If anyone, at this late, nerve-shredding stage of the Premier League title race, had the ability to somehow summon actor Sean Connery into proceedings, then Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp was your man yesterday.

Bandon 2-15 Na Piarsaigh 0-15: Last September, Bandon’s first year back at senior level ended with a quarter-final defeat to Na Piarsaigh, with goals proving decisive for the city side.

Cork 1-19 - Dublin 1-17: Cork made history by edging 14-man Dublin by two points in their highly competitive All-Ireland U17 Hurling Championship final at Croke Park yesterday lunchtime.

Cork’s nine-year wait for a Munster MHC final appearance is over as Denis Ring’s young troops produced a hugely impressive performance to down the reigning champions in this evening’s semi-final replay.

Cork 1-24, Waterford 0-8: Cork eased into the semi-finals of the Munster MHC with this 19-point rout of Waterford The Déise, who entered the contest off the back of a heavy defeat to Clare, were aided by a slight breeze in the opening period and yet found themselves seven in arrears at the break, 0-11 to 0-4. 

A 41-year-old motorcycle enthusiast who was innocently enjoying a Saturday afternoon spin died when a car emerged onto the main road and left him with no chance to avoid it.

All roads led to Conna yesterday for the annual Tallow point-to-point meeting and Mulcahys Hill lit up the meeting by posting a scintillating frontrunning performance for the in-form Martin Hassett stable to claim victory in the four-year-old maiden.

EASY like a Sunday morning. And Buenos Aires does them easier than most places. So when little Luisa Marie Connery, all 15 months of her, accompanies her father Michael into a drinking den on Sunday morning draped in a tricolour, few will bat an eyelid.

James Bond's latest outing Spectre will be in cinemas very soon, and we could be in for an epic ride.

Cork 4-10 Kilkenny 1-10: A majestic display by champions Cork sees them back in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie final next month. 

Sean Connery hits 85 this week. The original Bond star is part of a generation that can look forward to reaching their 90s if they take care of their bodies, says Margaret Jennings.        

HOCKEY: Ireland made it three from three with a 4-0 win at Alexandra College yesterday in their final test match against Scotland.

Cork 2-12 Kilkenny 1-09

Kilkenny 4-12 Galway 3-07

The world must seem like one giant melting pot at times to Joe Schmidt as he monitors events simultaneously in several continents, but even he must have found it incongruous this week to find a native Argentinian teaching him how to play hurling.

Kilkenny 1-15 Clare 0-04

Kilkenny claimed their first national title since 2008 when they proved much too strong for Clare in a disappointingly one-sided Irish Daily Star camogie league Division 1 final at Semple Stadium.

Veteran actor Sir Sean Connery is urging Scots to vote in favour of independence, saying it is too good an opportunity to miss.

Sean Connery has been voted the top British actor in America, but two Irish actors are featured in the list — and referred to as British.

Irish senior women’s coach Darren Smith says he is willing to support high performance hockey in Munster — but that the drive must come from within the province.

Adele will perform 'Skyfall' at the Oscars ceremony next month.

Robin Morgan worked with iconic photographer Terry O’Neill on his book of James Bond images, writes Alan O’Riordan

Neil Lennon was involved in a “bizarre” press conference ahead of Celtic’s Champions League Group G clash with Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium today.

A leading certification company, DQS UL, will create up to 20 jobs in Cork after it opened its Irish office.

A stuntman has become the first person to jump out of a helicopter and land without using a parachute.

A stuntman has became the first person to jump out of a helicopter and land without using a parachute.

Last year Kieran Connery only had Thomas O’Gorman for company on those midweek dashes down the M9 from Dublin to training in Carriganore outside Waterford city.

Sean Connery may well be praised for his on-screen depiction of super-smooth sleuth James Bond but he said more credit should go to the director.

'Johnny English Repackaged' might be a more fitting title for Oliver Parker’s belated sequel to the 2003 comedy, which poked gentle fun at the image of British spies as debonair gents with a licence to kill.

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CELTIC CUP glory continues to elude Ireland’s senior women, but coach Gene Muller nonetheless has plenty of positives to take from his side’s first tournament of 2011.

ÁINE CONNERY looks set to be given the chance to resurrect her Irish international hockey career, after she was confirmed as a participant in the team’s central preparation programme (CPP) yesterday.

WATERFORD boss John Owens heaped praise on his understrength team after stunning Tipperary in this McGrath Cup quarter-final at Walsh Park yesterday.

Russian spy Anna Chapman has revealed some secrets in her first TV interview - she has a passion for shooting, wants a lion cub as a pet and Sean Connery is her favourite James Bond actor.

SEAN CONNERY and his wife failed to attend a Spanish court hearing into a corruption probe as ordered yesterday, citing health reasons, a court source said.

IT involves the long arm of the law, multi-million euro deals and an international jet-set lifestyle, but this is one storyline famed James Bond actor Sean Connery will wish he never set eyes on.

Harrison Ford is trying to lure Sean Connery out of retirement.

KILMALLOCK’S pursuit of a first Limerick SHC crown in 16 years remains on track after they produced a powerful second-half display to see off Na Piarsaigh in yesterday’s semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

Sean Connery has retired. The Scottish actor - who turns 80 today - admits he thinks his acting days "are over" and he will not go back to Hollywood.

OFFALY’S quietly efficient progress through the All-Ireland qualifiers continued at home in Tullamore on Saturday yet they laboured before advancing past Waterford.