Ultimately, it was St Michael’s more polished forward division that earned the Blackrock club its first Cork U21 ‘A’ football title since 1976 in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Dundalk head coach Vinny Perth has called on Irish football fans to support his side as their Europa League qualifying campaign continues in Tallaght Stadium on Tuesday, after seeing his side progress to the second round of the FAI Cup with a 1-0 victory over Cobh Ramblers.

There’s a tribute in Ballygarvan GAA club’s committee room that you won’t see anywhere else — a wooden bust of Liam MacCarthy, the man who lent his name to the cup Cork and Clare will fight again for.

Old Belvedere maintained their lead at the top of the AIB League Division Two, thanks to a 20-8 success at Ballynahinch this afternoon.

LAST month in the homeland of New Zealander and Midleton assistant coach and scrum-half Damon Urlich, IRB grandees had their annual state-of-the-game meeting where the laws of the game were discussed.