A man jailed for seriously assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s work colleague, who was hit by a car and lost his foot, has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

Dublin are set to field an unchanged team when they meet Cork in tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park.

David Treacy will line out at top of the left of Dublin when they take on Tipperary in tomorrow's Allianz Hurling League semi-final at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Dublin 3-15 Carlow 0-11

Dublin 3-15 Carlow 0-11

Wexford 0-15 Dublin 3-19, Wexford Park

Villiers gave Ashton a good test before succumbing 5-1 in an entertaining Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup final at Garryduff yesterday.

Allianz Hurling League Div 1B: Dublin 1-20 Offaly 2-16

Kevin Byrne and Mark Schutte will make their first league starts for Dublin in tomorrow's Division 1B opener against Offaly at Parnell Park (throw-in 7pm).

Wexford gave their supporters plenty of nervous moments in this Leinster MHC tie, but despite striking seven wides in that period and trailing for most of the game, they overcame Offaly 3-8 to 2-13 in O’Connor Park.

IN their decades of political rivalry, Fianna Fáil have relished any opportunity to deride Fine Gael as “West Brits”.

A Dublin man has been convicted of running over his ex-girlfriend’s employer causing him to lose a foot.

The trial of a Dublin man accused of running over his ex-girlfriend’s employer causing him to lose his foot has reached it final stages at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Dublin man has gone on trial for running over a man he found in his ex-girlfriend’s house, causing him to lose a foot.

BANDON’S dreams of a famous double have been shattered by yesterday’s narrow loss to Dunmurry in the semi-final of the Bulmers Barton Shield at Castlebar. So now, they switch their attentions to the Irish Senior Cup, in which they meet Co Sligo in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

DONIE O’DONOVAN from Bandon and Kevin Byrne of East Cork intend to make little of the oft-expressed modern contention that golf is a young man’s game when they line out for their clubs in the semi-finals of the Bulmers Barton Shield and Irish Junior Cup at Castlebar today.

CONTRASTING ends of the age spectrum were very much to the fore when East Cork defeated Dungarvan in Saturday’s Munster final of the Bulmers Irish Junior Cup at Castletroy.

A YOUNG man drowned moments after he called to his friends for help an inquest heard yesterday.

IRELAND’S global reputation as the home of golf’s greatest links courses will be further boosted this year with the confirmation that the Co Louth club at Baltray will stage the Irish Open Championship on May 14-17.

Tommy Jordan is just days away from his championship debut as an inter-county manager as he takes his Sligo side to Ruislip this weekend to begin their Connacht SFC title defence against London.

St. Sylvester’s (Dublin) 2-6 Corofin (Galway) 1-6

The Labour party will be running local Naas councillor Paddy McNamara as its candidate in the North Kildare by-election.

FIANNA FÁIL are in with a chance of holding their only seat in Kildare North following Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy’s departure to Brussels to become Ireland’s EU Commissioner.

A 24-year-old Co Wicklow man has been acquitted of the manslaughter of his sister’s boyfriend at a family wedding in 2000.

A 29-year-old man died six days after hitting his head on the ground after receiving a punch from his girlfriend’s brother, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.