Limerick led for most of the game and were thoroughly deserving of their winning margin over a Clare side that had Shane Meehan as their star performer.

A late Darragh Flynn free earned Cork a 0-19 to 1-16 draw with Limerick at the end of a highly entertaining Munster MHC tie at LIT Gaelic Grounds.

A fantastic first-half strike from former Cork City striker Mark O’Sullivan proved the difference as Avondale United lifted the FAI Intermediate Cup for the seventh time in 14 years.

St Colman’s College finished top of Group A in the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock yesterday completing three wins out of three and qualification for the quarter-final stage. However, it brought an end to the reign of champions Ardscoil Rís, with Nenagh CBS taking second place.

Nenagh CBS bounced back from an opening round loss to hand defending champions Ardscoil Ris a significant defeat in this group A Dr Harty Cup tie in Newport.

All-Ireland champions Galway have five players on the Electric Ireland minor hurling team of the year.

They were struggling for consistency all through the Munster minor round-robin, but Tipperary finally found it on the big day.

Limerick made it through to the Munster Minor hurling final defeating Clare by a single point, in a thriller at Cusack Park.

Limerick 1-17 Tipperary 2-12: Limerick drew first blood at the Gaelic Grounds with a 1-17 to 2-12 win against Tipperary in the Munster Minor Hurling Championship yesterday.

Yet another Croke Cup final beckons for St Kieran’s College of Kilkenny after they held on to narrowly defeat a game Ardscoil Rís side in this second semi-final in Clonmel.

They’ll not put a full stop on the season after this latest Harty Cup triumph. Ardscoil Rís are too familiar with this point on the road to be content with their journey so far. The destination has not yet been reached.

"London, it’s a great city." It’s the type of stock line that gets thrown about because it sounds like the right thing to say.

A strong finish from Malahide United gave them what was, in the end, a comfortable FAI Cup win over nine-man Blarney United at O’Shea Park last night.

Dromid Pearses are seeking legal advice after both they and Derrytresk were hit with heavy punishments arising from incidents in their All-Ireland club JFC semi-final last Sunday week.

DROMID PEARSES saw their hopes of becoming the fourth Kerry club in succession to reach the All-Ireland club JFC final dashed yesterday in Portlaoise by Tyrone champions Derrytresk, in a game marred by first half brawl.

THE sons of famous fathers were very to the fore as St Kieran’s College captured the Leinster SAHC title in Nowlan Park yesterday.

THEY have relied on their wits and battling qualities to escape from several matches this season, but Cork minor football selector Donal O’Sullivan is confident that there is a complete performance in his team in tomorrow’s ESB All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Galway in Croke Park.

TINY covert cameras, sound recording devices, bugs, and phone taps.

11.30am: Business Studies. The class should be preparing Ireland’s next generation of entrepreneurs and industry chiefs for the business world. With the skills they learn in school, blended with their own initiative, they’ll be sufficiently armed to ensure our economic stability for years to come.

Three men have appeared at a special court sitting in Limerick charged in connection with the seizure of guns and ammunition in Co Clare.

PERSONAL security has become big business in Ireland following the recent spate of hostage-taking extortion bids.

PERSONAL security has become big business in Ireland following the recent spate of hostage-taking extortion bids.

BETWEEN €5 million and €10m will be spent over the next six months to put in place a national security system at Irish ports to counter terrorist threats.