Maynooth University Town, in the words of manager Barry Prenderville, already “know the road to Cork well” having beaten Rockmount and Blarney United on their way to winning the Intermediate Cup in May and then Everton and Leeds in this year’s FAI Cup.

Ireland’s Paul Dunne got of to a superb start in the Open de Espana, shooting an opening round 66 that included five birdies and an eagle to share the lead with Scotland’s Marc Warren.

One of the most scenic locations in the country, Achill Island, provides the backdrop for the opening round of the Triton Showers Rally Championship on Sunday.

Cork driver Keith Cronin in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 faces a difficult task in winning a fourth British Rally Championship crown that will be decided over the two-leg 138.com Rally Isle of Man that began last night.

Dovetailing the Triton Showers National Rally Championship and the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship doesn’t pose any huge problems for Monaghan’s Sam Moffett, who leads the former and is second in the latter. It’s an interesting combination as he drives a Fiesta WRC in the National series and a Fiesta R5 on the Tarmac campaign.

University of Limerick 3-19 Maynooth University 4-15 (AET): The footballers of UL used all nine lives and their get-out-of-jail card to sneak past Maynooth in this thrilling Sigerson Cup first round tie.

UL scored a dramatic victory in this hugely entertaining Sigerson Cup first round tie having twice looked down and out.

Few issues within Irish motorsport generate discussion as much as the Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year award. 

The only missing element to Roy White’s Triton Showers National Rally Championship victory is an event win in a round of the series. 

Clare 2-17 Kildare 1-19: The joy was evident and there were plenty celebrations but perhaps the most notable aspect of this historic victory for Clare was the absence of delirium.

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

A passion for motorsport engendered by rally icon Billy Coleman has inspired Cork native John Campion to assist a group of young talented drivers.

As part of his preparation for religious life, Fr Pat Barry had to serve as a deacon in a parish: six months’ worth of pastoral experience ahead of his ordination, back in 1976. He was assigned to a parish on Canvey Island in Essex.

Donegal’s Donagh Kelly and his Derry co-driver, Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC), won the Triton Showers National Rally Championship with a second-placed finish in the McCormack Opel/Sligo Park Hotel Rally.

GOD be good to the poor Obamas abroad in the White House! 

The growth of inward jobs investment in Ireland is evidence that critics of the quality of Irish graduates are wrong, says the president of Maynooth University.

Eoghan Cormican looks at the upcoming games and gives his verdict.

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

Dublin became the first team to qualify for the Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup semi-finals after a hard earned victory over Offaly, with wins also for Maynooth University, Kildare, UCD, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and DIT tonight.

O’Byrne Cup

Kerry 2-15 Kildare 1-08

A phased review of the assets of credit unions was initiated two years ago due to concerns about the future stability of the credit union sector, a court has heard.

Resilience, belief but most of all heart — 13-man UCC ticking all three boxes in defying their underdog status and securing a place in this evening’s Sigerson Cup decider.

UCD’s footballers congregated under the Belfield lights on Wednesday night, the finishing touches applied ahead of today’s sojourn north.

Billy Morgan, perched in front of the sitting room television, is counting down to the start of the Arsenal v Bayern Munich Champions League tie.

Naas left it late but three points in the closing stages by Kildare senior panellist Conor Mellett were enough to give his team a 0-11 to 0-10 win over Maynooth in Newbridge last evening in the last of the Kildare SFC quarter-finals.

Thomas Fitzmaurice (Subaru) heads a cracking entry for Sunday’s Carlton Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally in Tralee.

The author of a book chronicling the history of third-level GAA has said that eligibility rules for competitions like the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cups should be more tightly policed.

Scientists at NUI Maynooth have pinpointed how control and regulation of a specific gene could combat debilitating diseases like multiple sclerosis.

For Paddy McBrearty, Maynooth has been a home away from home these past eight days.

Having punched in the third fastest time on yesterday’s opening stage of the Tour de Corse, round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Craig Breen suffered disappointment when his Sainteloc-run Peugeot 207 S2000 broke a driveshaft on the second stage as he lost touch with the leaders.

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.

For the first time since 1976, NUI Maynooth will feature in the Sigerson Cup final as the John Divilly’s outfit ended a luckless run of semi-final defeats at Dangan yesterday.

SIGERSON Cup holders UCC finished with a flurry of points to turn a two-point deficit into a three-point victory in this high-quality game at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow, yesterday.

CELBRIDGE completed three Kildare SHC titles in a row when they had seven points to spare (2-16 to 0-15) against Confey in Newbridge.

THE Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship could be decided in tomorrow’s Omagh-based Bushwhacker Rally, the penultimate round of both the Irish series and the Hankook Northern Ireland Rally Championship.