Goal-hungry Cork booked a Waterford Crystal Cup semi-final date against either Clare or UL, following a 4-16 to 1-8 win over Waterford IT before 484 spectators at Pairc Ui Rinn this afternoon.

Underdogs Portroe overcame a well-fancied Toomevara side to capture their first North Tipperary SHC title following a memorable final at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh last evening.

IT MAY have taken a late quality point from full-forward Keith Hogan to save UCD’s bacon in this thrilling Fitzgibbon Cup game at WIT’s Carriganore venue yesterday, but it was well deserved on a day hurling itself was the real winner.

TIPPERARY bid to get their title challenge back on track against Antrim in this afternoon’s All-Ireland MHC quarter-final, (Mullingar, 3.15pm).

THE Cork team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Clare shows one change from the side that defeated Galway last Saturday night.

TWO points in the closing minutes earned Cork a thrilling victory over arch-rivals Tipperary in a superb Munster MHC final at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick yesterday.

NENAGH Vocational School confirmed their superiority over Coláiste Treasa by taking the All-Ireland ‘B’ SHC title in thrilling fashion at Kilmallock yesterday.

EXPERTS have disagreed about the severity of flaws discovered in the Luas tram lines which will cost millions of euro to repair.

THE means by which Dublin’s light railway ultimately gets through the Red Cow Roundabout will not delay the introduction of the new tram service next summer, Transport Minister Séamus Brennan declared yesterday.

THE man shot last Thursday night at his home in Kilrush, Co Clare, received four bullet wounds and is still under armed guard at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.