Carrigaline 2-12 Éire Óg 0-16: A goal by former inter-county star Nicholas Murphy a minute into injury-time gave Carrigaline the unlikeliest of victories over Éire Óg in this PIFC semi-final replay at Brinny on Saturday.

The decision by Motorsport Ireland to phase out the one-time popular single stage rallies has worked in favour of one of the newest motor clubs in the country, the Imokilly Motor Club.

A man in his 40s who groomed a teenager on Facebook and via text message for oral sex was jailed for four years yesterday.

A 42-year-old man who groomed a 14-year-old girl over Facebook and texted her to meet him for oral sex was jailed yesterday in what is one of the first cases of its kind before the courts.

The Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship breaks new ground this weekend as the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally makes its full debut in the series.

Debutant Sizinguptheamazon proved the star of yesterday’s action in Clonmel, turning over odds-on favourite Augustin in the bumper, the Ardfinnan Flat Race.

The Shay Barry-trained De Bene Esse hinted that a bright track career lies in wait by readily putting his rivals to the sword in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Bandon point-to-point meeting, run under the auspices of the Carbery Foxhounds at Kilpatrick.

The jury in the Elaine O’Hara murder trial was shown a photograph of a punctured and bloodstained mattress, which gardaí found following the discovery of her remains in September 2013.

The Liam Burke-trained newcomer Nambour lit up yesterday’s well attended but bitterly cold Kanturk-Duhallow point-to-point meeting at Dromahane by destroying the opposition in the second division of the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

The Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally, the final round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship, resulted in a record-breaking four-in-a-row victory for Midleton’s Daragh O’Riordan and his Derry co-driver Tony McDaid (Ford Fiesta WRC).

The triumph and tragedy of sport was encapsulated by Harry Purcell’s magnificent senior 800m and 400m double before he pulled a hamstring in the 4x100m relay at the Aviva All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday.

Senior military officers have warned that cuts in personnel which have allowed the purchase of new equipment for the Defence Forces cannot be allowed to continue.

Blackrock 3-12 Nemo Rangers 4-08

Romance was in the air when a man surprised his childhood sweetheart with a fly-by marriage proposal.

With ground conditions extremely testing at yesterday’s Doneraile Hunt point-to-point meeting at Dromahane, it was a case of the best wine being left until last as the Mark Spillane-trained Lanespark cemented his position as one of the best front-runners, participating in points, at present by recording a pillar-to-post success in the closing novice riders’ open.

Local hero Darragh O’Riordan (Subaru WRC) bids to record back-to-back wins in this weekend’s Orchard Motorsport Cork ‘20’ International Rally as Armagh’s Darren Gass (Subaru WRC) aims to seal his inaugural Irish Tarmac title with Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings, the only other driver that can win the title, a doubtful starter.

Ballinhassig 2-18 Inniscarra 0-9

Tomorrow is a red letter day for the fledgling Imokilly Motor Club who will host their first ever stage rally since affiliating with Motorsport Ireland six years ago.

“It would not make sense to first build a factory and only then decide what to make in it.

Intelligent lighting systems producer Adaptive Lighting has been named as the Enterprise Equity Genesis Emerging Business of the Year for 2012.

THE Defence Forces is at its lowest strength since the foundation of the state and officers, “who are double and treble-jobbing” to fill the void, have warned any further cuts will have very serious consequences for their ability to serve the nation’s interests

WITH an unbeaten record in the current Dunlop National Rally Championship, Tim McNulty, can clinch his first major title on Sunday’s eighth round of the series in Clare although he will need a little help from his rivals.

ALEX SINCLAIR, chief executive of Motorsport Ireland, has urged the bosses of GAA, soccer and rugby to be directly involved at the grassroots of their sport.

BRIDE ROVERS’ remarkable resilience in championship hurling surfaced again in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

WHAT appeared to be a cracking entry for Sunday’s Kilkenny-based Suirway Farm Machinery Raven’s Rock Rally, the fifth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, has been decimated by a series of withdrawals.

AN eager Blackrock side completely overwhelmed city rivals Douglas in this Cork SHC first-round game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday evening.

THE final round of this season’s Dunlop National Rally Championship, the Fastnet Rally, has a new base and headquarters at the Westlodge Hotel in Bantry.

OVER 100 rally cars will race around Cork city’s former landfill site later this month in a special charity fundraiser.

SOME of the most renowned stages in Irish rallying, like Moll’s Gap, Caragh Lake and those in the Béara Peninsula, are the principal reason Tim McNulty opted to compete in this weekend’s Cartell.ie Killarney International Rally of the Lakes, the third round of the Irish Tarmac Championship, instead of last week’s Circuit of Ireland Rally.

ALTHOUGH Gareth MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) leads the Citroen Irish Tarmac Championship and is the best placed of four drivers to win the title, he is also the driver under most pressure ahead of this weekend’s final round, the Cork ‘20’ International Rally.

CLOYNE are guaranteed senior hurling next season, while Blackrock are only 60 minutes away from the ghastly vista of dropping to the intermediate ranks.

CLOYNE are guaranteed senior hurling next season, while Blackrock are only 60 minutes away from the ghastly vista of dropping to the intermediate ranks.

ARMY officers have expressed concern over pay systems within the Department of Defence after 1,300 members of the defence forces were not paid their monthly salary on time.

A Montessori School owner must sell her home after defrauding a building society out of almost €50,000 by using a chequebook for a closed Scout Association of Ireland bank account.

THE medical service in the Defence Forces is in a “virtual state of collapse”, the representative body for army officers claimed yesterday.

HARDLY the start Dave Keane wanted, but the new Blackrock coach will still be happy his charges are through to the next round of the Evening Echo Cork County SHC after a very poor clash with Castlelyons at Carrigtwohill last night.

DUHALLOW take on Carbery tonight in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship in Coachford (7.30pm).

St. Finbarr’s 2-14 Blackrock 1-13

ST NICKS’ chances of victory against St Finbarr’s in tonight’s Cork SFC game at Páirc Uí Rinn (6.45pm) have been dealt a massive blow following the departures of goalkeeper Peter Cuthbert and full-back Donal Óg O’Donovan to the States for the summer.

THERE was a major shock in the permanent tsb Cork County SFC at Bandon yesterday when former All Ireland Club champions Nemo Rangers went under to Clonakilty 1-13 to 0-15.

RADICAL proposals for the restructuring of army reserve units within each brigade area were announced yesterday by the Minister for Defence, Michael Smith.