As parting shots go, Gary McDermott’s pitch onto the 18th green at Royal Tara was pretty special as the 2013 AIG All-Ireland Cups & Shields National Finals reached their climax in Meath on Saturday.

The country’s largest trade union yesterday called for an end to foot-dragging on abortion legislation and urged the Government to bring in laws immediately to provide for terminations on the grounds recognised in the X case ruling.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.