Kilmallock broke a six-year hoodoo for Munster club hurling champions this afternoon when they easily overcame Portaferry of Down by 2-19 to 0-12 at Cusack Park in Mullingar.

Higher revenues and larger workforces are on the way in 2015, according to a survey of more than 800 businesses carried out yesterday.

The bookies had written them off and had closed the book on the game, the supporters had started to trudge out of the gates and not even the most fervent optimist would have expected Galway to come back from ten points down against Kilkenny with a little over five minutes to go.

Waterford United 4 Longford Town 2

First Division leaders Longford Town staged a remarkable comeback to snatch victory from the penalty spot against nine-man Mervue in the third minute of injury-time at Fahy’s Field last night, having equalised in the final minute.

The first major coarse angling competition of the 2012 season was held at the Inniscarra Lake last month using the Garden Centre Stretch, Rooves Bay and St John’s sections.

VETERAN Alan Kirby’s 65th minute strike helped leaders Longford Town to a comfortable three points over Wexford Youths at Ferrycarrig Park last night.

Three entrepreneurs are set to battle it out for €10,000 in funding at the Docklands Innovation Park Enterprise Awards on Mar 1.

BROTHERS Ger and Kieran Coakley of Clonakilty scored a remarkable double at the All-Ireland Ploughing Championships last week.

WATERFORD aren’t the only ones feeling sore and sorry for themselves after Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final defeat to Limerick.

Grand prix winners at Ireland’s premier annual investor relations event are Anglo Irish Bank, CRH, CPL Resources, DCC and Newcourt Group.

SO close they can almost touch it. Midleton face St Flannan’s at Ennis tomorrow in the Harty Cup final and want to end 11 years of waiting.

Newtownshandrum 5-10 Delanys 0-13

Blackrock 2-16 Delanys 3-8

MARK HANRAHAN (Douglas Community School) turned in another power-packed performance to win the Kit Kat Munster Schools senior boys’ cross-country title at St Augustine’s College, Dungarvan, on Saturday and it was a performance to savour.

Newcestown 3-12 Ballymartle 1-11

Delanys 0-10 Castletownbere 0-8

British Airways executives today met union leaders to discuss the impact of the US terrorist attacks on jobs but no details were given of any planned cuts.