An isolated 54-year-old man caught with over €13,000 worth of cannabis at his home in Coachford was planning to draw cannabis oil from his plants for medicinal use.

An isolated 54-year-old man caught with over €13,000 worth of cannabis at his home in Coachford, Co Cork, was told to do everything the Probation Service told him to do and to expect the gardaí to call again to check his home for drugs.

Dr Crokes managed to grind out a comeback win after being reduced to 14-men for most of the second-half of their Munster Club SFC quarter-final in Clonmel.

Two of Ireland’s great soccer academies battle for glory today as UCC and UCD meet in the Irish Universities Collingwood Cup final at Maynooth University (2.30pm).

To most of the casual supporters of Gaelic football in the country, the name Donie Buckley probably means little, if anything.

Dr Crokes 1-11 Austin Stacks 1-10: Experience was what Martin Byrnes cited at the finish.

On the recommendation of County Board chairman Patrick O’Sullivan, delegates at last evening’s Kerry County Board meeting ratified Peter Keane to succeed Jack O’Connor as the county’s new Minor football manager for a two-year term.

Dundalk 5 Shelbourne 0: Premier Division leaders Dundalk cruised into the last 16 of the FAI Cup with a comfortable victory over Shelbourne at Oriel Park.

Shannon Rangers 0-9 Dr Crokes 2-16: It was all so easy for Dr Crokes who had 13 points to spare over last year’s semi-finalists Shannon Rangers in this Kerry SFC first round tie at Tarbert on Saturday evening.

Bride Rovers 3-18 Bishopstown 0-25 (after extra- time)

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Harding Cup: It turned out to be a bad day for Dublin based sides as the Irish Universities Harding Cup got under way at UCC.

Two Limerick men, whose assault on a Cork financial adviser left him in a coma and fighting for his life, walked free from court yesterday after paying €30,000 compensation.

The family of a Co Cork financial adviser was told he might never come out of a coma and, if he did, might remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life as a result of an unprovoked assault when out socialising with his girlfriend, a court heard.

Republic of Ireland U19 manager Paul Doolin intends to use the two friendlies against Romania in Cork this week as a dry run for the elite phase of European Championship qualifying.

Castlebar Mitchels 3-13 Dr Crokes 1-11

St Vincent’s of Dublin will play Mayo kingpins Castlebar Mitchels in the AIB GAA All-Ireland club SFC final at Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day, after the two teams emerged from a pair of titanic and hugely entertaining tussles in today’s semi-finals.

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 0-13 Cratloe (Clare) 0-12

Three points against Romania in today’s Uefa Championship U21 qualifier is the birthday present of choice for Ireland winger Sean Murray.

JACK O’Connor and Brian Cody were chatting in the function room of the 2009 All Stars when a conversation across the room caught their eye.

Dr Crokes 3-13 East Kerry 1-15

Dingle 1-16 Kenmare District 1-08

Dr Crokes 2-18 Killarney Legion 0-7

Kerins O’Rahillys maintained their rich vein of form in Division 1 of the County League, defeating in-form Dr Crokes by two points, 1-12 to 1-10 on Saturday evening.

Before he filled any one of the myriad of roles he has played for Kerry these past five years, Eamonn Fitzmaurice was a club footballer.

Kilmurry 2-12 Ballyclough 1-10

Cian O’Neill confirmed he won’t be coaching Mayo next year — but stopped short of saying he will be joining Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s new Kerry set-up.

Urhan 2-7 Garnish 2-6

Mayo 0-19 Kerry 1-7

A classy forward display and dominance in midfield saw Kerry book a place in the All-Ireland JFC final on Saturday.

Kerry GAA officials will attempt over the next 48 hours to talk Jack O’Connor out of resignation as inter-county coach as the dearth of quality alternatives began to sink in in the Kingdom.

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has expressed regret at the departure of Donie Buckley from the senior management team.

Kerry have suffered a serious blow to their Championship preparations with the unexpected departure of coach Donie Buckley from the Kingdom’s management team.

Kerry have suffered a serious blow to their Championship preparations with the unexpected departure of coach Donie Buckley from the Kingdom’s management team.

Cork came from behind to beat the DDSL in extra-time yesterday at Tolka Park and win their first FAI Inter-league Youths Cup since 1978.

Eoin Brosnan has his sights set on national league glory following his first run out of the year with Kerry on Sunday.

Aston Villa’s tyro Jack Grealish scored his fourth goal in five matches for the Ireland Under-17s last night as they completed their Algarve training week with a second win.

FAVOURITES Borrisoleigh powered their way past Carrick Swans at Semple Stadium last evening, their five-point winning margin giving them their place in the Tipperary Senior Hurling quarter-final against Mullinahone.

JACK O’CONNOR doesn’t have an All-Ireland medal but he’s turned player judgment and preparation into an art form.

IN THE way of these GAA things, Killarney’s street corners and snugs were more concerned with the repercussions of defeat more than the rewards of victory.

THEY’VE got Eoin Brosnan back, Tom and Declan O’Sullivan returned to arms at the weekend, and now Kerry coach Jack O’Connor is poised to complete his set of comeback kids with Paul Galvin’s return to green and gold next weekend.