Kenmare Shamrocks (Kerry) 0-20 Cappamore (Limerick) 2-08

Hectic times for Cork camogie star Eimear O’Sullivan but she wouldn’t change it for the world.

Kilshannig1-14Ballyhea 2-10

THE grieving relatives of a father and his two daughters who died in tragic circumstances in Ballycotton, Co Cork, last week have been asked to remember the “good times” the trio shared before their lives ended so prematurely last Tuesday morning.

A PERFECT silence fell as the hearse containing the two white coffins arrived at the church.

TWO little sisters, who grew up together, played together and died together in a family tragedy, were laid to rest together yesterday.

“UNA and her family will need the support of the people, not just for this week, this month or this year, but for many years to come. It is such an unbelievable tragedy they will probably never recover from it.”

GARDAÍ believe that 43-year-old John Butler killed his two daughters at their home in east Cork before dousing his car in petrol and deliberately crashing it at high speed into a ditch.

A 29-YEAR-OLD man, described as a suicide risk, appeared in court in Castlebar, Co Mayo, yesterday charged with the murder of his mother.

PAUL HEALION (Ireland National Team) put down an important marker along the road to London 2012 by beating some of the world’s top sprinters for the stage victory when the FBD Insurance Rás arrived in Castlebar yesterday.

WITH three of Ireland’s four Olympic cyclists in the field, Sunday’s national road race championships in Midleton promise to be the most competitive in recent years.

CIARAN POWER (Pezula Racing) put his hallmark on a spectacular weekend when he won the final stage of the Pauline Sugrue Auctioneers Rás Mumhan, to copperfasten his overall victory in blustery conditions at Killorglin yesterday.

NORWEGIAN Thor Hushovd edged a tight finish to win the fourth stage of the Tour de France on the 193km route between Villers-Cotterets and Joigny.

BRIAN KENNEALLY from Kilkenny, a member of the Meath Myhome.ie/BDBC team claimed the glory of stage victory while German Tony Martin held onto the yellow jersey when the FBD Insurance RÁS concluded in Skerries yesterday.

RAYMOND CLARKE (Dan Morrissey/Carrick Wheelers) will wear the race leader’s yellow jersey when Rás Mumhan leaves Killorglin today on the first of the three road stages.

BRIAN KENNEALLY is bidding to reclaim the Rás Mumhan title — the highlight of the Easter Weekend cycling programme — but he admitted it will be a tall order.

EUGENE MORIARTY would dearly love to win the race dedicated to his grandfather, legendary track cyclist Gene Moriarty, in his native Listowel on Sunday but feels that, at this point, it may be a bridge too far.

TODAY: IHC: Newcestown v Ballyhea: Ballyanley, 7.30pm.

THE Martin Donnelly/Sean Kelly professional cycling team will make its Irish debut in this weekend’s five stage Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Co. Kerry.

KEN NORGROVE recorded the biggest win of his cycling career as he out-paced the field to claim the 121-kilometre Gene Moriarty in Listowel yesterday.

EUGENE MORIARTY (cycleways.com) returns to his native Listowel on Sunday bidding to reclaim the trophy that perpetuates the memory of the man who inspired him to take up cycling, his late grandfather, Gene.

THOUGH the result was a foregone conclusion there was drama aplenty before Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) finally clinched the FBD Insurance Rás title in the Phoenix Park yesterday.

British rider Chris Newtown swept to his second FBD Insurance Rás title in two years, after finishing comfortably in the bunch at the end of today's eighth and final stage criterium in Dublin's Phoenix Park.

DAVID McCANN will begin his build-up to a defence of his FBD Insurance RÁS title in Kerry over the Easter weekend, when he lines up as favourite to win the Rás Mumhan, the perfect prelude to Irish cycling’s showpiece.

Irish international Eugene Moriarty returns from illness to compete in the 22nd Annual Gene Moriarty Cup Cycle Race in Listowel on Sunday, (1pm).

WHEN Philip Cassidy sprang one of cycling’s shocks of the century by coming back after 16 years to win the FBD Milk Rás for a second time in 1999, his son Mark was just a spectator with a passing interest.

TOMMY EVANS, riding for the Irish Sports Council team, got the FBD Milk Rás off to a flying start yesterday when he won a two man sprint for stage victory with the young Dane, Ari Hojgaard, into Roscrea and claimed the first yellow jersey of this year’s showpiece.

A 91-YEAR-OLD woman and a 18-year-old man were among three people killed in separate road accidents which marred the Bank Holiday weekend.