Munster Under-19s 13 Australian Schools 16

After an impressive 14-8 win over Ireland at stormy Ravenhill on Saturday, the Australian Schools are confident of ending their Britain and Ireland tour with victory against Munster at Thomond Park today (5pm).

JUSTICE Minister Brendan Smith is being urged to intervene in a worsening public row between the biggest Garda staff association and the state’s Garda watchdog.

The Garda Ombudsman and Garda Representative Authority (GRA) have clashed angrily after the acquittal of an officer on assault charges and claims that the watchdog ran an excessive and oppressive investigation.

A Garda witness in the trial of another officer who was acquitted of assault yesterday, is formally complaining to the Minister for Justice about the conduct of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

The alleged victim of a garda beating had around 30 previous convictions including a four-year jail term for grievous bodily harm, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

A key witness in the trial of a Garda accused of assaulting a man, who died shortly after his release from custody, has said he "can't remember" whether the alleged victim was verbally abusive and aggressive.

A garda “whipped” and “pounded” a man with his baton while he was on the ground, it has been alleged at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A garda has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assaulting a man in the city four years ago.

A garda accused of assault causing harm to a homeless man who later died, was today served with a book of evidence and returned for trial before a judge and jury.

IT WAS a raucous all-night party that ended in stoney silence.

PRISTINE is an abused word in property sales description, but it applies from top to bottom in the case of the three-storey house, 12 Springlane, in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

IT’S only a few sites, or is it? According to Keith Murphy of Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan Daly this little enclave, called Abbey View, will be the most exclusive address in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

KANTURK kept their hopes of a place in the play-offs for the Heineken Munster Junior League title alive with a deserved 24-7 victory over St Mary’s at Corbally.

Garryowen 24 Dolphin 23

Daryl O'Kane returns from a holiday in New Zealand to the Ballymena second row for the visit of leaders Cork Constiutution to Eaton Park in Division One of the AIB League on Saturday.

SHANNON may have turned the tables with a resounding 55-22 victory over UCD in Limerick last season, but they will be conscious that the students have a habit of reserving their best when playing at home and, indeed, won that encounter two years ago 31-29.