Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas 2-9 Kilmeen 0-9

A massive community effort to tackle the aftermath of the flood helped restore relative order to Clonakilty within hours.

The silverware flowed their way throughout last year and when the 2011 calendar of games spilled over into last January, the winning run kept going for Kilmeen-Kilbree.

An outstanding forward pack powered by one of the Ryan triplets in each of the three rows of the scrum was the decisive element in St Munchin’s impressive victory in yesterday’s Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final at Dooradoyle.

THE All-Ireland Vocational SAFC trophy arrived in the West Offaly town of Ferbane for the first time on Saturday evening after a powerful late burst saw Gallen CS dethrone champions Clonakilty CC in Croke Park.

Leitrim leapfrogged Carlow in Division 4 of the National Football League after a 1-16 to 1-12 win over the Leinster side in Dr. Cullen Park yesterday.

ACC Bank may apply to the Commercial Court next week to have a Galway builder jailed for alleged contempt of orders requiring him to disclose to the Bank all relevant details of his business affairs.

JOHN DUDDY makes a long-awaited return to the ring at the Madison Square Garden Theatre tonight as he seeks to further his claims to a world middleweight title shot with a pay-per-view headline fight against Anthony Bonsante.

JAMES Moore returns to the ring tomorrow night ready to kickstart his bid for a light-middleweight title after an almost five-month lay-off.

JOHN DUDDY surprised even himself with the manner in which he claimed his first title belt on a boisterous night in New York before 5,000 Irish fight fans.

The victim of a stabbing outside a Limerick pub three years ago went to the toilet and never came back, his friend told a murder trial today.

The man appointed as a temporary replacement to Cardinal Thomas Winning has been named as Monsignor James Clancy.