All-Ireland League giants Shannon last night confirmed that head coach Stephen Keogh and his assistant Eoin Cahill have left their roles “by mutual agreement with the club”.

A CASE of two points lost by Old Belvedere, two points gained by hosts Shannon in this All-Ireland League clash at chilly Coonagh on Saturday.

Wanderers and Lansdowne captains Michael Kevany and Ross McCarron join Ulster Bank’s Joanna Fitzpatrick at the Aviva Stadium.

Bruff 24 Dungannon 18

Bruff 17 Clontarf 11

UL BOHEMIANS 28 BRUFF 25

AT a pre-match lunch at Kilballyowen Park yesterday, visiting IRFU President Caleb Powell described Bruff as a remarkable club that embodied all of the positive things in Irish domestic rugby.

NOTHING Bruff achieve these days ranks as a surprise and certainly UCD won’t land at Kilballyowen Park tomorrow with any expectations.

BRUFF produced a magical 80 minutes and wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday, denying tournament specialists Garryowen their 39th triumph with a display that combined brilliance and dogged determination.

BRUFF 21 DUNGANNON 10

Galwegians 11 Bruff 22

Bruff 14 UL Bohemians 13

AN overjoyed Batt O’Keeffe walked his daughter Hilda down the aisle over the weekend as she married her fiance, Damien Smyth, in a church ceremony in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

LANSDOWNE set the pace in the AIB Division Two campaign way back in October when they hammered Bruff, on their own patch.

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL:

IT IS down to the final four this weekend in the Munster Junior Cup with north Munster teams dominating while Richmond aim to get their bid for senior rugby back on track.

St Mary's College 46 Bruff 27

FATHERS of the bride rarely have much chance to practise public speaking before addressing guests at the reception.

BRENDAN DEADY brought the AIB League Division Three trophy back to Kilballyowen Park on Saturday night and dedicated the famous win to Bruff player/coach Eoin Cahill.

Clonakilty's bid to become Division Two champions, just twelve months after they took the Division Three title, was ended at Dr Hickey Park this afternoon by a hungry Greystones side.

A Co Tipperary man, who was questioned about a murder in Clonmel last year, has fallen to his death in Germany.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

Clontarf 3 Shannon 30

Garryowen 20 Shannon 21

AIB LEAGUE: DIVISION ONE: SEMI-FINALS:

IN THE WAKE of the seizure of what has been described as “a frightening array of weaponry”, gardaí in Clonmel this week launched their biggest ever antisocial behaviour blitz on a number of housing estates in the town.

Gardaí in Tipperary are expected to continue questioning six people about the death of 25-year-old Eoin Cahill at a party on Sunday night.

Nowhere in Ireland is safe from drugs and gang warfare, an opposition TD warned tonight as gardaí investigated whether the country’s latest gun murder was drugs related.

LESS than 120 metres separate their clubhouses, but today Thomond Park tenants Shannon and UL Bohemian face off in a mouthwatering AIB All Ireland League Division One Limerick derby.

Dublin University 6 Shannon 19

St Mary's College 13 Shannon 42

Shannon 25 Belfast Harlequins 20

ROUND four of a potential five game series takes place today when Shannon and Garryowen meet in the Munster Cup final at Thomond Park (4pm).

Buccaneers 3 Shannon 56

Buccaneers 3 Shannon 56

RUGBY: AIB ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE: FULL-TIMES:

Shannon have joined Limerick rivals Garryowen at the top of the AIB League Division One table thanks to a four-try 29-13 win over Lansdowne on headquarters' back pitch.

BRUFF have added the Munster Junior League to the Munster Junior Challenge Cup they captured just before Christmas - and they’re still not satisfied.

Shannon 27 Ballymena 37

Blackrock College 9 UCD 6

Shannon 20 Co Carlow 11