WHILE there were several key interventions – most notably a goal from top forward Amy O’Shea in each half – Cork’s character in the face of their biggest challenge since getting to the top in the TG4-sponsored Ladies Football All-Ireland senior championship in 2005 kept their five-in-a-row quest alive in Nenagh on Saturday.

PREDICTABLY, the plaudits which holders Cork earned from another top-class display in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC were lost in the after-shock surrounding Valerie Mulcahy’s sending-off and the speculation on how much more difficult it would be to beat Monaghan in her absence.

WEXFORD clinched promotion — and a place in the NFL Division Three final — after a facile 2-16 to 0-15 victory over Louth at Wexford Park yesterday.

LIT 1-16 UL 2-9

Dublin 2-13 Kilkenny 0-19

THE IRFU have appointed three new members to the management of the national team.

Cork 0-13 Mayo 1-9

TYRONE have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s Ulster final clash with Armagh at Croke Park.

Cork 2-13 Galway 0-6

Clonakilty CC 4-8 Belmullet CC 0-8

BRIAN DOOHER has been ruled out of Sunday’s vital Allianz NFL game with All-Ireland champions Kerry in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Leinster 35 Munster 12

Limerick Institute of Technology 2-15 Cork Institute of Technology 3-11

Dublin 0-16 Wexford 0-10

John Mitchels 0-8 Ballinameela 0-6

Ardmore 0-12, Clashmore 0-9

Kilkenny 3-16

Wexford 3-15, Dublin 2-12

Dublin 1-24, Meath 2-12