Galway 3-18 Westmeath 0-17: Galway’s senior hurlers qualified for the semi-final of the Walsh Cup thanks to a 10-point victory over a hard-working Westmeath side in this final group game, played in Lakepoint Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

Pop star Michael Jackson has been dramatically cleared of all child abuse charges.

Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller tonight said he was relieved that his friend Michael Jackson had been acquitted of child sex abuse charges.