When Kilkenny and Galway finished all square in their initial All-Ireland hurling final meeting four weeks ago, there were more than a few writers who leaned instinctively on that brilliant old quote about how a draw was like kissing your sister.

FOUR of the five members of the National Irish Safety Organisation’s (NISO) management committee have resigned in a row over attempts to reduce the size of the board.

MORE fishermen will die at sea during the coming winter if the Department of the Marine does not take a more “realistic” approach to fish quotas, a national safety conference was told yesterday.