Limerick Golf Club face Galway in today’s AIG Senior Cup final aiming to bridge the 15-year gap to their last victory in Irish club golf’s blue riband competition.

Leinster won the Boys U14 Interprovincial Championship in style, beating Ulster 4-1 to complete a clean sweep at Blarney.

Connacht completed a stirring singles comeback to pip Ulster 5.5-4.5 during the opening day of the Boys U18 Interprovincial Championship at Blarney.

Add a touch of sparkle to your home for a glitzy Christmas, suggests Esther N McCarthy.

St Brendan’s, Killarney 2-13 St Patrick’s College, Maghera 2-6

Runaway league leaders Dundalk will be hot favourites to keep their double dream alive when they host Longford Town at Oriel Park in the first of this year’s FAI Cup semi-finals this evening (kick off 7.25pm, live on RTÉ 2).

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." — Muhammad Ali

EVERY two years the Design and Craft Council of Ireland, in consultation with an advisory panel drawn from the design world, compiles a publication called PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection in which they feature Irish designers and craft makers they deem to have made the most significant impact internationally in the previous 24 months.

Waterford United, who earlier this week revealed financial worries at the club, have said an agreement on revised terms and conditions has been reached with most players and staff following a meeting on Wednesday night.

St Pat’s, Maghera (Derry) 1-12 Omagh CBS (Tyrone) 1-08

Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy hopes new signing Jack Doherty will follow in the footsteps of another player he signed from Waterford United — Daryl Murphy.

Ireland Schools 2 England Schools 2

Limerick FC 0 Waterford United 1

Wexford Youths deservedly won this south east derby at the RSC last night to end Waterford United’s chances of automatic promotion to the Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division.

Goals from Peter Higgins, Seani Maguire and Jack Doherty helped Waterford United to their seventh win on the spin at the RSC last night.

For 212 assorted amateurs and professionals the dream of playing in The Open at Birkdale is still alive following yesterday’s 16 regional qualifying tournaments around Ireland and Britain.

Robert Allenby moved four strokes clear of the field after recording an even-par 72 in the second round of the Australian Open in hot and windy conditions at Moonah Links near Melbourne.

Scotland’s Craig Lee was some way off the lead while countryman Jack Doherty was left languishing at the wrong end of the leaderboard after the first round of the Hillross Australian Open.

AS Ireland’s two new Walker Cup stars basked in the adulation at Mullingar yesterday, where Colm Moriarty strode to an impressive victory in the prestigious 72 hole Scratch Cup to confirm his current well being, they became the 29th and 30th golfers from this country to be chosen on the British & Irish Walker Cup team.