Latrobe, the outsider, nosed himself in front with two furlongs remaining in Saturday’s Irish Derby classic at The Curragh. He beat the unrelenting Rostropovich by half a length in the premier Flat race.

The GAA’s casual relationship with the notion of home advantage never ceases to amaze, writes Brendan O’Brien.

CARNACON and Inch Rovers will meet in the All-Ireland Club senior championship final for the third time in four years after semi-finals wins yesterday.

NO records have been found to show the forms of punishment young offenders received for breaching discipline at Daingean reformatory school in Co Offaly, the Child Abuse Commission heard yesterday.

Today's Leinster schools results.