Global eye health company Bausch + Lomb’s base yesterday opened an €85m facility in Waterford, three years after the company was on the verge of closing its base and shedding 1,100 employees.

Irish startup Touchtech secures online payments by using fingerprints and eye scans. It is now taking on the big players, writes Trish Dromey

IT Carlow 2-20 UCC 1-20: IT Carlow manager DJ Carey has no clue what shape his bruised and battered team will be in for today’s Fitzgibbon Cup final, but says whatever happens they’re in bonus territory now.

IT Carlow 2-20 UCC 1-20 (AET): Stephen Maher hit 11 points as IT Carlow reached their first Fitzgibbon Cup final at the expense of UCC in Dangan.

It is hoped that the successful outcome of a High Court action by the Co Limerick parents of a child against the HSE will save the family home from repossession by a bank.

Richie Power Sr and Richie Power Jr have the distinction of being one of the father and son combinations where both parties won a senior All-Ireland. The final experiences against Tipperary were mixed, but the father passed on important lessons...

Selecting the man of-the match on The Sunday Game last weekend was an easy enough decision, to a point, a straight shoot-out between Pauric Mahony and Austin Gleeson. We went for Mahony but nobody would have argued if we had gone for Austin. Richie Hogan also made the shortlist but if you were to stretch that long-list even further, the results would have shown how off the pace Kilkenny really were.

When Galway manager Micheál Donoghue sits down to review the DVD of the Leinster final, he should concentrate on the 10-minute period after half-time. 

Ten minutes into the second-half in Croke Park yesterday, there was a sense that there was something different about Galway this year.

Kilkenny 1-26 Galway 0-22: Death, taxes and strong second-half performances from Kilkenny, each as inevitable as the other and all utterly impossible to repel.

Experienced Clare star Enda Coughlan has emerged as a late injury concern ahead of Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium — as manager Colm Collins vows the Banner will be competitive in Killarney.

Clare win over the Cats was the standout display...

IF the global food chain McDonald’s was a country it would be the fourth largest buyer of Irish beef after Britain, France, and Italy.

As debuts go, Patrick Collins’ was impressive.

Cork 2-22 Kilkenny 2-23: An enthralling game on Saturday night came to a fitting end deep in injury time at Páirc Uí Rinn — Kilkenny sub John Power intercepted a clearance by Cork ‘keeper Patrick Collins to loft over a long-distance winner and condemn the home side to a fourth NHL 1A loss.

This was a superb contest last Saturday night. Cork were six points up and it looked as if they were going to hold out for a much needed win with five minutes remaining in normal time.

A substitute was the hero for the winning side.

Jackie Tyrrell makes his first since last year’s Leinster final as one of five changes to the Kilkenny side for tomorrow’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Galway at Nowlan Park tomorrow (2pm).

UCC have crashed out of the Fitzgibbon Cup at the group stages for a second successive year.

98 students from 15 sports have won scholarships from UCC for their sporting and academic excellence.

We all know of folk who keep their Christmas decorations up all year round, to save on the hassle of taking them down. In Kilkenny, they may as well leave their black-and-amber colours on the streets, windows and telegraph poles on a continuous basis because come September (Sept-amber?) it’s likely they’ll be needed.

If someone from Etihad Airways is reading, do Walter Walsh a favour and renew his RTÉ man-of-the-match voucher from the 2012 All-Ireland final. The man is too humble to ask himself.

You wouldn’t dare say Brian Cody is getting softer now in his 17th year as Kilkenny manager but he would do well to argue he’s not more understanding.

Theirs is a private joy - Keith Duggan

Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-18: Maybe now people will stop saying the best time to face Kilkenny is in an All-Ireland semi-final.

Stuart Grehan from Tullamore was last night crowned winner of the 114th South of Ireland Championship after a four and three final win over Ulster golfer Colin Fairweather from Knock.

Galway 2-15 Kilkenny 1-25

Imokilly 0-20 UCC 0-17: Imokilly’s greater balance in attack proved vital in returning the divisional outfit to the Cork SHC fourth round after a six-year hiatus.

Kilkenny 3-25 Limerick 0-16 (SH challenge): Kilkenny warmed up for the Leinster championship with an impressive win over Limerick in this inter-county challenge in Inistioge.