The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been urged to issue an immediate safety alert about the opening of empty oil drums, because a young apprentice was killed in a workplace explosion.

A company was fined €10,000 following an explosion at a small steelworks in Youghal, Co Cork, which killed a 21-year-old apprentice fitter cutting an oil drum.

Clare eased into the Munster MFC semi-final after a facile victory over Waterford at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening last.