Cork City's U19 team have bowed out of the UEFA Youth League after a narrow defeat by AS Roma today.

Cork City 1 HJK Helsinki 0 (City win 1-0 on agg): Aaron Drinan’s penalty, two minutes into the second half, created history at Turner’s Cross as Cork City became the first ever League of Ireland side into the playoff stages of the Uefa Youth League after their 1-0 second-leg win against HJK Helsinki last night.

Cork City XI 1 Wolves 2: With Thursday night’s massive Europa League second leg tie against BK Hacken looming, an understrength Cork City XI went down to Championship side Wolves in last night’s friendly in front of a small crowd at Turner’s Cross.

There were smiles all round at the EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup as newly-crowned champion Colm Campbell got the perfect boost for a busy schedule ahead and tournament organisers got a winner of the calibre they feel their event deserves.

Limerick FC 1 Cork City 2: Cork City came from behind against Limerick FC to claimed their fourth successive National U19 title at the Markets Field last night.

Wednesday. The cartoonist rings. Drinan. Good, isn’t he? "What’s it about this week? I’ve to draw it today. Heading off."

Martin Coppinger had a comfortable two bowls of odds win over James Buckley at Waterfall in the final pool score of the Munster senior championship on Sunday.

Glanmire 1-12 Canovee 1-10 (after extra-time)

Canovee 0-12 Glanmire 1-09 (aet)

Ecologists say it could take at least three years before salmon and trout stocks return to an East Cork river after thousands of fish were killed last weekend.

DONAL RIORDAN turned the Munster Intermediate semi-final on its head with two astonishing bowls against Michael Bohane at Grange.

A FAMILY was left “utterly devastated and heartbroken” by the death of a 26-year-old woman killed by an out-of-control Polish-born driver who sped through a red light after a night out drinking whiskey, vodka and beer.

IN THE Irish Examiner Weekend of March 27, your cartoonist Drinan used the caption ‘Ecce Homo,’ while Leagues O’Toole’s feature on Christy Moore was headlined ‘Corpus Christy’.