Two Galway men are to be sentenced today having pleaded guilty to membership of a criminal organisation, marking the first conviction under new anti-gang legislation.

Cork Under-21 football selector Michael O'Loughlin has seen it all in the past with the Rebels senior side and the Kanturk native is hoping that he and his backroom colleagues can help mastermind a Cork success in Saturday's Cadbury's All-Ireland U-21 final.