Foot Solution, owned by the Troy Murphy Syndicate from Kildare, nominated by Leo Walsh, and bred by Con Guiney from Meelin, Co. Cork took the €40,000 prize when winning the Irish Cup at Limerick Racecourse yesterday.

A new book traces the rise of modern Sinn Féin and how it moved from supporting armed Republicans in the North to constitutional politics. It has gained the biggest dividend from peace, as Ryle Dwyer discovers.

Dungourney (Cork) 1-17 Fenor (Waterford) 0-8: A classy second-half goal from Dungourney corner-forward Jack Griffin was the spark the East Cork club needed to claim control of this Munster junior club hurling final yesterday in Mallow.

St. Nicholas 1-5 Dohenys 0-7 (Cork SFC Replay): Fortunate to earn a replay last week, St. Nicholas made no mistake this time when beating Dohenys by the narrowest of margins in Bandon yesterday to reach the last eight of the county SFC.

Feale Rangers 3-9 Ardfert 1-11:

Capcom has shown off Street Fighter V gameplay footage for another classic fighter. This time, M. Bison (or Dictator as he’s often known) enters the fray.

Waterford 2-22 Laois 1-15

Bishopstown 2-14 Dohenys 2-12 (aet)

Freddie Mercury's final resting place may have been discovered.

James Bond star Daniel Craig declared last night’s red carpet launch of Skyfall his greatest 007 premiere yet as the series celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Cork IT 2-14 Erin’s Own 1-13

Dublin took off in the second half to book their place against Meath in the Leinster MFC final in convincing fashion.

Though they twice held decent advantages, Erin’s Own were left hanging on at the finish against Bride Rovers in Carrigtwohill last night

If Erin’s Own harbour ambitions of challenging for this year’s Cork crown, they will have to do better than this Jekyll and Hyde opening round display against Bride Rovers at Carrigtwohill last night.

Fielding a team with a liberal sprinkling of inter-county under 21, junior and senior players, Carbery served notice that they will have a big say in the battle for this year’s title after they had a comfortable victory over CIT in the third round of the Cork SFC at Cloughduv last night.

A brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be allowed to die, a British High Court judge ruled today.

SIXTY-SIX of the 83 entries turned up at Cork Sales at Curraheen Park yesterday, where there was a 77% clearance.

KERRY’s Donnchadh Walsh is pressing hard to retain his All-Ireland final starting spot at the expense of former footballer of the year Paul Galvin.

BEN O’CONNOR has made major contributions to Newtown hurling over the years but his latest at Mallow on Saturday night in the county senior championship was massive.

Sepp Blatter’s chances of being re-elected FIFA president were given another significant boost today with a declaration of support from Africa.

Mariah Carey’s twins both have names beginning with M.

CONNACHT coach Eric Elwood was left to reflect on what might have been at the Sportsground on Saturday night after his side threw away what could ultimately prove a crucial Magners League point in the final minutes of their 18-6 defeat by Leinster.

JOE SCHMIDT’S European euphoria was dampened last night by confirmation that Leinster will travel to Saturday’s clash against Saracens at Wembley without hamstrung Brian O’Driscoll.

HENRY SHEFFLIN and John Tennyson, the two wonder boys in the Kilkenny squad, have been named in the team to face Tipperary in the All-Ireland SHC final in Croke Park tomorrow.

JOHN MISKELLA has been recalled by Cork for tomorrow’s All-Ireland second round football qualifier against Cavan in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

JEREMY Manning, a player whose season has been ravaged by injury, demonstrated his potential with two smashing tries in Munster’s British & Irish Cup semi-final victory at Thomond Park on Saturday.

FRANCE defence coach Dave Ellis was delighted with his side’s six-try show against Italy as Les Bleus remained on course for the Grand Slam.

VICTORS and vanquished will reflect on this Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup tie and wonder how the scoreline was so lopsided.

MALLOW maintained their premier intermediate hurling championship status for another year with a four-point win over St Catherine’s in a relegation final at Rathcormac last night.

MIKE FRANK RUSSELL has opted out of Kerry’s Championship plans for the rest of the season, all but bringing to an end an inter-county career which produced five All-Ireland senior medals with the Kingdom.

Florian Fritz will miss France’s RBS 6 Nations matches against Scotland and Wales after being suspended for three weeks for striking an opponent during last weekend’s game against Ireland.

Thurles CBS 0-11 Our Lady’s (Templemore) 0-5

Leinster captain Brian O'Driscoll has been passed fit for their Heineken Cup game against Castres tonight.

ALL-IRELAND Colleges hurling champions DLS Waterford supply six players to the county team for tomorrow night’s Munster MHC semi-final against Cork in Walsh Park.

THE rest of the country may have been preoccupied with the Lisbon Treaty, but in Kerry the topic of conversation this week was the brainstorm that seized Paul Galvin when he threw a tantrum and slapped the notebook out of the hand of referee Paddy Russell.