An open garden will be held at Ballyshane, Ballybrannigan, near Inch, Whitegate, Co Cork, on Sunday, June 14, from 2 pm-6pm in aid of Marymount Hospice.

Shane Jennings had already played 200 times for Leinster before last Friday’s PRO12 meeting with Connacht, but the flanker flew around the RDS like a teenager.

Cork Garden Club presents Michael Clancy to talk on ‘Roses and other Plants’ on June 12, at Ashton School, at 8 pm.

Gavin Twohig brought his recent good form into 2013 with an impressive win over Arthur McDonagh in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch.

Although not included in the original seeded lists for tomorrow’s Sligo Rally or Sunday’s Sean Conlon Memorial Forest Rally in Mitchelstown, the in-form Garry Jennings is likely to contest both events, although in different cars.

HEINEKEN CUP progress won’t necessarily equate to Six Nations success but Leinster’s Shane Jennings believes the performances of Leinster, Munster and Ulster in Europe this season will nonetheless fuel Ireland’s Test ambitions.

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CAITRIONA JENNINGS, Sportsworld Running Club, Terenure, yesterday led home a field of over 40,000 in the Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon in Dublin.

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A SIXTH win on the trot moved Leinster up into fourth place in the Magners League at the RDS last night as their second string brushed the Dragons aside and picked up a bonus point en route.

Two officers called to subdue a violent 10-year-old boy have been suspended after one used a stun gun on the child and another slapped him in the mouth.

NORMAL business resumes for Heineken Cup champions Leinster at the RDS tonight (6 pm) with the return of Jonathan Sexton and Shane Jennings to face Pool Six whipping boys Brive.

THE availability of Shane Jennings for Leinster’s Heineken Cup clash against Brive at the RDS tomorrow might be good news for coach Michael Cheika but is hardly a source of delight for Sean O’Brien.

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika has launched a staunch defence of Irish flanker Shane Jennings whose disputed 12-week ban was upheld by an appeal committee sitting in Dublin yesterday.

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL and Luke Fitzgerald have both voiced their support of Leinster colleague Shane Jennings ahead of today’s appeal in Dublin against a 12-week ban imposed for eye-gouging in a recent Heineken Cup game against London Irish.

LEINSTER back row Shane Jennings has been cited for “contact with the eye/eye area” of opponent Nick Kennedy in his side’s defeat last Friday at the hands of London Irish in the RDS – but the Premiership side’s captain, Bob Casey, has weakened the case against Jennings, admitting yesterday that Kennedy “overreacted” to the incident.

SHANE JENNINGS hopes to find out tonight if he will be eligible for Leinster’s crunch Heineken Cup tie against Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday after the province decided to appeal the three-week ban handed to the flanker last Tuesday.

THE CONTRASTING fortunes of Munster and Leinster in their respective Heineken Cup pool games last weekend has once again stimulated much debate in the media and among supporters on the respective merits and shortcomings of both sides.

ONE thing you have to say for Shane Jennings: the guy is great copy.

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

A senior garda attempted to block a statement which claimed he had no concerns about terrorism in the North, the Omagh civil action case heard today.

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika has a guilt complex about playing Shane Jennings at number six rather than open side flanker following the latter’s exclusion from Ireland’s Six Nations squad.

THE FIRST game of any Heineken Cup campaign is always one to whet the appetite, but Shane Jennings has added reason to count down the days to Saturday’s game ever since Leinster were paired with the Leicester Tigers last June.

Ireland and Leinster backrow Shane Jennings will miss the Ireland squad preseason camp in Spala, Poland as he has been ruled out of full training for the next 5-6 weeks.

IRELAND back row Shane Jennings will miss the Ireland squad pre-season camp in Spala, Poland with a thumb fracture. The Leinster player undergoes surgery today and will be out of action for up to six weeks.

SHANE JENNINGS’ eyes zero in on the carpet beneath his feet, a barely audible sigh betraying his displeasure at having to answer a question he must have known was coming.

A jury in the Central Criminal Court was told today that the lies told by the accused man are not proof of his guilt.

The man accused of killing a 54-year-old loan company agent was a “Walter Mitty” a murder trial jury heard today.

ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were travelling in was attacked with an explosive device.

Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, has died at age 67.

Beer campaigners in England today urged shareholders in Lake District brewer Jennings to block an agreed £45.8m (€67.3m) takeover by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries.

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The McBrearty family today protested about being excluded from confidential discussions about Garda informants at the Morris Tribunal.