Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 2-20 Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) 1-21, Wexford Park (aet)

ON THE basis of what was the more impressive of the two semi-final victories, Ballyhale Shamrocks will be fancied to follow the lead of the Kilkenny hurlers and make it four-in-a-row in Sunday week’s domestic championship decider.

A man and a woman are being questioned by detectives after a major drugs seizure in Co Cork.

A COMPANY in a Cork unemployment blackspot is to shed up to 200 jobs (almost two-thirds of its workforce) early next year.