St Michael’s progressed to a third straight Cork Premier IFC final, and a fourth in five years as a one-sided first half put them firmly in control of this semi-final replay against Kanturk at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Despite three county final defeats over the past six seasons, St Michael’s manager John Holly insists his players carry no “psychological baggage” into tomorrow’s Cork Premier IFC decider.

THE US is preparing to install a ground-based interceptor in Alaska’s interior - the first component of a national defence system designed to shoot down enemy missiles.