James McCartan joked that he had a taxi ordered and the engine was running.

Down 1-14 Monaghan 1-13

The game needed a dramatic intervention from somebody and Tommy Freeman was the man to provide it.

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

A strong finish from Malahide United gave them what was, in the end, a comfortable FAI Cup win over nine-man Blarney United at O’Shea Park last night.

Tyrone 1-16 Monaghan 1-6

Irish athletics chiefs and competitors last night played down the poor performances at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Kildare lost their Bord Na Móna O’Byrne Cup crown in Portlaoise last night after switching off in the second-half.

DCU 3-7 Kildare 1-12

A YALE University student and a former classmate are to face trial for allegedly sitting each other’s physics Leaving Certificate exams at a Dublin school three years ago.

AN Irish-owned London based civil engineering company has won a €100 million contract to work on the M25 widening programme around Greater London, it emerged yesterday.

Cork Garda 1-14 Nortel, Galway 1-10

BALLINASLOE experienced a day borrowed from last summer yesterday, one of those rare occasions in the west when there was no rain-or threat of it. Perhaps the sense that spring was in the air jolted Galway enough to turn on the style in the second-half.

ARMAGH manager Joe Kernan let rip after watching his All-Ireland football finalists struggle for the majority of yesterday’s second-round Allianz Football League defeat at Pearse Stadium.

Roy Dooney will leave his position as Eircom League Commissioner at the end of this month.