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A film comparing speedy drinkers to runners who race ahead of others but eventually collapse has won a pair of prizes for students of Institute of Technology Tralee.

Author Nicholas Sparks is the king of slushy modern romance, tugging heartstrings with his emotionally wrought tales of love lost and found.

Damien Cahalane is the most notable inclusion in the Cork football side for Sunday’s McGrath Cup game with Cork IT.

New Meath SFC kingpins will be crowned later this month after holders Summerhill lost out to Seneschalstown (2-8 to 0-10) in Saturday’s quarter-final at Skryne.

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan handed the captain’s armband to seasoned international back-rower Denis Leamy, but named an experimental side to face Llanelli Scarlets in tonight’s Magners League clash in Wales.

GAA referees have been ordered to clamp down on football goalkeepers moving too early off their line for penalty kicks.

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BRIAN O’DRISCOLL hasn’t yet been ruled out of Leinster’s December Heineken Cup back-to-back games against Clermont Auvergne, despite suffering a suspected cracked jawbone in Ireland’s victory over Argentina on Saturday.

THE Scarlets ended Cardiff Blues’ unbeaten home six-match run in a gritty, stop-start Welsh Magners League derby at Cardiff City Stadium last night.

AFTER an opening day success at home, Connacht’s away form now gets its first test under Eric Elwood’s stewardship when they face the Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets today (3pm).

HILL 16 and its controversial new perimeter might have been all the talk last week but the Davin Stand end of Croke Park has been the epicentre of the summer’s drama and so it proved again yesterday.

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Connacht coach Michael Bradley will give Ireland U20s Tiernan O’Halloran and Eoin Griffin a chance to show what they can do in the Magner’s League against The Scarlets in Wales on Sunday.

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Leaders Cork Constitution plan to utilise Munster's Jeremy Manning at out-half with David Lyons slipping back to full-back for the first-versue-second tussle with St Mary's College in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Raod on Saturday.

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The Scarlets welcome back Welsh internationals Ken Owens and Jonathan Davies for their Magner’s League clash with Munster at Musgrave Park on Thursday evening.

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Wales internationals Ken Owens and Jonathan Davies will start for The Scarlets at home to Ulster in the Magners League at Parc y Scarlets tomorrow evening.

SHANE JENNINGS will captain a Leinster side that is boosted by the inclusion of the four other Ireland internationals in the pack for tonight’s Magners League encounter with the Scarlets at the RDS (6.30pm).

Wales internationals Martin Roberts, Jonathan Davies and Ken Owens have been released for their key Magners League match against Leinster at the RDS on Saturday.

EVEN extra-time couldn’t separate these two sparring partners last week and only a 73rd-minute point from Meath’s Cormac McGuinness prevented another extended night of football at Páirc Tailteann last night.

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LIFEIMI MAFI relegated to make way for a centre alignment of Jean de Villiers and Keith Earls while David Wallace switches to number eight… those are the major talking points in the Munster team to play the Llanelli Scarlets at Musgrave Park tomorrow.

SIMON EASTERBY has been ruled out of the remainder of the Scarlets’ Heineken Cup campaign.

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Coach Nigel Davies has opted to bring in Rhys Priestland at full back for the Heineken Cup trip to Leinster tomorrow.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has the luxury of being able to go with the same side that eclipsed The Scarlets for the return leg between the clubs in Saturday afternoon's Heineken Cup round 4 clash in the RDS (kick off: 3.45pm).

PRIDE, as well as pool points, will be a motivating factor for the reigning European champions when they play host to the Scarlets at the RDS tomorrow.

FIVE points, four tries scored, none conceded. What’s not to like?

Jamie Heaslip will make his 100th Leinster appearance in Llanelli and is named in a strong line up which includes nine Ireland internationals.

MICHAEL CHEIKA copped a fair share of flak for resting his frontline troops last week but final judgment will rest on tomorrow’s crucial Heineken Cup tie in Llanelli.

Up to 900 jobs are expected to be created through a major development at the Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas in Dublin.

CREDIT to Seneschalstown for fighting the good fight for 30 minutes.

WITH only one win to date in the Magners League, Connacht will be desperate to utilise home advantage in tonight’s last fixture before the break for Guinness Internationals.

Coach Nigel Davies has included Simon Easterby in his Scarlets side to play Connacht in the Magner's League at the Sportsground on Friday.

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British & Irish Lions out-half Stephen Jones returns to The Scarlets line-up for their trip to face Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday night.

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Coach Nigel Davies has made three changes to The Scarlets side to play Munster in the Magner's League at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday.

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