Nemo Rangers 2-11 St Vincents 0-9: There was little likelihood of Nemo Rangers losing their second consecutive game in the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship in Ballinlough last evening, as they did last season, despite what in different circumstances would have been a serious wides total of 16.

An historic and against-the-odds first All-Ireland senior club football title for Ballyboden - and the fourth time in the last nine years the Andy Merrigan Cup has remained in Dublin.

St Vincents 1-13 Rhode 0-06

All-Ireland champions St Vincents of Dublin will start next month’s Leinster club championship final as clear favourites against Rhode of Offaly after today's semi-finals.

Dublin footballer Ger Brennan has reiterated his support of homosexual GAA players and insisted that he was surprised by how much attention the issue has gotten since his All-Ireland club final speech.

The South African Gaels have been taking in the sights and sounds of Ireland as well as playing a game or two whilst on tour here over the last week

Newly crowned All-Ireland Club SFC champions St Vincents will take on Africa’s first GAA team this weekend.

St Vincents (Dublin) 4-12 Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) 2-11

St Vincents captain Ger Brennan wasn’t surprised by his club-mate and fellow Dublin player Diarmuid Connolly’s awesome 60-plus minutes in Croke Park.

1. Diarmuid Connolly is a top-class footballer

Highlights include Who’s Buying Ireland? and a discussion of pre-nups on Ear To The Ground

Portlaoise 1-9 Moorefield 0-8

People hung by the radio waiting for his voice to tell them if their county had won or lost.

Pat Gilroy last night stepped down as Dublin manager after four seasons in charge of the county, citing family and work commitments.

Slightly paraphrased, Jimmy Rabbitte’s immortal quote from The Commitments describes Pat Gilroy’s club.

A Division 1 semi-final awaits All-Ireland champions Dublin providing they win one of their remaining league ties against Mayo and Cork.

A TALENTED rugby players has lost the sight in his right eye following an alleged gouging incident at the end of an AIL Division 2 game last month.

ONE of Dublin’s star players from the All-Ireland final has been robbed in Thailand.

EAMONN FENNELL says the Dublin players will do everything in their power to convince Pat Gilroy to stay on as manager for a fourth season.

An estimated 35,000 people thronged Merrion Square last night for the official homecoming to honour Dublin's first All-Ireland SFC title success since 1995.

THERE was something entirely appropriate in the manner in which Dublin qualified for their first Division One final since 1999 in Croke Park on Saturday evening.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy is relieved Eamon Fennell’s protracted transfer case has been resolved — but has all but ruled him out of getting any league action.

THE removal of heavyweight forces like Ballyhale Shamrocks and Birr has blown the Leinster senior club hurling race wide open.

THE statistics make for impressive reading.

DUBLIN have the perfect opportunity for revenge presented to them when they face off against Kilkenny in tomorrow afternoon’s ESB Leinster MHC final in Croke Park at 2pm.

TIMING. Somewhere along the line Micheál O Sé got it right. He’s developed the knack these past few years of landing in places where football success invariably ensues.

MEATH boss Eamonn O’Brien has confirmed defender Kevin Reilly will not feature in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry.

MAYO manager John O’Mahony is to give injured full-forward Barry Moran every chance to be fit to line out in Sunday’s last All-Ireland football quarter-final clash with Meath.

THE result was anticipated but Nemo Rangers must show marked improvement on this display at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday to successfully defend their Evening Echo Cork SFC title.

WHEN Pat Gilroy was announced as the new Dublin football manager, most commentators were taken by surprise.

Dublin did not find out too much about their summer potential with a one-sided 22-point victory over Roscommon in their weekend national football league encounter.

In the two Leinster Club Football quarter final replays the results are Dromard 0-12 Moorefield 0-12 (after extra time), and St Vincents 0-12 Seneschalstown 0-10.

There was controversy in Newbridge yesterday as the referee decided to play extra-time when Moorefield and Dromard finished level in the Leinster football quarter-finals.

Reigning Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague champions DART Killester open the 2007/08 campaign with a trip to UCD Marian on Thursday night, while University of Ulster begin their stint in the top division on Sunday.

A HOTEL has stepped in yesterday to save the graduation celebrations of thousands of Cork students after an ‘events organiser’ failed to pay booking deposits.

NEPTUNE needed to beat the Tigers to keep alive any hope of making the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague quarter-finals in March and they eventually did by the narrowest of margins.

Groups representing doctors and nurses are reacting with scepticism to improvements to Accident and Emergency units at three Dublin Hospitals.

Cloyne 5-8 Carbery 1-8

In keeping with what has gone on in recent years, Seandun go into this Cork County SFC game against Muskerry at Páirc Uí Rinn, 8pm, with little or no preparation.

CORK’s Intermediate Football Championship crackled into life at the weekend as North Cork outfit Newmarket overcame Castletownbere in a battle of two title hopefuls at Inchigeela.

CORK are without a number of key players for the second phase of the Allianz National Hurling League against Kilkenny at Páirc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday.