This year’s championship journey has been far from routine for Corofin, but yet again Kevin O’Brien’s side figured out the route to victory as they stretched their advantage at the top of the awards table with a tenth Connacht senior club title.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone signalled a move into fixed-line TV and phone services as it confirmed it had approached Germany’s biggest cable company about a possible takeover reportedly worth €10bn.

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