A rapist who laughed at his victim during the attack and called her a bitch was jailed for seven years yesterday.

October

Students protesting against fee hikes and cuts in grants have thrown eggs at Taoiseach Enda Kenny during an event at University College Dublin.

GREATER experience at this level, greater ability in the air, and above all, greater hunger, that’s what saw Waterford champions Ballygunner ease their way past a weary-looking Drom & Inch side in this Munster Club SHC quarter-final in Semple Stadium yesterday.

JOY unconfined for Drom & Inch yesterday in Semple Stadium as they won their first Tipperary senior hurling title, edging out Clonoulty Rossmore by two points to get their hands on the Dan Breen Cup.

A NINE-point victory for Drom-Inch. And after completely outclassing their opponents it was the least they deserved.

THE WESTERN Regional Fisheries Board has confirmed that pike have been illegally introduced to lakes in Connemara, threatening brown trout and salmon stocks.

Thurles Sarsfields 0-14 Drom & Inch 0-5

STILL standing – that’s Mid-Tipp division champions Drom & Inch after this second Tipperary SHC semi-final in Semple Stadium yesterday.

GOALS were the difference in this meeting of neighbours in the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Semple Stadium yesterday, the two second-half three-pointers by Mid-Tipp champions Drom & Inch enough to ease them onto a semi-final meeting with reigning champions Toomevara next Sunday at the same venue.

UL Bohs 20 Blackrock College 20

David Johnson, the striker who cost Nottingham Forest £3m four years ago, ensured Gary Megson’s side began their Coca-Cola League One campaign in winning style today.

ROTHERHAM had relegation from the Coca-Cola Championship confirmed last night after losing 4-3 to promotion hopefuls Ipswich at Portman Road.

Sunderland moved five points clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a thrilling second-half comeback to win 3-1 against QPR.

IPSWICH stretched their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Plymouth.

IPSWICH opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship yesterday as both Wigan and Reading were defeated. Joe Royle’s side grabbed a vital home victory over Stoke, emerging 1-0 winners thanks to Shefki Kuqi’s winner.

Gardaí in Kilkenny have appealed for help from the public in tracing the whereabouts of a missing pensioner.

TIM CAHILL kept Millwall on course for the play-offs with a last-gasp winner just as it appeared Rotherham had earned a point.

SOL CAMPBELL has warned his side’s title rivals that Arsenal are top of the table without even being at their best as he insisted they would peak when it mattered most — in the Premiership run-in.

Sheffield United knocked West Brom off the First Division summit with a 2-0 victory in the battle of the top two at The Hawthorns.