ON SUNDAY, six months to the day after his last game in charge of Munster, Alan Gaffney returned to Irish shores.

At today's eircom League AGM, Paddy McCaul was elected chairman of the eircom League.

LONGFORD TOWN manager Alan Matthews was last night nominated the winner of the Irish Soccer Writers’ award as “Personality of the Season”.

WHETHER Munster win this season’s Heineken European Cup or not, coach Alan Gaffney is adamant he will strengthen his squad for next year.