Aaron Gillane was the hero as Mary Immaculate College booked their place in this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup final when they held off the NUIG challenge at Cusack Park in Ennis..

LIT have booked a home quarter-final in the Fitzgibbon Cup following a 3-22 to 0-8 victory over Trinity College in Moylish.

Fitzgibbon Cup: IT Carlow 1-22 - Mary Immaculate, Limerick 0-22: Fourteen-man IT Carlow, coached by Kilkenny legend DJ Carey, laid down an impressive marker when taking the scalp of defending Fitzgibbon Cup champions Mary Immaculate of Limerick in a thrilling, full-blooded opening-round tie at the Heywood Community College in Laois yesterday.

If there is a case to be made for GIY being one of Ireland’s most progressive food activist organisations, then The Menu is always happy to testify accordingly, especially taken as he is with this latest initiative, a social eating programme for primary schools, called Eat Together, that begins to address the crucial issue of food education in primary schools.

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Sixmilebridge 1-20 Clooney-Quin 1-14: Twelve minutes into the second half of yesterday’s Clare senior hurling final, Clooney-Quin’s James Corry popped over what seemed a tidy but unremarkable point out — only there was something remarkable about it.

A 48-year-old man from Belfast will go on trial in two weeks on allegations he took part in an IRA attack on a British barracks in Germany more than 20 years ago, a German court said.

A 48-year-old man from Belfast will go on trial in two weeks on allegations he took part in an IRA attack on a British barracks in Germany more than 20 years ago, a German court said.

Margaret Jennings hears how Corry Uí Dhálaigh — a passionate advocate of exercise in later years — is inspired by her mother, who is still active in her 80s

Shamrock Rovers 1 Limerick FC 1: Limerick’s Rodrigo Tosi struck in the last minute of normal time to snatch a draw at Tallaght Stadium.

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Ronan O’Gara looks forward to a European Cup semi-final weekend. At the home of Nottingham Forest and Brian Clough.

Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 3-11 Sixmilebridge (Clare) 1-15: NA PIARSAIGH remain on course for a third Munster Club hurling title in five years after a blistering second-half performance saw them power past the home side at O’Garvey Park, Sixmilebridge yesterday.

When Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill looks out on the pitch at the Aviva today, he’ll be entitled to regard Marc Wilson as one that got away.

Tipperary 0-15 Clare 0-07: Tommy Toomey conceded his Tipperary U21 footballers will have to improve considerably to shock Cork in the EirGrid provincial decider.

Clare enjoyed a facile victory over a very poor Waterford side in the quarter-final of the Munster U-21 football championship at Miltown Malbay last evening.

The financial problems for a Dublin city centre club and restaurant stemmed from its directors acquiring a company that had extensive debts, of which they were unaware, a judge stated yesterday.

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A bid by an examiner to mount a rescue scheme for Carlow company Whitelite Automation Ltd and 29 of its employees has failed, the High Court heard yesterday.

Thurles CBS 5-26 St Flannan’s College, Ennis 0-06

Team news for the Second Round of the Capital One Cup.

Ballymartle 5-12 Blackrock 2-17

Cork 3-20 Limerick 3-17

The closure of tour operator Thomas Cook’s Irish operation is likely to lead to higher prices for holidaymakers.

Ballymartle 5-17 Douglas 4-18 (aet)

Ballymartle 2-12 Blackrock 0-17

Newtownshandrum 2-27 Ballymartle 2-23 (after extra time)

The TV3 documentary, In the Name of the Republic, highlighted for a new generation the role of the late Martin Corry in the War of Independence.

Considering that I appeared only briefly in last Monday night’s documentary, In the Name of the Republic, about the War of Independence in Cork, I was surprised to find that John Borgonovo had so much to say about me in his response to the programme (Examiner, 27/3/2013).

The late British historian Robert Kee said the one certainty about history is that nothing is certain.

UCC historian John Borgonovo casts doubt on some claims made in the TV3 series ‘In The Name Of The Republic’

Chilling tapes of a late Fianna Fáil TD chuckling about torturing, executing and secretly burying suspected spies during the War of Independence are set to be aired for the first time in a television documentary.

Cork 1-22 Limerick 2-15

Waterford Crystal Cup semi-final: CLARE 0-20 CORK 2-11

Advance holiday bookings for next summer are up over 40% because traditional, last-minute holiday deals failed to materialise last year. Travel Agents are reporting bookings in October and November for next summer are substantially ahead of the same period last year.

The sun and the States remain the traditional hotspots for Irish holidaymakers, but an increasing number of thrillseekers are looking to emerging democracies such as Libya for a trip with an edge.

Ballymartle 1-17 Na Piarsaigh 0-17

Tracy Barlow seduces Ryan Connor in order to get back at his mum Michelle.

Roscommon 1-20 Fermanagh 1-15