NAAS CBS retained their Bro Bosco title with a hard fought extra time win over Wicklow Schools in Parnell Park last night.

Cork 1-24, Waterford 0-8: Cork eased into the semi-finals of the Munster MHC with this 19-point rout of Waterford The Déise, who entered the contest off the back of a heavy defeat to Clare, were aided by a slight breeze in the opening period and yet found themselves seven in arrears at the break, 0-11 to 0-4. 

That the final winning margin was 14 points doesn’t really do justice to what was an at-times thrilling Carrigaline Court Hotel Rebel Óg Premier 1 MHC decider at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

IN 2004, a worldwide poll ranking female representation in national politics put Ireland in 63rd position.

THE Labour Party’s women and equality officer Kirsi Hanifin (Irish Examiner letters, January 20) takes me to task for stating (Letters, January 16) that domestic violence is not a gender issue.

RATHER than dealing with the particular point raised by Patrick McGinnity in his letter headlined ‘Domestic violence campaign vilifies men’ (Irish Examiner letters, January 16), Kirsi Hanafin, the Labour Party’s Women and Equality Officer, seems to try to divert our attention away from the Women’s Aid advertising campaign, mentioning issues such as genital mutilation and female infanticide (Irish Examiner letters, January 20).