The national chairwoman of the Federation for Victim Assistance has said the trial of a 28-year-old Lithuanian man found guilty of murdering a mother and daughter was the most difficult she had attended in 20 years.

Clare 2-20 Wexford 3-11

Despite conceding the opening score within 20 seconds of the throw-in, Tipperary had few problems disposing of the challenge of a visiting Kerry team in the first round of the Munster minor hurling championship.

Causeway CS completed a glorious four-in-a-row when defeating Roscrea VS in the Munster Vocational JAHC final at a wet and windy Croagh on Saturday.

OSCAR-WINNING writer and director, Neil Jordan, scouted locations in West Cork yesterday for his new vampire movie.

JEREMY IRONS has signed up as an ambassador for the new body promoting Cork as a film location.

ACTOR Cillian Murphy will be among the judges for a short film competition as plans are finalised for the Kerry Film Festival.

IT was freakish, it was stunning and it was painful. Three years ago, Darach Honan stood in Cusack Park and readied himself for the coronation of Clare as Munster U21 hurling champions for the first time.

WEST Limerick GAA chiefs last night ordered their divisional junior hurling final to be replayed after Sunday afternoon’s decider in Feenagh between St Kieran’s and Askeaton ended in a blaze of controversy when a St Kieran’s substitute entered the action with none of his teammates making way and struck the match-winning goal to hand his side a 2-12 to 2-11 victory.

SATURDAY evening in Tullamore provided further irrefutable evidence of how these counties operate at underage hurling level.

LIMERICK IT atoned for last year’s quarter-final exit against Waterford IT by accomplishing a victory yesterday afternoon that secures a safe passage through to the last eight of this year’s campaign.

HOLLYWOOD star Liam Neeson will be among the adjudicators at the Samhlaíocht Kerry Film Festival.

IN MORE years than I’d want to admit watching and reporting on Gaelic games, I’ve never witnessed anything like the scenes at the final whistle of Wednesday night’s game in Ennis.

CLOSE examination began early in Croke Park yesterday. Latecomers to the stadium missed minor referee Jason O’Mahony paying forensic attention to the towel brought in for Cork minor captain Patrick Horgan after 10 minutes of the Leesiders’ clash with Galway.

WESTMEATH 2-09 LAOIS 2-15

The West Cork novice pairing of Diarmuid French/Jason O’Mahony (Toyota Corolla) won the Skibbereen 100 Isles Navigation Trial following a tiebreak with national championship contenders, Andy Mackarel/Liam Higgins (Ascona).

A MINIMUM prize fund of €25,000 has been put up for this season’s Formula Ireland championship that will begin in Kirkistown on April 5.

TREVOR MOORE, in an Escort Cosworth, won the Toshiba Rally after he capitalised on the retirement of Robbie McGurk (Subaru) who set the pace through the first five stages.

Robbie McGurk, from Omagh, driving a Group N Subaru, has set a cracking pace on the Willie Loughman Forest Rally.