s Division 1B league fixture away to Antrim.

DCU midfielder Darren Mullen said that knocking out the champions and advancing to the semi-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup is a huge boost to hurling in the university.

The game seemed destined for extra-time until the closing stages.

Waterford midfielder Colin Dunford says the doubters drove the Déise on last year and he has promised they will dig deep to go one step further in 2018.

Waterford midfielder Colin Dunford says the doubters drove the Déise on last year and he has promised they will dig deep to go one step further in 2018.

Colleges plan to offer places to around a dozen students whose applications to become primary teachers were turned down in August, thanks to the retrospective easing of entry requirements by Education Minister Richard Bruton.

More than 3,000 students are being offered third-level college places by the Central Applications Office (CAO) today.

The tragic passing of Tony Keady last week, and the outpouring of sympathy it provoked, illustrated yet again the ties that bind the GAA fold.

Male students and people with lower Leaving Certificate points are prominent among more than 6,000 who drop out annually before they reach the second year of third-level courses.

Construction has begun on a 100,000sq ft office development in Limerick city centre — kickstarting the €500m Limerick 2030 economic plan.

Dozens of more people with disabilities, Travellers, and others from under-represented backgrounds are expected to become teachers every year in a campaign to widen diversity in the profession.

The death of Michael Hayes, president of Mary Immaculate College (MIC) in Limerick, occurred at the weekend.

Tony Hehir couldn’t have been happier when overtime ended yesterday and the scoreboard in Inchicore’s Oblate Hall confirmed that his Mary Immaculate College side had claimed the All-Ireland Colleges Ladies Division 2 title.

IT Carlow 2-20 UCC 1-20: IT Carlow manager DJ Carey has no clue what shape his bruised and battered team will be in for today’s Fitzgibbon Cup final, but says whatever happens they’re in bonus territory now.