Despite a remarkable personal tally of 0-15, Johnny English came out on the losing side as Castletownroche secured a first Cork JBHC title in 21 years in Pairc Ui Rinn.

Mr Justice Michael Twomey found that Hirar Properties Limited and Mr John Philip Ryan, otherwise known as JP Ryan, had "no fair and reasonable probability of having a real or bona fide defence" to a bid by Allied Irish Bank Plc for summary judgment.

A WATERFORD GAA club will submit a motion to Congress calling on Croke Park to host two non-GAA events on an annual basis from 2011 onwards in an effort to alleviate the financial burdens at grassroots level.

THE hotel where Eamon de Valera frequently stayed when electioneering in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, yesterday reopened as an accommodation centre for 104 asylum seekers.

TWO goals in a minute early in the second-half powered Dripsey to a comfortable victory over Modeligo in the AIB Munster JHC quarter-final at the splendid Coachford venue yesterday.