A man told gardaí that he shot his uncle dead ‘in the heat of the moment’ after his uncle made a comment about somebody who had made an allegation of sexual abuse against him (the deceased).

The widow of a man shot dead by his nephew said her husband came home from the pub ‘very upset and frightened’ the week before the killing, after the accused had ‘threatened him’.

Loughmore-Castleiney and Éire Óg Nenagh, as expected, qualified for the Tipperary SHC quarter-finals with comfortable round four wins over Roscrea and Silvermines respectively on Saturday evening.

Roscrea justified their favourites’ tag with a comprehensive 4-13 to 1-9 win over Cashel in the second round of the Tipperary SHC at Templemore last night.

TIPPERARY champions Thurles Sarsfields put their poor divisional form behind them as they hammered Knockavilla Kickhams 6-21 to 1-12 in the first round of the county senior hurling championship at The Ragg.

A LARGE crowd turned out for the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools quiz second round heat, which took place at the Quality Hotel, Limerick.

THE High School, Rathgar, Dublin, were the top team in the TCH All-Ireland Schools Quiz held at The Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

ARD Scoil Ris, Limerick maintained the high standard for the college in the TCH All-Ireland Schools Quiz at the South Court Hotel Limerick, winning a very exciting contest by just two points with a score of 102 against Mercy Secondary School, Kanturk.

Cork 3-6 Tipperary 0-8

A hat-trick from John Murphy lifted Blackpool into the Nationwide Division Two play-off zone after a 3-1 win over Luton at Kenilworth Road.