It has been a tale of perseverance for Highfield as the Cork club finally gained promotion to Division 1B of the All-Ireland League after back-to-back second place finishes in recent seasons.

Swamp Fox won the feature race, the €26,000 Dawn Milk Handicap on Ladies Day at Killarney Races yesterday, but there was no outfoxing, or even outdancing judges Aidan O’Mahony and Thalia Heffernan who said they were “ swamped” with style.

Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas 2-9 Kilmeen 0-9

A man who tried to hijack a car with an automatic transmission, but fled when he realised he couldn’t drive it, has today been sentenced to three years in prison.

Limerick 1-13 Waterford 0-10