Roscommon GAA made a net profit of €943,400 from their Win A House in Dublin initiative but county chairman Seamus Sweeney admits they would have been happy to sold 10,000 tickets, almost 5,000 less than they did.

An Aer Lingus check-in operator got down on his knees and pleaded for forgiveness after being challenged by his manager over reported breaches in procedure while processing passengers, a tribunal was told.

The College sides were most impressive in this afternoon's GAA action as Queen's University beat Monaghan in the McKenna Cup, and there were hurling wins for NUI Galway, Cork IT and Roscommon.

FOUR of the 12 clubs that have qualified for the national final of the AIB-Macra na Feirme club of the year competition at the end of this month are from Cork.