Defender Shane Griffin has warned that Cork City will represent a "free hit" for Cabinteely to cause a giant-killing in their FAI Cup first round clash on Friday night.

Three teams in the lower half of All-Ireland League Division 1A all won on Saturday

Second half strikes from Stephen O'Donnell and Brian Gartland proved decisive as Dundalk seen off Cork City at Oriel Park last night to secure their tenth SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title.

Down 0-23 Meath 1-10

Meath and London will meet in the Allianz Hurling League Division 2B final, with wins for the Royals, the Exiles and Down in the Division this afternoon.

Kildare and Meath will contest the 2013 Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup final following semi-final wins today, while Roscommon advanced to the Shield decider.

Welshman Jamie Donaldson, without a European Tour win in 244 starts, led the Irish Open midway through his third round at wet and windy Royal Portrush.

Meath prevented a quartet of college sides advancing to the Bord Na Mona Kehoe Cup semi-finals, with St Pat's, Drumcondra, Trinity College and GMIT also victorious, while Fingal were winners in the Kehoe Shield.

There was a busy night's action in the Cadbury's Under-21 Football Championship with matches three of the four provinces.

Reigning champions DCU crashed out of the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kieran McGeeney's Kildare side marched into the semi-finals of the early season competition.

There was mixed news for former Armagh team-mates Kieran McGeeney and Justin McNulty as the O'Byrne Cup got underway in Leinster today.

It was three-in-a-row for Ireland at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show today with Billy Twomey and Shane Breen taking outright victory in the first two classes and Cian O'Connor sharing victory in the Puissance.

Analysts cast doubt today on the credibility of the stress tests applied to European banks.

Milford clubman Eoin Dillon has been named at full-back in the Cork team for Sunday's Allianz NHL Division 1 final against Galway at Semple Stadium (throw-in 7pm).

Dual player Michael Cussen, who is concentrating solely on hurling this year, will make his first National Hurling League start for Cork in tomorrow night's Division 1 encounter with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 7.30pm).

Cork 1-22 Offaly 1-11

Kildare 1-08 Meath 0-10

Kildare 1-10 Meath 1-08, Newbridge

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-13 Celbridge (Kildare) 0-08, Parnell Park

Tralee CBS 2-10 Coláiste Chroíst Ri 1-6

Six players have been selected by the Golfing Union of Ireland to compete in the European Individual Championship at Antwerp International Golf Club, Belgium, from August 17 to 20.

BRIAN MCELHINNEY (North West) will face stiff opposition when he defends his Irish Close Championship title, sponsored by Golfsure, at Westport Golf Club from June 11-15.

IT’S the biggest battle Inniscarra GAA club has faced — a breakaway bid by club members to form a club in neighbouring Dripsey. Diarmuid O’Flynn reports.

KERRY produced a marvellous second half display to overcome a game Kildare side in the All-Ireland MFC quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, on Saturday.

Local lad Wayne Telford has again stormed to the top of the leaderboard on the Valley Course after the opening day's qualifying round in the Magners North of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

STACKSTOWN'S Mark Campbell produced his best ever round at Baltray to grab the halfway lead in the East of Ireland Amateur championship in Co Louth.

The Golfing Union of Ireland has nominated seven players to compete in the British Amateur Championship which will be played at St Andrews Old and Jubilee Courses from May 31 to June 5.

Holywood teenager Rory McIlroy cruised into the last 16 of the Standard Life West of Ireland Championship with two brilliant performances at Rosses Point.

St Flannan’s 3-24 North Monastery3-2

FAILURE to complete the Grand Slam and win the Triple Crown for only the third time was something of a disappointment for the players and the galleries but Ireland still captured the Home International Championship and the Raymond Trophy at Ballybunion yesterday.

Charlie Mulqueen, Ballybunion

The Golfing Union of Ireland selection to face the Metropolitan Golf Association of New York (MGA) team in the biennial match for the Governor Carey Trophy at Quaker Ridge, New York on October 7 has been announced.

Gareth Maybin (Ballyclare) and Colm Moriarty (Athlone) have withdrawn from the Irish team for the Home Internationals at Ballybunion Golf Club on September 17 to 19. They are replaced by Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge) and Michael Sinclair (Knock).

IRELAND will have four contenders in the Open Championship starting at Royal St George’s, Sandwich, Kent, on Thursday.

MICHAEL BRETT is the oldest of today's semi-finalists for the Golfsure Irish Amateur Close Championship.

The new North of Ireland Amateur champion is Gareth Maybin, a 21-year-old from Ballyclare, Co Antrim, who beat Clandeboye's Chris Moriarty in the final by one hole.

The line up for tomorrows semi-finals of the Carlsberg North of Ireland Amateur Cup is new cup cap Graham McDowell against David Jones and leading Qualifier Stewart Paul against Mark O'Sullivan.