St. Kieran’s College continue to reign over the schools’ hurling kingdom after a late goal from Conor Kelly and eight points from the stick of Eoin Cody helped them to retain their Croke Cup crown at the expense of Presentation College of Athenry this afternoon in Tullamore.

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

Donal O'Shea, son of former Tipperary manager Eamon, is selected at full-forward.

A powerful performance from Luke Swan left Kilkenny in a flap as the Dublin minor hurlers blasted their way to Leinster glory.

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.

Munster Development XV 10 Ireland U20 26: Two tries in the dying minutes by right winger Peter Sullivan gave Ireland U20 a flattering 26-10 victory over a Munster Development XV in a hard-fought but scrappy encounter at Thomond Park yesterday.

Joe Schmidt’s young son Tim scored the bonus point try for Terenure College as they won their Dublin 6W derby with St. Mary’s College to continue their excellent start.

Skerries teenager Ciaran Frawley converted four of UCD’s five tries and kicked a penalty as they dished out a 36-8 derby defeat to Dublin University, moving to the top of Ulster Bank League Division 1A in the process.

Munster A 26 Ulster A 3: It was rugged, it was tough, but Munster A secured a well-deserved B&I Cup quarter-final victory over Ulster at Musgrave Park yesterday and earned themselves a home date with Ealing Trailfinders, who had a huge 84-7 win over Llanelli Scarlets.

Conor Kelly has worked in furniture-making and designing for almost 20 years.

It’s a tale for telling the grandchildren gathered around the fire and it is most certainly a day that the Kelly family will remember for years to come.

Cistercian College Roscrea 24 Clongowes Wood College 18: Cistercian College Roscrea’s quest for a second successive Leinster Schools Senior Cup triumph remains on course, after Brian Diffley’s 61st-minute try helped them to edge a compelling semi-final showdown with Clongowes Wood College, at Donnybrook yesterday.

Cistercian College, Roscrea 27 Gonzaga College 17

Perk up your precious environment with some stylish buys from the world of interiors distilled, says Faith Ryan.

Sixt Leasing Ireland has launched the first Corporate Car Sharing service in Ireland.

Sligo and Leitrim will contest the Connacht FBD League final after the completion of the group stages of the competition this afternoon.

Down 1-16 Leitrim 1-08

Roscommon are in pole position in Allianz Football League Division 4 thanks to a slender win over Wicklow, while their were also hard-earned victories for Carlow and Clare.

Wicklow continued their unbeaten run, while their were wins also for Leitrim and Roscommon in Allianz Football League Division 4 this afternoon.

Leitrim, Roscommon and Wicklow all registered comfortable victories in Division 4 of the Allianz National Football League on Sunday afternoon.

DERRY got their league campaign off to the perfect start with a 3-16 to 0-15 point win over Armagh at Banagher.

Folk legend Liam Clancy was now reunited with his brothers and bandmates after a passionate life that was lived to the full, his funeral service heard today.

The director of the garage that serviced the school bus involved in a fatal collision which killed five Meath schoolgirls has expressed the company’s deep regret and remorse for it’s deficient system at the time.

Gareth MacHale (Toyota Corolla WRC) extended his unbeaten run in the McCauley Trailers Irish National Forestry Championship with a fine victory in the Circuit of Wicklow Rally.

THE loss yesterday of the bowler/batsman John Power for the Royal Liver Senior Cup tie against CYM was disappointing news for a Cork County team intent on rewriting history in the competition.