Sean Tobin claimed his fourth Aviva Munster Schools’ cross-country title in a row yesterday with a power-packed display at the CIT Sports Complex in Bishopstown.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams today said he disagreed with his brother’s fight against extradition to face child sex abuse allegations.

SOMETHING for both protagonists in yesterday’s Dr Harty Cup clash in Dromcollogher as Midleton CBS and Ard Scoil Rís refused to be separated at the final whistle.

GAA Ard Stiurthóir Padraic Duffy has insisted that Croke Park has done everything possible to resolve the Cork hurling dispute.

CRUCIAL baskets from Ian Lynch secured a famous victory for Coláiste Éanna in yesterday’s Boys U-16 A final at the National Arena.

Gerry Adam’s has responded to British prime minister Tony Blair’s suggestions that he could scrap plans to restore devolution in the North by demanding some ‘clarity’ from the DUP.

THE direct intervention yesterday by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern urging Sinn Féin to hold its special Árd Fheis as soon as possible was important — not dismissing how problematic the issue of policing is for that party.

The decision to debate a motion wishing former leader Charlie Haughey well at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis is a sign of the party’s maturity, a Government minister claimed today.

Brody Sweeney, Group CEO of highly successful O'Brien's Irish Sandwich Bars, this week announced that he was joining Fine Gael and planning to run for the Dáil. Will sandwiches and politics mix? Kyran Fitzgerald reports.

Michael O’Mahoney

THERE was no disguising St Munchin’s joy as they advanced to the semi-finals of the Coca Cola Munster Schools Senior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday.

Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has appealed directly to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to bring a halt to a ‘‘campaign of political harassment’’ against Martin Ferris after his arrest in Kerry today.