St Munchin’s qualified for their third successive Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Thomond Park with an impressive if somewhat flattering 38-15 victory over Limerick neighbors Ardscoil Ris.

Ardscoil Rís had to withstand a gallant second half fight back by Rockwell to come out on top in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior thriller at Thomond Park by 24 points to 21.

A “well known drug dealer” who was jailed for 20 years last year for possessing over one million euro of heroin has been sentenced for an earlier drugs offence.

A “major player in the heroin trade” has been jailed for twenty years for possession of over a million euro of the drug while his “lackey” has been given a six-year sentence.

THE bravery of Iraqi orphan Ali Abbas, who lost both his arms in the war in his home country, was yesterday celebrating at a star-studded ceremony.