Jack O’Donoughe’s first-half try and a perfect kicking performance from JJ Hanrahan gave Munster the honours in this feisty inter-pro, which saw them stretch their lead at the top of the PRO14 Conference B standings.

Three Academy players are included in the squad.

Munster coach Johann van Graan praised stand-in captain Tyler Bleyendaal and his men for carving out a bonus point win at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein yesterday.

Garryowen 18 ... UL Bohemian 3: Garryowen claimed their 39th Munster Senior Cup when overwhelming local rivals UL Bohemian 18-3 in their all-Limerick final at the Markets Field last night.

A woman has appeared in court in England charged with murdering a man 12 years ago and burying his body in her back garden.

A woman whose father has been missing for years has been charged with murder in England after telling police she had killed a man and buried his body in her back garden.

UCC Demons produced the result of the weekend when they toppled league leaders Griffith Swords Thunder 96-95 in an epic Men’s Super League clash at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

The morale-boosting result for Peter Malone's injury-ravaged squad will see them compete for ninth place in Sunday's final round.

Ireland 10 England 14: Gavin Coombes’ late try was not enough to deny England U-20s a Grand Slam as Nigel Carolan’s side fell just short in Donnybrook.

The Ireland Under-20s outperformed their English counterparts in a pulsating encounter but just fell short of a final round win at a wind-hit Donnybrook.

A couple in England plan to celebrate winning £1m on the UK's National Lottery by buying a new lawnmower.

PBC Cork 39  Bandon GS 10 Munster Schools Senior Cup Musgrave Park

Ardscoil Rís 15 CBC 28: Christian Brothers College confirmed the favourable impression created in their opening round victory over Crescent with an emphatic 28-15 defeat of Ardscoil Rís in the quarter-final of the Munster Schools Senior Cup at UL yesterday.

Airtricity Premier Division: Dundalk 5 Bray Wanderers 1

Debris has reportedly been found in the Atlantic Ocean in the area where UK yacht the Cheeki Rafiki went missing.

Cobh Ramblers 1 Athlone Town 1

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Cork City 0

While some Englishmen who declared for Ireland over the years may have openly admitted to having tenuous links to their ancestral home, there can be no questioning the agenda of Under-19 captain Tommie Hoban.

St Patrick’s Athletic 5 UCD 0

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Shamrock Rovers 1

Christy Fagan rediscovered his goal touch last night to keep St Patrick’s Athletic’s tenuous hopes of snatching the title alive.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Sligo Rovers 0

Sean O’Connor kept St Patrick’s Athletic’s slim title hopes alive with the only goal of the game against bottom club Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Jason Byrne and Darren Meenan were sensationally sent off as this clash reached boiling point in the second-half at Richmond Park last night.

PROTESTANT students could lose their constitutional right to choose schools of their own ethos if suggested cutbacks are added to those already affecting schools for minority religion pupils, a principal has warned.

The kestrel – once Ireland’s most common bird of prey – is now on the danger list, according to a new survey.

Richard Collins on the possibility that the great spotted has bred in Ireland

THE brave attempts of neighbours to save an elderly woman from a fire in her flat would probably have been in vain, it emerged yesterday after an inquest heard she died of a heart attack almost immediately after the blaze began from a discarded match.

COMPANIES’ waste management programme costs have increased by 31%, placing environmental planning high on the corporate agenda, a Deloitte & Touche survey reveals.

Manchester United kit-man Albert Morgan has emerged as an unlikely key component of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s phenomenal goalscoring run.