A Frenchman attacked in the middle of the day in Cork City suffered head injuries that resulted in his death, and yesterday his family travelled from France to see the culprit jailed for five years.

A Corkman confessed yesterday to the unlawful killing of a French homeless man in Cork City last September.

All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final - St Mary’s (Kerry) 2-20 Ratoath (Meath) 1-5: Perhaps it was the talk of litmus tests and stern examinations that drove St Mary’s to such dizzying heights.

Rathmore 3-11 Killarney Legion 2-7: Rathmore retained the O’Donoghue Cup with an impressive victory over Killarney Legion in Saturday’s East Kerry final at Fitzgerald Stadium.

The Garda file in the case against a man accused of killing a French homeless man in Cork City will be completed and ready to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions before Christmas, it emerged yesterday.

St Mary’s 1-13 Spa 0-13: A Sean Cournane goal six minutes from time proved the decisive score in propelling St Mary’s to the summit of Kerry intermediate football.

A man in his 20s has appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court charged with the manslaughter of a homeless man in the city earlier this month.

ROWING: Three sculling races took place in the 2014-2015 Cork Sculling Ladder at the Marina course on Sunday.

A man crossing Daunt Square in Cork City after a night out socialising was set upon by another man who kicked and punched him for no apparent reason.

UL Huskies secured the regular season in the Women’s Premier League with a hard-earned 71-64 win over DCU Mercy at the UL Arena.

UCC Demons player coach Colin O’Reilly and his team will be on full alert to maintain their 100% unbeaten record in the Mens Premier League when they travel to Belfield tomorrow to play UCD Marian.

UL Eagles coach Mark Keenan says revenge won’t be a motivating factor in tomorrow’s clash against former club Killester.

Currow 2-11 St Mary’s 0-14

Douglas 0-11 St Finbarr’s 0-4

Glanmire 1-12 Canovee 1-10 (after extra-time)

Canovee 0-12 Glanmire 1-09 (aet)

UCC Demons 68 Bord Gais Neptune 66

Kilbrin 3-13 Clonakilty 1-17

Kilbrin 2-17 Banteer 3-12

Austin Stacks 1-9 South Kerry 0-7

The talent coming through from Cork and Kerry’s underage teams rolls on.

Rathmore kept their interest in this year’s Kerry SFC alive with a comprehensive victory over a gutsy but limited Mid Kerry side in Beaufort on Saturday.

UL Eagles were crowned cup champions after defeating UCC Demons in a thrilling final at the National Basketball Arena last night.

KILBRIN have qualified to meet Charleville in the semi-final of the Cork JAHC following their two-point replay victory over St Oliver Plunkett’s at Coachford on Saturday.

KILBRIN and St Oliver Plunkett’s will have to meet again following their exciting draw in the quarter-final of the Cork JAHC in Coachford on Saturday.

KILBRIN and St Oliver Plunkett’s will have to meet again following their exciting draw in the quarter-final of the Cork JAHC in Coachford on Saturday.

THE main difference between the teams in Caherciveen yesterday was that South Kerry had the overall strength to match their obvious ambitions to go far in the Garveys Kerry SFC.

ENOUGH Kerry SFC Round 1 grit on show here to cover the road from Scartaglin across the county bounds into Ballydesmond, but precious little guile and grace.

GARY DALY had two important wins in three days when he beat Christy Mullins in the feature score of the West and Mid Festival at Ballinacurra on Sunday, hot on the heels of his last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Thursday.

UCC DEMONS may have to plan without influential captain Shane Coughlan for Sunday’s NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague play-off with Belfast Star at the Mardyke Arena.

Benefit Night set himself up for a crack at the Midlands Grand National with a pillar-to-post success in the Lucan Racing Leinster National at Naas.

EXPECT more fireworks when Bord Gais Neptune and UCC Demons meet in the Cork SuperLeague local derby at Neptune Stadium tomorrow night.

THREE GOALS in the opening half paved the way for Coachford Community School in a hopelessly one-sided Munster Senior A Vocational Schools football semi-final at Kilmichael yesterday.

BOTH men’s SuperLeague sides in Cork will be back in action over the weekend after Thursday night’s derby game saw UCC Demons blow away Bord Gais Neptune with little difficulty.

LAST night’s eagerly awaited derby had all the look of a festive hangover about it as UCC Demons cruised past Bord Gáis Neptune to increase their lead over them to four points in the Southern Conference table.

UCC DEMONS are next in line to attempt to break 11890 Killester’s stranglehold on the Nivea for Men Superleague, but they will have to do it without the services of Niall O’Reilly when they host the defending champions at The Mardyke Arena on Sunday.

HOLDERS South Kerry did enough to secure their place in the semi-final of the Kerry SFC in Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

UCC Demons have signalled their intentions for the upcoming Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague season by securing the signing of Marcus Van from Central Michigan University.

TWO members of the Cork senior football team will feature on the bill at the Rylane BC tournament at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom on December 7.

ARAGLIN survived a storming finish to edge out Kilbrin in a superb Evening Echo Cork ‘B’ JFC semi-final at Doneraile yesterday.