Two men burgled a pet shop and then left the doors open, exposing birds to the cold, which resulted in more than €600 worth of birds dying, a court has heard.

CELBRIDGE completed three Kildare SHC titles in a row when they had seven points to spare (2-16 to 0-15) against Confey in Newbridge.

RESCUERS who saved the lives of 11 people from near-drowning incidents were among those honoured at the annual awards ceremony of Irish Water Safety in Dublin yesterday.

A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl who was struck on the head by the wing mirror of a passing mini-bus has been awarded €20,000 damages.

NHL DIVISION 2:

Paco Jack (7-1) has just outpointed Air Of Confusion in a thrilling run to the line for the Low Low Galway Blazers Handicap Chase.

Roscommon 2-9 Mayo 0-10

Useful juvenile hurdler Paco Jack may have his final start of the campaign at Punchestown on Saturday.

Former Cheltenham Champion Bumper winner Hairy Molly is likely to become a late addition to the novice-chasing ranks this season.

“HE’S a genius at his trade”, exclaimed Michael Hourigan of Ruby Walsh, after the champion jockey had powered the trainer’s Spaceman to victory in the Holycross Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

MAGNET For Money lived up to his name when landing some decent wagers in the first division of the Ladbrokes’ Ireland Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

TRALEE, whose future is very much in doubt anyway, didn’t have the best of starts to its five-day Festival yesterday, when the meeting was the subject of a bomb scare.

TONY MARTIN’S Leg Spinner toyed with his rivals on the way to landing the williamhill.ie Handicap Hurdle at Galway yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

CAPTAIN Cee Bee pulled rank on the opposition at the final stage of the Killarney Festival yesterday when literally running away with the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden.

“HE’LL be a better horse next year”, quipped Ruby Walsh after he had guided the teenager, Adamant Approach, to victory in the Gleneagle Summer Cabaret Chase at Killarney last night.

ERIC MCNAMARA’S Larkwing booked his place at Cheltenham with a smooth success in the Bothar Hibernian Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

THE fourth Irish Stablestaff Associations annual awards ceremony was held in the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, on Saturday night.

JAZZ MESSENGER toyed with the opposition on the way to a smooth success in the Horse and Jockey Hotel Hurdle at Thurles yesterday, topping up a smashing afternoon for trainer, Noel Meade, highlighted by a breathtaking display from Aran Concerto at Navan.

A diving company and its director have been fined almost €50,000 for a number of breaches of the Health and Safety regulations which led to the death of one of its employees in Dublin Bay.

Tommy Naughton was ratified as the new Dublin senior hurling manager last night, having been in caretaker control of the capital side during the summer.

FORMER star forward Joe McKenna was last night elected interim manager of the Limerick senior hurling team by his fellow selectors.

Tipperary 0-05 Cavan 1-10

“HE’S not where he is for nothing”, exclaimed trainer Eoin Griffin of Ruby Walsh, after he had just watched the pilot drive his Mirpour to a narrow victory in the John F McGuire Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

A 24-YEAR-OLD man lost his life on Saturday night following a diving accident in the sea off Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

The Tipperary senior football team to play Limerick in Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Munster championship clash in Pairc Ui Chaoimh sees four championship debutants making their way into the starting fifteen.

Meath 2-7 Armagh 2-7

The Tipperary Senior Football team to play Louth in the National Football League on Sunday has been named.

BRILLIANT wing-forward Stephen Kelly is a surprise omission from the Limerick team to play Galway in Division 1B of the Allianz NFL at Ballinasloe on Sunday.

THE irrepressible Declan Browne was again the inspiration as Tipperary added to Waterford’s woes in the Allianz NFL at Clonmel yesterday.

Wexford 0-10 Meath 1-05

Meath boss Sean Boylan has made three changes to his side and invested even more youth in his line-up ahead of Sunday's league clash with Wexford.

Meath 2-12 Galway 1-12

Meath 2-12 Galway 1-12

A BATTLE royal is in prospect at Walsh Park tomorrow when two of the most famous club names in Waterford hurling meet for the right to return to the senior grade in 2004.

INSPIRATIONAL former captain Glen Ryan has been left out of the Kildare team for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Leinster SFC quarter-final against Longford at Croke Park.

Tipperary boss Tom McGlinchey has made three changes to his side ahead of Sunday's NFL clash with Waterford at Ardfinnan.

DERRY are without their Ballinderry contingent for the trip to Cusack Park on Sunday to play Clare.

Tipperary make three changes for Sunday's Allianz National Football League tie against Waterford in Dungarvan with regulars Philly Ryan, Paul Cahill and Kevin Mulryan back in the fray.

Tipperary senior football Allstar Declan Browne returns to the championship fold for the Premier County for the first time in two years when they take on Clare in Killarney in the Bank of Ireland Munster championship on Sunday.

Tipperary footballers make four changes from the side trounced by Kerry in the Munster Football Championship last month ahead of Saturday’s losers series match against Louth.

Tipperary make four changes for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship match with Louth at Clonmel on Saturday.