Two great Irish sports stars walked away uninjured from a dramatic head-on crash in Cork City at the weekend.

Tipperary cruised to victory over a disappointing Limerick side in the Munster IHC quarter-final in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday.

Tipperary senior hurling manager Declan Ryan has cut seven players from an extended squad ahead of next Saturday’s Waterford Crystal Cup quarter-final against UL — including 2010 All-Ireland winner Pat Kerwick.

TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar was last night accused of making the boards of Cork and Shannon airports redundant.

THE Department of Transport is considering scrapping the boards at Cork and Shannon airports — a move that would save more than €200,000 a year.

CARLOW IT claimed the IRCU Division 1 title with a very impressive 30-17 win against Athlone IT at the CIT campus, Bishopstown yesterday evening.

FORMER Bord Gáis Éireann (BGE) chief executive Gerry Walsh has settled on undisclosed terms his High Court action in which he claimed entitlement to an additional €2 million sum from the company arising from a letter signed by former BGE chairman Michael Conlon.

THE board at Cork Airport has had a turbulent few years battling against resignations and controversy.

THE new chairman of the Cork Airport Authority has pulled out of a scheduled appearance before an Oireachtas hearing today.

THE new chairman of the Cork Airport Authority (CAA) has been urged to revisit its controversial €113 million debt issue.

THE outgoing chief executive of Bord Gáis Gerry Walsh yesterday called on the company to honour his seven-year-old employment contract relating to his retirement from his €316,000-a-year job.

Bord Gáis has said it expects to reduce gas prices to customers this year after they reported a 29% increase in turnover to more than €1.1bn for last year.

THE chief executive of Bord Gáis, Gerry Walsh is to retire this summer.

Bord Gáis has today announced the appointment of Michael O' Sullivan as chief financial officer of the Company.

THE average annual gas bill will rise by almost €380 after Bord Gais yesterday applied for a 40% hike in prices from October.

Bord Gáis is to seek an increase in gas prices of up to 40%, it was announced today.

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Annual reports show that few semi-State bosses got major wage rises, writes Ian Guider.

Ian Guider

Bord Gáis has announced a better then expected reduction in pre-tax profits of €103m to the year ended 2003.

BORD GÁIS boss Gerry Walsh got a 14% salary increase last year while profits slumped by over 9%.

Figures for 2002 released by Bord Gais has shown a 14% increase in turnover to €652m.