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Wicklow delivered the shock result of the round in last night’s series of games in the Leinster MFC, as goals from Kevin Quinn and Eoin Darcy gave them a 2-6 to 0-8 win over Dublin at Parnell Park.

Meath registered their second successive victory in the Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship following their Group 1 1-13 to 2-8 win over Dublin at Páirc Tailteann last night.

Much like the championships and trophies accrued by teams on the field of play, the sustained commercial success of a sporting organisation does not happen by chance.

A judge has ruled that a male nurse who admitted placing surgical tape across a patient’s mouth be given the Probation Act.

A judge found that a male nurse who put surgical tape on a patient’s mouth was overworked and under serious stress with inadequate management support in a HSE hospital.

Recruiters from Ireland and more than 15 EU countries will be looking for hundreds of workers today at a jobs fair in Co Louth.

A man guilty of attempting an elaborate bank heist represented himself in court today because he “doesn’t want to waste any more public money”.

A TOTAL of 2-6 from Ryan Murray and Kevin Quinn enabled Antrim to get their Ulster MFC off to a flying start in Ballybofey yesterday.

Two hundred and fifty workers in Sligo are today coming to terms with the news that their jobs are gone, with the closure of Stiefel Laboratories.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today maintained that equity markets may now have hit the bottom of the cycle and that investors should be alert to the potential for recovery.

PUPILS in the Black Valley primary school, deep in the Kerry hills, are well aware they live amidst exquisite wild beauty. Given the environment in which they learn it’s not surprising nature walks and art are an important part of their curriculum.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today announced the appointment of Kevin Quinn to director with responsibility for Investments & Pensions.

THERE are two reasons why active sports people develop an enlarged heart — they are either super fit or gravely ill.

Galway overcame Knock at Enniscrone Golf Club to win the Senior Cup today.

FAMILIES who have lost loved ones through Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) could soon be screened for the condition at the country’s first one-stop heart clinic.

RUGBY ace Shane Horgan yesterday stepped up for a challenge of different kind — raising €1.3 million for research into Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

The Mater Hospital in Dublin has launched a fundraising drive to raise money for a screening service for the relatives of people who die from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).

AN 18-year-old hurler who collapsed and died during a junior hurling final in Cork last Friday will be buried today.

A post mortem examination on the body of a teenager, who died during a hurling match in Co Cork last night, has shown that he died from natural causes.

An 18-year-old hurler died last night while playing a league match in north Co Cork.

A YOUNG hurler died last night, minutes into a junior hurling final in north Cork. The teenager, a member of Glanworth GAA Club, collapsed and died shortly after being involved in close play.

NEMO RANGERS duo Derek Kavanagh and Maurice McCarthy return to the Cork team for Saturday’s Allianz National Football League clash with Fermanagh, under lights, at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Leinster Junior Rugby coach Tony Bellow has announced his squad for upcoming interprovincial fixtures.