Aidan Murphy completed the lineup for the Munster senior championship semi-finals when he beat Gary Daly by close to two bowls of odds in torrential rain at Carrigaline on Saturday.

Having produced a fantastic team performance for 55 minutes, the Kildorrery players were out on their feet in the final stages of this IFC opening round clash at Rathcormac on Saturday but still did enough to survive a late Glanmire onslaught.

All-Ireland champion Conor McGuigan and Martin Toal gave Ulster a last shot win over brothers David and Aidan Murphy in the feature score at Port Mór on St. Patrick’s Day.

A Co Monaghan man was cleared of having explosives by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Crucial evidence against a Monaghan man charged with the possession of explosives, including a statement by him admitting responsibility for the same, has been ruled inadmissible by the Special Criminal Court.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement on legal issues in the trial of a Monaghan man charged with having explosives in his garage.

ANTHONY DALY is “99.9%” certain he will be in charge of the Dublin senior hurling team in 2012.

DAVY FITZGERALD will be ratified as the new Clare senior hurling manager at their next county board meeting on October 11, after it was confirmed to club delegates in the West County Hotel in Ennis last night that the legendary All-Ireland-winning goalkeeper was the only nominee to fill the role vacated by Ger O’Loughlin in July.

MAYO manager James Horan has vowed to leave no stone unturned in the search for a new coach.

MARTIN CONNOLLY and Paul Jordan have stepped down as Mayo selectors.

PADDY O’DONOGHUE held on for a good last-shot win against a powerful late surge from John Creedon at Killumney in Pool 4 of the Munster Senior Championship.

Weeks of speculation were brought to an end last night when James Horan was appointed new Mayo senior football team manager.

WEEKS of speculation were brought to an end last night when James Horan was appointed new Mayo senior football team manager.

James Horan has been announced as the Mayo senior football manager, following a meeting of the County Board at McHale Park in Castlebar tonight.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man charged with possessing explosives has been released on bail after his father lodged €20,000 in an independent surety.

A 25-year-old Monaghan man has been brought before the Special Criminal Court charged with possession of an explosive substance.

Attacks launched by dissident republicans are in danger of causing another atrocity on the scale of the Omagh bombing, the North’s police chief signalled today.

An independent republican councillor whose police officer niece was the target of a suspected car bomb attack in the North tonight refused to condemn the incident.

The State has been granted a further four-week period to complete the book of evidence in the case of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dublin man Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home in December last year.

A 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dublin man Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home in December, was remanded on continuing bail at the Children’s Court this morning.

A 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home last month, was remanded on bail today for 12 weeks pending the preparation of a book of evidence.

THE teenage sister of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O’Kane, who was shot dead near his home on September 7 last, is to stand bail for him, the Children’s Court heard yesterday.

The teenage sister of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home, on September 7 last, is to stand bail for him, the Children’s Court heard yesterday.

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was charged yesterday with the murder of Aidan O’Kane in Dublin at the weekend.

A 16-year-old boy was brought before the Children’s Court today charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead at the weekend.

A MAN was left seriously injured after he was stabbed during a row at a Christmas party in County Meath.