The Nenagh-Midleton clash was to determine the other qualifiers from Group 4, which Hamilton High School had already won.

Nenagh CBS will do battle with Midleton CBS in a straight shoot-out for the second qualification spot in Group 4 of the Dr Harty Cup.

St Brendan’s College, Killarney have joined fellow Kerry school Coláiste na Sceilge in qualifying from Group B of the Corn Uí Mhuirí to reach the quarter-finals.

The green light has been given for a combined heat and power plant (CHP) which is expected to create up to 35 full-time jobs in north Kerry when it becomes operational.

St Kieran’s (Limerick) 1-11 Kenmare (Kerry) 1-07

Holders Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne must win against North Clare Schools in Rathkeale this afternoon to be assured a place in the last eight of Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SAFC).

A Bord Pleanála decision to reject a proposed bypass of Adare, Co Limerick, will add to Kerry’s sense of peripherality, it has been claimed.

Holders Coláistí na nDéise made it two wins from two in this year’s Dr Harty Cup as the enjoyed a 3-12 to 0-11 Group D victory over St Caimin’s of Shannon in Tipperary town yesterday.

They might have won an All-Ireland title after Sunday’s final replay win over Dublin, but for some of the Tipperary minor side the celebrations have had to be cut short.

Hamilton High School secured a first-ever Dr Harty Cup win as they beat Coláiste Chríost Rí in their Group C opener at Ballygarvan.

There was a disappointing start to the opening round of the Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup with only three of the scheduled seven games going ahead.

Kanturk booked their place in the fifth round of the Munster Junior Cup as Presentation defeated Newcastle West in the final of the Munster Junior Shield in what was a very quiet weekend on the junior front.

CLONMEL head the field in Munster Junior League Division One after they collected maximum points with a 28-0 away win over Kilfeacle.

WITH the Munster Junior League due to commence next week, the main cup competitions are down to the semi-final stage.

LAST month Eamon Fitzgerald packed his things, said goodbye to his mum and dad and made his way to Sydney via Shannon, London and Kuala Lumpur. It will be some time before he returns and, in that, he wasn’t alone.

THERE were no shocks in the Munster Junior Cup as Shannon, Scariff and Fermoy advanced.

THE Heineken Cup match in Limerick on Sunday has seriously hampered the junior programme as a lack of referee availability has forced several clubs to rearrange their fixtures with a handful now going ahead on Saturday.

WEST Limerick GAA chiefs last night ordered their divisional junior hurling final to be replayed after Sunday afternoon’s decider in Feenagh between St Kieran’s and Askeaton ended in a blaze of controversy when a St Kieran’s substitute entered the action with none of his teammates making way and struck the match-winning goal to hand his side a 2-12 to 2-11 victory.

“ON the crest of a wave,” is how Granagh-Ballingarry minor hurling trainer Peter Dunworth describes the club at the moment.

HOPES of saving more than 340 jobs at Castlemahon Food Company in Co Limerick faded yesterday.

CROSSHAVEN can book their place in the semi-final of the play-offs for the Heineken Munster Junior League if they beat Ennis at the Clare venue in their outstanding league tie this weekend.

Some 152 delegates are to attend a reconvened Limerick West Board GAA convention - for the sole purpose of electing an assistant treasurer.

CROSSHAVEN and Cobh Pirates are a step closer securing a place in the playoffs for a Heineken Munster Junior League First Division place, while Youghal, who lead the other section, face a late challenge from Nenagh Ormond and Skibbereen.

Monaleen 2-8 Newcastle West 2-8

THE gap between the top sides and the rest of the clubs in the First Division of the Heineken Munster Junior League is expected to widen after this weekend’s games.

Adare 0-13, Kilmallock 2-7

Athea 2-12 Claughaun 2-3

Hospital Herbertstown 1-15 Gerald Griffins 0-13

Killeedy 1-14

WITH just one series of games remaining to be played in the league section of the Limerick Senior Football Championship, holders Drom/Broadford, Fr. Casey's, Monaleen and Ballylanders are all assured of places in the quarter finals.

Philip Walton put in a stroming finish at sunny Castlerock when he carded a two-under-par 71 to snatch the overnight lead in the first round of the £110,000 Smurfit PGA Irish Region Championship.