Hospitals in Ireland are starting to use bacteria and viruses found in the gut to tackle what scientists describe as the “coming plague of antimicrobial resistance.”

Researchers are raising fresh concerns about the risks of pumping raw sewage into the waters around Ireland.

A form of superbug which can be resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has been detected at two adjacent beaches in Ireland.

Galway 0-17 Monaghan 0-14 Galway boss Kevin Reidy heaped praise on his side following Saturday’s All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final win over Monaghan at St. Brendan’s Park in Birr.

Galway 0-17 Monaghan 0-14

Thomas Mackle had an easier thanexpected win over Aidan Murphy in the Dunmanway Hospital Day Care Tournament semi-final at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

John Donnellan beat Tom Browne by almost a bowl of odds in the William Wolfe Memorial trophy at the Waterloo revival festival on Sunday.

Edmund Sexton will feature in the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads for the first time since 2003 following his sensational last shot win over David Murphy in the semi-final of the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig.

Galway 0-11 Monaghan 0-16

PJ Cooney will contest the Munster intermediate championship final in two weeks following his semi-final win over David Hubbard at Carraig na bhFear on Friday.

Brian Wilmot’s senior career continues its upward trajectory following a hard earned Munster championship win over Eamon Bowen Snr at Waterfall on Saturday He opened with a brilliant bowl past the Glasha.

ALL-Ireland champion Martin Coppinger is on track to retain his title after a solid win over Eamon Bowen Jnr at Enniskeane on Saturday.

A POWERFUL display of attacking football saw champions Clonakilty Community College reach their second consecutive All-Ireland Vocational Schools’ SAFC final at Kilmallock on Saturday where they crushed Athenry VS in a one-sided semi-final.

Gneeveguilla (Kerry) 1-11 St. Breckan’s (Clare) 0-7

PADDY O’DONOGHUE and Killian Kingston were the big championship winners last weekend.

RHONA BUCKLEY came off the bench to score 1-1 as Cork clinched a third successive Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division 1 crown at Dublin’s Parnell Park on Saturday.

THE hospital that carries out vital smear tests on behalf of women in the south-east has advised doctors it can no longer do so because of the health service staff freeze.

A PSYCHIATRIC nurse was savagely attacked by a mental hospital patient whose death is now being probed, an inquest heard yesterday.

TWO separate inquiries are under way into a mix-up that sent firefighters to the wrong address while the house at the centre of the emergency burned to the ground.

MEATH recovered from a nine-point deficit in ordinary time only to be denied victory by a late equaliser at the end of extra time in this TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland quarter-final in Portlaoise on Saturday, and favourites Galway were a very relieved team to survive.

Galway 3-11 Meath 1-17

Monaleen 1-12 Na Piarsaigh 1-12

THE laboratory at the centre of fears over faulty genetic tests knew about the problem last August

Dervla Toal will play Catriona O’Farrell in the final of the Pat O’Brien Developments Queen of the Roads at Ballincurrig on Sunday, following an impressive win over Gretta Cormican and Rena Ahlrichs yesterday.

SOME Antrim clubs have withdrawn their players from the county team to play defending champions Cork in Saturday’s All-Ireland IHC semi-final at Parnell Park.

MONALEEN’S reward for having reached the Munster club football final is a record five places on the Limerick senior panel for the new season.

John Murphy and Carol Minihane are the toast of Bandon Golf Club after hoisting the Munster representatives into tomorrow's final of the BMW All-Ireland mixed foursomes at Belvoir Park.