Liam McDonald fired a hat-trick of goals as Monaghan overcame Donegal in the Ulster MFC semi-final at Brewster Park in Enniskillen last night.

Fr O’Neill’s survived a titanic battle with Ballincollig in a lively opening round of the Cork Premier IHC at Carrigtwohill tonight.

Fermanagh claimed the TG4 All-Ireland ladies junior football crown at the second time of asking as they overcame Derry in a pulsating final replay in Clones this afternoon.

SUBSTITUTE Eimear O’Doherty popped over what proved to be the winning score for Derry with eight minutes remaining in a low-scoring TG4 All-Ireland junior football championship semi-final on Sunday.

Kilkenny 0-30 Wexford 1-14: Further proof, in the unlikely event it was required, of the enduring appeal of underage hurling. 

Ballincollig 1-15 St Finbarr’s 1-12: Let’s put to one side for a second Ballincollig’s successful opening bout in their county title defence, that much we expected, for the more pressing items emerging from Páirc Uí Rinn were Patrick Kelly’s ongoing struggle with a calf injury and the straight red card shown to John Miskella.

Ballincollig 3-15 Carbery 1-11

Nemo Rangers 1-12 Ballincollig 1-04

Ballincollig staged a stunning comeback to draw with Nemo Rangers in a thrilling Cork U21AFC final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Ballincollig 1-09 St Finbarr’s 1-08

Carrigaline 1-14 Ballincollig 0-16

Loughrea 1-12 Turloughmore 0-07

Ballincollig claimed the Mid-Cork U21AFC title as they dethroned last year’s champions Éire Óg at Coachford on Saturday.

Allianz Sciath na Scoil roundup

HAVING dominated Saturday’s Liam Breathnach Cup final at Ballygarvan from the start, Tracton almost saw their lead slip in a 15-minute spell which yielded 1-7 for Ballincollig.

ST BRIGID’S manager Mark Byrne conceded he thought his team were dead and buried at half-time of this Dublin SFC semi-final on Saturday.

OLD LEIGHLIN won the Conlon Cup for the third time before 4,000 spectators at Dr Cullen Park yesterday.

ST LEO’S College, Carlow, produced a powerful performance to retain their Tesco All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Ladies football title at Croagh, Limerick on Saturday.

Cork 1-10 Dublin 1-9

THEIR provincial final scare was as real as it gets. Three weeks ago the Cork Under-21s performed a great escape act, squeezing out Tipperary by a point thanks to a last-gasp goal from the unlikeliest of sources, corner-back Noel Galvin.

Dublin 0-12 Laois 0-9

The teams for this weekend's AIB League fixtures have been announced.

The teams for this weekend's AIB League rugby fixtures have been announced.

The teams for this weekend's AIB League matches have been announced.

The teams have been announced for this weekend's AIB League games.

Dublin 0-13 Kildare 0-11

The O'Byrne Cup gets underway in Leinster today with five clashes down for decision in the opening round.

Dublin's U21s will represent the county in Sunday's O'Byrne Cup clash against Wicklow at Aughrim.

The Leinster Junior team to face Ulster at Railway Union, Park Avenue on Saturday (3pm) is as follows:

The Leinster Junior team to face Munster at Bandon RFC on Saturday (3pm) contains six new caps.

Connacht hurling boss Conor Hayes has made two changes to his Railway Cup final side ahead of Saturday's clash with Leinster in Italy.

Galway boss Conor Hayes has named injury doubt Brian Mahony in an unchanged side to face Cork in the NHL at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

Belfast Harlequins and Ballymena have named their teams ahead of this weekend's AIB League action.

Galway2-17 Waterford 2-13

Kilkenny 0-20

Cork Constitution are still waiting to hear if Ronan O'Gara will be available to join the likes of Mick O'Driscoll and Jim Williams for the trip to UL-Bohemians, who have been hit by hip injuries to captain Aidan O'Gorman and centre Coleman Finn.

All Ireland league teams named for weekend

AIB League leaders Clontarf travel to Limerick for their clash with UL Bohemians on Saturday while second placed Ballymena have home advantage over fourth placed Shannon.

One vacancy has been left in the Galway side to face Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final this Sunday.

Three Championship debutants will line out for Galway in Sunday's All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final against Derry at Croke Park

Three Championship debutants will line out for Galway in Sunday's All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final against Derry at Croke Park.