A MAN walking his new dog on the banks of the River Lee fell in and drowned, an inquest established yesterday.

THEY MAY have ridden their luck, but St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra will feel they deserved to qualify for the final of the Ulster Bank Trench Cup at the expense of Trinity College, Dublin at CIT yesterday.

Westmeath 2-12 Carlow 0-12

Dublin manager Paul Caffrey has made three changes to his side for Saturday's O'Byrne Cup quarter-final against Westmeath (Parnell Park, throw-in 5pm).

Dublin 2-12 Wicklow 0-9

A two-goal blast from Sean McBride saw Derry get off the mark in NHL Division 2A this afternoon as they beat Armagh 2-13 to 0-9 at Celtic Park.

Galway 3-21 Westmeath 0-06

Westmeath 1-14 Waterford 3-22

IT’S not often you see a manager smiling after his team has just been beaten by more than double scores, but that was the case in Mullingar on Saturday evening.

Westmeath 1-09 Kilkenny 1-23

Westmeath manager Seamus Qualter has named an unchanged line-up for Saturday's Leinster SHC semi-final against reigning champions Kilkenny (Cusack Park, throw-in 7pm).

Seamus Qualter’s Westmeath side made history in weather-hit Portlaoise as they ended Dublin’s Leinster championship campaign with a 0-13 to 0-11 victory.

Westmeath manager Seamus Qualter has included three championship debutants for Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final against Dublin (O'Moore Park, Portlaoise, throw-in 2.10pm).

Westmeath 1-23 Down 2-18

PETER CANAVAN is back on the bench, while stand-in captain Brian Dooher and Ger Cavlan earn starting places on the Tyrone team to meet Donegal in the Ulster SFC semi-final at Clones on Sunday.

Down 5-15 Westmeath 3-7

Westmeath 2-01 Down 2-07,

Despite defeating home side Kildare 2-16 to 0-19 at Newbridge, Down have lost top spot in the Allianz NHL Division 2A to Westmeath, as goals from John Shaw, Barry Kennedy and Andrew Mitchell helped them to a 3-14 to 0-9 thrashing of Roscommon in Mullingar.

Down head Westmeath by 0-1 on points difference in the Division 2A stakes after the visitors’ forward Andrew Mitchell missed a late scoring chance in a 1-15 to 2-12 draw at Ballygalget.

Dublin football boss Ciaran O'Hare has made just one change to his side ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland minor final replay with Laois.

A WINTER of discontent awaits the losers of Sunday’s Cork SHC final. However, no matter what the outcome, for Blackrock’s Alan Cummins the months ahead are sure to be filled with warm sunshine and happy memories.

Dublin minor football boss Ciarán O'Hare has been boosted by the news that both Ger Brennan and Barry Kennedy will be fit for Sunday's All-Ireland final replay tie with Laois.

THE Mayo ladies senior team to face Dublin in Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland senior football final, shows one change from that which beat Galway in the semi-final.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-11

Andrew Mitchell emerged as his side's saviour as he finished with a personal tally of 1-08 to send Kildare crashing out of the Guinness Leinster Senior Hurling Championship at Mullingar.

Carlow extended their Championship as a result of a fully meritted five point victory over Westmeath in their Guinness Leinster Senior Hurling C'Ship preliminary round at Dr Cullen Park.