The number of contenders for the Meath SFC title was reduced to nine following the final round of the group phase at the weekend — and 2011 champions Summerhill were among the big winners.

THERE is a “sense of extreme anxiety” in the Cork suburb of Douglas with the return to the area of convicted killer and attempted rapist, Conor Downey, according to community organisations.

THE director of the Cork Rape Crisis Centre has called on convicted sex offenders to be “named and shamed” in local communities, as fear grows in Cork about the return to the city of a known killer and attempted rapist.

Cork City host Cliftonville in the Setanta Sports Cup at Turner’s Cross tonight (kick-off 7pm).

Cork City travel to Windsor Park tonight looking for a place in this season’s Setanta Sports Cup final (kick-off 8.05pm).

The top two in Group 1 meet at Windsor Park tonight with Linfield and Derry City both looking to maintain their impressive start to this year's campaign, kick-off 7.45pm.

Kilmacthomas 2-12 Dungarvan 2-6

A doctor who took a blood test from a man in Co Cork, during the Rachel Kiely murder investigation was attacked by this man - wielding a knife - because he blamed the doctor for getting him into trouble.