Ardscoil Rís go in search of a rare Avonmore Supermilk Munster Schools Junior Cup title when they take on specialists Christian Brothers College, Cork, in an eagerly-awaited decider at Musgrave Park today (3pm).

THE outrageously talented 13-year-old Maguire twins from Ballyconnell in Cavan have been named in a Great Britain & Ireland preliminary squad for the 2009 Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe in Germany next July.

IN all fairness, Bertie Ahern should organise a whip-around for his old buddy Joe Burke, who obliged when the Taoiseach hit a spot of bother himself a few years back.

ONE of the businessmen who gave Bertie Ahern €50,000 while he was Finance Minister saw his company wound up yesterday with debts of nearly €1 million.