BETTER for sponsor extraordinaire Martin Donnelly that he attended the other inter-provincial football semi-final in Crossmaglen.

MICHAEL CUSSEN looks set to feature for Munster in Saturday night’s Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Senior Football final in Portlaoise against Connacht, despite being involved with Sarsfields in the first round of the Munster Club SHC on Sunday.

THE weather gods did the under-fire M Donnelly Interprovincial Championship little favours in Fermoy on Saturday.

A NUMBER of schemes earmarked for small villages have been refused planning permission by Cork County Council.

HELICOPTERS spying from the air or “nosey parker” neighbours need not worry people burning garden waste in Kerry.

A BRAVE six-year-old boy desperately sought help after he was pushed clear from a four-wheel drive jeep swept away in a raging river flood that claimed the lives of his mother and sister.

THE Mens Irish Senior Cup was reduced to the last four in Munster with Castletroy, Douglas, Tramore and Mallow advancing to the provincial semi-finals.

IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.