Andrew Gaffney’s 64th-minute free rescued victory for Maynooth University as they just about withstood Trinity College’s massive late rally in this Fitzgibbon Cup Group A opener.

Fermoy 1-9  Cill na Martra 0-10: Goalkeeper Liam Coleman expertly converted three crucial second-half frees as Fermoy came from behind to defeat Cill na Martra in the first round of the Cork IFC on Saturday night in Ballincollig.

A man who bit part of a security guard’s ear off after he was asked to leave a shop following a dispute with the store supervisor has been given a three and a half year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A convicted child molester whose kidnapping of a boy was turned into a television film has been arrested after allegedly trying to buy a child, police said.