Waterford 0-19 Wexford 2-20: Wexford’s match sharpness was a critical ingredient in their emphatic win over Waterford in this Allianz Division 1A opener at Walsh Park yesterday.

"It was a savage attack; he was kicked and beaten in the head and his phone was stolen, the only thing of value that kept him in contact with normal life."

A father-of-one charged over a botched raid at a pub in Dublin on New Year’s Day needed 30 stitches to his head and suffered two fractured ribs, a court has heard.

Cork City 1 Bray Wanderers 0

For the first time in 12 years, Cork City finally got their hands on the SSE Airtricity League trophy at the end of tonight’s final home game of the season and a 1-0 win over Bray Wanderes at a sold out Turner’s Cross.

Jo Linehan, co-founder of GAFF Interiors

Fáilte Ireland says it cannot include an island ferry, felt to be crucial for tourism in the South-West, among major projects eligible for grant aid.

A Limerick man has been found guilty today at the non-jury Special Criminal Court of assaulting another man.

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny bemoaned the fact his side hadn’t won a penalty in the league in a year this week then saw his side concede two last night, as Bray Wanderers shocked the champions at Oriel Park.

UCC 1-8, UCD 1-5: If UCC go on to win the 2017 Fitzgibbon Cup, they may return to this game as a reference point.

Dublin 2-26 UCD 0-21: Holders Dublin completed their second successive Walsh Cup win, beating UCD at Parnell Park last night. 

Waterford 5-15 Galway 0-14: A coronation they wanted. A coronation they received.

A powerful first-half showing delivered Waterford a first All-Ireland U21 hurling title since 1992.

Waterford 5-25 Antrim 1-8: Concrete solutions may have been thin on the ground, but at least there was general agreement Saturday’s futile exercise in Thurles did no-one any favours. 

Temple Street goes ‘off-call’ as precaution, transferring critically ill children, cancelling surgeries

A court has heard a mother of two wet herself with fear when an armed Garda response unit burst into her home and handcuffed her and her naked partner on their bedroom floor.

The producers of Star Wars have left Europe’s most westerly lifeboat, Valentia Lifeboat, a lot richer than previously.

All babies should undergo a test to find out if their mother drank alcohol during pregnancy, a neonatal expert told the Joint Committee on Health and Children.

Waterford 1-21 Cork 1-11: Shane Bennett didn’t travel on the team bus to Páirc Uí Rinn, his father Pat transporting him across the border.

Cork County SHC

Cork 1-26 UCC 2-12: The heavy rain and wind didn’t make for a great spectacle, but there were some bright spots for Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy as his side retained the Canon O’Brien Cup by beating UCC at the Mardyke last night.

McGrath Cup: Cork 7-20 Mary I 0-4

St. Patrick’s Athletic 0 Athlone Town 2

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Legia Warsaw 5 (Legia Warsaw win 6-1 on agg)

Shamrock Rovers 2 St Pat’s Athletic 1

The face of a shattered man put out of business by recent storms. Mike Foran, a potato and vegetable farmer whose business has been destroyed, is looking for an alternative livelihood, after being forced to close an enterprise developed over 15 years.

Global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has recalled a donkey meat product from some Chinese stores after tests found traces of other animals’ DNA, the company has confirmed. Authorities said it contained fox meat.

Two men and a woman “caught red-handed” with more than €1.3m worth of heroin and cannabis in a targeted garda operation have been jailed for between three and seven years.

Irish player Richie Foran scored his side's opening goal with an assist from fellow countryman Aaron Doran in a game that consolidated Inverness's position at the top of the Scottish premiership.

Waterford swept to a first All-Ireland MHC triumph for 65 years in a wave of emotion at Croke Park.

Celtic 2 Inverness 2

Waterford 2-12 Kilkenny 0-16

Waterford are through to the All-Ireland minor hurling final for the first time since 1992 after a gutsy display at Croke Park.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

Conan Byrne scored four times as St. Patrick's Athletic got back to winning ways to stun nine-man Shamrock Rovers 4-0 at Tallaght Stadium to maintain their one-point lead at the top of the Premier Division table.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

Cork 1-20 Waterford 3-19

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: