Two first-half Andrew Gaffney goals in Templemore secured Kilkenny CBS’s passage to the Masita All-Ireland Colleges Senior A hurling championship final.

Ardscoil Ris 2-13 Scoil na Trionóide Doon 0-04

A slice of history for the young hurlers of Ardscoil Rís on Saturday at the Gaelic Grounds as they became winners of the first all-Limerick Harty Cup final by claiming a third title in five years for the north city school.

The Harty Cup has been competed for since 1918 so it’s hardly a surprise that there have been eight one-county derby finals.

St Fintan’s CBS, Doon 3-12 Castletroy College 1-14

Doon 1-18 South Liberties 0-09

Galway 0-23 Limerick 0-20 (aet)

Galway 0-23 Limerick 0-20

Tipperary 0-17 Limerick 1-17

Last week’s controversial Hereford winner Am I Blue secured a quick follow-up success in the South West Racing Club Novices’ Hurdle at Newton Abbot.

AM I BLUE landed a hefty gamble when running away with the Wyvern Ices Handicap Hurdle at Hereford yesterday.

Am I Blue landed a monster gamble when running away with the Wyvern Ices Handicap Hurdle at Hereford today.

Donald McCain believes Son Of Flicka could prove to be a name to follow after he opened his account over obstacles in the Ruabon Mountain “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Bangor.

Jockey Jason Maguire proved the man to follow at Bangor – with Bannister Lane’s victory in the Anderson & Co Handicap Chase the highlight of a near 178-1 treble.

Former jockey Gary Carter has been left “stunned” by the Jockey Club’s decision to declare him a disqualified person for five years and fine him £2,000 (€2,900) after he was found to have committed breaches of the Rules of Racing.

FORMER jockey Gary Carter has been left “stunned” by the Jockey Club’s decision to declare him a disqualified person for five years and fine him £2,000 after he was found to have committed breaches of the Rules of Racing.

Nine men who were arrested after gardaí swooped on a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in the Comeragh mountains were jailed by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Gardaí discovered four guns, a makeshift firing range and targets when they raided a suspected Continuity IRA training camp at a clearing in the Comeragh mountains, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Nine men arrested after gardaí swooped on a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in Co Waterford in 2003 pleaded guilty to firearms offences at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Limerick man was charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today in connection with a garda swoop on a suspected Continuity IRA training camp in Co Waterford in August last year.