Munster champions Tramore needed all their fighting spirit after six years of campaigning together to reach today’s AIG Senior Cup final at Carton House.

Tramore Golf Club go into today’s AIG Senior Cup semi-finals at Carton House hoping third time will be the charm for their team after national finals disappointments in 2011 and 2012.

Weekend wins for Rosslare in Irish Senior Cup Leinster section and Warrenpoint in the Barton Shield in Ulster have confirmed the field for the national finals of the AIG Cups and Shields at Carton House, Kildare next month.

The club, we are repeatedly informed by the great and the good of the GAA, is the ‘lifeblood of the Association’. By extension, that should mean the club championship is a competition which is truly treasured by the trusted leaders who espouse this rhetoric.

There are just four survivors from last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Dublin in the Kerry side to face IT Tralee in the McGrath Cup tomorrow.

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) chairman Pat Wall says not enough is being done to tackle deadly “rotational falls” in eventing, but the world governing body has disputed this.

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) chairman Pat Wall says not enough is being done to tackle deadly “rotational falls” in eventing, but the world governing body has disputed this.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will give debuts to three players in tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier clash with Offaly in O’Connor Park in Tullamore (3pm).

Mickey Harte last night heralded a new era for Tyrone football, confirming a major overhaul of his squad and the departure of 11 established players.

Helen Jones fell away disappointingly in the third and final round of the Irish Senior Womens Open Championship at Royal Belfast yesterday and Finland’s Minna Kaarnalahti was able to comfortably retain her title.

Underage stars progressing to senior level has been a major theme in Tyrone for the past number of seasons.

IRELAND’S bid to win the Women’s Senior Home International Championship for the first time since it was inaugurated in 2003 got off to a good start yesterday as they beat last year’s wooden spoonists Scotland 5-3 at Tramore.

Cricket Ireland today announced their preliminary squad for the 2011 World Cup which is being held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from February 19 to April 2.

Alex Cusack has been ruled out of Cricket Ireland's squad for their Intercontinental Cup and two ODIs against Canada.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor has serious injury headaches ahead of the Munster SFC semi-final replay with Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, with key personnel all sitting out training last night.

THE draw has been made for the 2009 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, and has thrown up some mouthwatering clashes.

IRELAND set out on the hunt for more silverware today bidding to extend their amazing run of international golf success.

A loyalist ceasefire in the North is to be recognised, the Northern Secretary said today.

A loyalist ceasefire in North is to be recognised, the Northern Ireland Secretary said today.

Ireland have named an unchanged squad for their forthcoming Friends Provident Trophy games this weekend.

Ireland have announced a squad of 13 for their opening fixture in the Friends Provident Trophy versus Nottinghamshire. The fixture takes place at Clontarf on Sunday at 12pm.

Tyrone hot shot Stephen O'Neill has stunned the GAA world by announcing his retirement from inter-county football at the age of just 27.

Tyrone attacker Stephen O'Neill looks set to miss his side's National Football League campaign and is also a serious doubt for this summer's Ulster Championship.

The draw has been made for the opening round of the 2008 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup.

A 13-MAN squad has been named for Ireland’s Friends Provident Trophy games against Middlesex and Glamorgan.

Leading qualifier Tara Delaney cruised into the last 16 of the Lancôme Irish Ladies Close Championship with a 3 and 1 win over Charlotte Crowe at Lahinch today.

IRISH cricket bosses are hoping for a financial windfall at next year’s World Cricket League in Kenya.

England's David Horsey fired a four under par 67 on his 21st birthday to grab the first-round lead in strokeplay qualifying for the Radisson SAS West of Ireland Championship.

Strabane-based business owner John Friel has been elected chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Northern Ireland Regional Committee at this weekend’s AGM in Cookstown.

Clare's Derek Malone ran a personal best in today's Paralympics T38 400 metres heats at the Olympic Stadium, to qualify as a fastest loser for tomorrow night's final.

Northern Ireland’s largest textile company – Strabane-based Adria – today announced it was merging with the international Quantum Clothing Group.

ANDREW Flintoff stamped his authority on the npower Test series with a devastating assault on West Indies’ inexperienced attack ensuring that England took control of the second Test at Edgbaston yesterday.

The second round of the Royal Liver Senior Cricket Cup will take place on Saturday, June 19, when the remaining 16 teams will bat it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

The Irish cricket team to take on Northamptonshire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy on May 30 has been named as follows:

Six Catholic members of a District Policing Partnership, who received death threats from dissident republicans, have refused to resign, it emerged today.

The search for a Co Tyrone woman who has been missing for a month was intensified today.

A WINTER of discontent awaits the losers of Sunday’s Cork SHC final. However, no matter what the outcome, for Blackrock’s Alan Cummins the months ahead are sure to be filled with warm sunshine and happy memories.

Security cameras are to be installed at the homes of members of a local policing body in Northern Ireland following a series of threats and attacks by dissident republicans, it was revealed today.

THE Tyrone victory tour moved on to Owen Mulligan’s home town last night as a crazed county revelled in a wonderful party.

Dissident republicans will not succeed in wrecking Northern Ireland’s new community policing boards through a campaign of death threats, Chief Constable Hugh Orde vowed today.

The chairman of a new community policing board in Northern Ireland tonight vowed to continue his work despite a hoax bomb attack on his Co Tyrone home.

The Irish Cricket Union has announced the following squad for the tour of England.

Ireland have named their squad for the forthcoming fixtures against the ECB XI next week.

The Irish selectors have picked an experienced squad of 12 for their one-day internationals against Zimbabwe and South Africa.