Loughgiel took Ulster SHC silverware; Limerick's Na Piarsaigh advanced to an AIB Munster semi-final, while Clara and St. Brendan's were crowned Kilkenny and Kerry champions respectively following today's hurling action.

Kilkenny’s Paul O’Hara crashed a young man’s party at Lahinch yesterday by winning two fine matches against Ulster duo Stephen Coulter and Nicky Grant to qualify for this morning’s first semi-final of the South of Ireland Championship against 20-year-old Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu).

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PHILIP WALLACE professes to be mystified by Good Counsel’s failure to win All-Ireland colleges titles.

AN INDEPENDENT commission should be formed to adjudicate on the application by Waterford City Council to extend its boundary into south Kilkenny, a Waterford TD says.