There are occasions when referees make life difficult for themselves and yesterday’s first half in the Gaelic Grounds was a prime example of that.

Cavan sprang a shock with a four points Ulster SFC quarter-final victory over neighbours Monaghan at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Cavan 3-13 Roscommon 0-13 Cavan broke their losing streak to give themselves a fighting chance of retaining their top flight league status for 2020.

Late in the first-half at Kingspan Breffni, Sean O’Shea seized possession for Kerry near the halfway line, spun away from his man and instinctively kicked the ball up the right wing.

The result rather than the performance is all that mattered for these two at Pearse Stadium yesterday and the value of this win will not be lost on Galway manager Kevin Walsh as he now prepares for away games in Dublin and Monaghan.

Mickey Graham’s busy end to 2018 finished with a win in his first day at the office as Cavan manager, Conor Madden’s point deep into injury-time snatching a 0-13 to 1-9 McKenna Cup victory over Down.

The social media maxim began to gain traction around 2011 and, for a few years, was beloved of the Breffni faithful.

CAVAN 0-17 TIPPERARY 2-10: Super-sub Conor Madden’s 75th-minute winner broke Tipp hearts and sent spirited Cavan back into the league’s top flight.

NUI Galway 2-12 Dublin IT 0-15

NUI Galway manager Maurice Sheridan is hopeful that his side can now go all the way and claim their 23rd Sigerson Cup crown after qualifying for the final after a tough contest at the St Loman’s club in Mullingar.

IT Tralee 1-07 - DIT 3-17: A two-goal salvo just before half-time by wing-back Enda Flanagan from Cavan knocked the wind out of IT Tralee last night, as DIT marched on to the semi-finals of the Sigerson Cup.

Clare 1-12 Cavan 2-9: A pointed free by Cavan full-forward Bryan Magee two minutes into extr- time shared the spoils on league opening day. But Clare will feel they left this Division 2 tie behind them.

Tyrone turned on the power in the second half to take over the leadership of the Division One table and send Cavan crashing into a relegation dogfight.

Monaghan 0-7 Cavan 0-7

University of Limerick 0-10 Dublin Institute of Technology 0-7: University of Limerick will meet reigning champions UCD in next week’s Sigerson Cup semi-final after squeezing past the error-strewn challenge of DIT.

Kildare 0-24 DIT 1-7: Kildare have had a very good record in the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup in recent years, moving clear at the top of the roll of honour with three successes already this decade and appearing in the last five finals.

Kildare 2-15 Dublin IT 0-9

Champions Kildare will play Dublin in the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup final in Newbridge next Sunday.

Dublin IT 1-12 IT Carlow 1-09: DIT had to work hard to see off the persistent challenge of IT Carlow before emerging three-point winners in this O’Byrne Cup tie at the IT Carlow grounds yesterday.

The former secretary general of the Department of Finance, John Moran, has admitted to an omission in his impressive CV.

Dublin IT 2-11 St Mary’s, Belfast 1-13

Cork 0-15 Cavan 1-11

The Katie Taylor machine rolls on to Waterford tonight after a unanimous victory over American Liz Leddy at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork last night.

One of the twists Pan Pan has given Shakespeare’s classic is to let the audience choose who will play the lead each night, writes Colette Sheridan

AN award-winning theatre company internationally renowned for its spectacular site-specific shows is going back to its roots to stage its next show in a city nightclub.