A Dublin man who accidentally shot dead a father-of-two who intervened in a confrontation between two gangs was jailed for 12 years at the Central Criminal Court.

A DUBLIN man who fled to Turkey after accidentally shooting dead a father of two during a confrontation sparked by a fight at a christening is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin tomorrow.

A key prosecution witness in the trial of a Dublin man charged with the murder of Wayne Doherty has denied that the IRA threatened to kill him if he did not give evidence in court.

GOALKEEPER Brian Corcoran embellished a growing reputation for saving vital penalty strokes as Bandon Grammar School claimed their sixth Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup in succession in dramatic fashion at Garryduff yesterday.

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Ronan O'Gara has today been named in the Munster side to play Sale Sharks in the crucial Heineken Cup match at Thomond Park on Friday evening.

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of wing David Doherty from their Guinness Premiership rivals Wasps.

LET there be no doubt about it — Ronan O’Gara’s display at out-half for Munster in last Saturday afternoon’s pivotal Heineken Cup match was perfect, as near as dammit.

RONAN O’GARA made Thomond Park his stage once again on Saturday with a display that shattered the hopes of Heineken Cup champions London Wasps and steered his Munster team into the knock-out stages of this marvellous tournament for an incredible 10th successive year.

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KEITH WOOD believes European champions Wasps probably have the better team heading into today’s crunch Heineken Cup clash against Munster in Limerick.

Keith Wood believes European champions Wasps probably have the better team heading into tomorrow’s crunch Heineken Cup clash against Munster in Limerick.

Wasps need to do what only Leicester have ever done before and storm Munster’s fortress Thomond Park to guarantee a home Heineken Cup quarter-final.

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England captain Phil Vickery is a doubt for Sunday‘s RBS 6 Nations match against France after picking up an injury playing for Wasps today.

Trinity winger Shane Monahan scored the only try at Dubarry Park last night as Ireland remained on course for an Under-20 Six Nations title and Grand Slam.

England were given a major scare when they were held to a 14-14 draw by Wales in their opening game in the George Sevens in Dubai today.

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Northern Ireland’s Glen Allen, driving a Toyota Corolla, leads the Cork Forest Rally, the sixth round of the McCauley Trailers National Forest Championship.

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Leeds Tykes put their woeful Zurich Premiership form to one side with a deserved win over London Irish in the Powergen Cup semi-final.

MARTIN McCARTHY (Leevale) and Noel Berkeley (DSD) fought out a spectacular sprint finish ahead of a record field of close to 300 at the annual St. Stephen’s Day four-mile road race in Belgooly which was marred by tragedy.

DONNACHA O’MAHONY (East Cork) rolled back the years to reclaim the Cork senior cross-country championship title while Freda Davoren (UCC AC) ran her first cross-country race in almost two years to claim her first county title at Inchigeela yesterday, when East Cork eventually won an enthralling team contest with their North Cork rivals.

For the third time in a row, the Kingdom Fast Fit Kerry Rally was won by Johnny O'Sullivan in his Escort WRC.

Defending champions Johnny O’Sullivan/Pat Cashman (Escort WRC) are the new leaders of the Yokohama Tyres Kerry Winter Rally.

Ed Synan in his Opel Manta 400 was the quickest driver through the first run of the Yokohama Tyres Kerry Winter Rally.