Armagh bowlers had a double in the Mick Barry Cup when Thomas Mackle beat Christy Mullins and Bryan O’Reilly beat Trevor O’Meara at Ballincurrig on Sunday.

Following last weekend’s All-Ireland series in Armagh the 13 premier titles of 2014 have been decided with Ulster ending the series on seven wins to Munster’s six.

The rapid expansion of civil engineering group, Ward & Burke’s business in Canada last year contributed to the group’s pre-tax profits almost tripling to €4.75m.

A man who tried to stab his brother-in-law up to a dozen times during a Mass for his own brother has been found guilty of assault causing harm.

NUI Galway and Teagasc have been granted €400,000 for two joint research projects under the Department of Agriculture’s €6m Research Stimulus Fund.

Proposals to raise €4 million a year through philanthropic donations to build facilities for a new school of business at University College Cork are contained in a strategy plan drawn up by a team of UCC professors.

Enhanced strategic thinking on food co-op and credit union boards will help the agri-food sector deliver on its job-creating potential, according to Professor Michael Ward of UCC.

WAYNE KINGSTON and Tadhg Crowley will contest next Saturday’s Munster Junior C final at Killumney following impressive semi-final wins.

WILLIE O’DONOVAN advanced to the semi- final of the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Saturday by virtue of a last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr.

John Joe Joyce beat Roy Sheahan 10-2 in an all St Michael's Athy welterweight semi-final at the Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.

CONNIE SHEEHAN will face another landmark on the road to London 2012 when he takes on the bustling Crumlin clubman David Maguire in the first of the heavyweight semi-finals at the National Stadium tonight.

Ireland's Olympic hero Ken Egan has been using the hills of Donegal as his inspiration ahead of his tilt at creating another piece of Irish boxing history.

Laois were without the services of former AFL player Colm Begley as the O'Moore men opened the 2010 O'Byrne Cup with a 2-9 to 1-9 win over DIT at Graiguecullen tonight.

A NUMBER of women have made fresh allegations against a man jailed for six years yesterday for posing as a doctor and putting his fiancée’s life at risk by pretending to treat her for a serious illness.

A Cork man has todaybeen sentenced to six years in prison by Mr Justice Peter Charleton at the Central Criminal Court after he admitted to depriving his former fiancé of medical treatment by masquerading as a doctor.

RAY MOYLETT from Westport defeated Daniyar Yeleussino of Kazakhstan to take gold and win Ireland’s first medal at the world youth boxing championship in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday.

The Four Nation International Cadet Championships got underway at 6pm this evening with twenty two bouts at the National Stadium in Dublin. Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania are taking part in this years event which concludes on Sunday next (June 3rd).

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

Derry City 1 Glentoran 2

Injury-hit Linfield entertain arch rivals Glentoran in tonight's Setanta Sports Cup Group One encounter.

CORK City Council was cleared yesterday to proceed with the compulsory purchase of a massive swathe of prime land — including the key Showgrounds site — in the city’s docklands.

2005 All-Star full-forward Stephen O’Neill was sent-off but Tyrone’s newcomers did enough to claim a 2-14 to 0-9 win over Queen’s University in an entertaining clash in Omagh today.

STUART PEARCE has released 10 Manchester City players including loanees Kiki Musampa and Albert Riera and French defender David Sommeil.

MEDICAL professionals and Jehovah’s Witnesses have clashed over whether or not the intervention by the High Court to save the life of a seriously ill African woman undermines their long-standing consensus on declining blood transfusions.

Stuart Pearce has released 10 Manchester City players including loanees Kiki Musampa and Albert Riera and French defender David Sommeil.

CORK CITY boss Damien Richardson will be satisfied with nothing less than a victory over Portadown in tonight’s Group One Setanta Cup clash at Turner’s Cross (7.45pm).

Cork City 2 Dungannon Swifts 0

QUB 0-10 UUJ 1-6

MOST of the objectors to the proposed N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown bypass withdrew their objections yesterday.

MINISTER of State Noel Treacy yesterday paid tribute to the organisers of the Connemara Pony Society and its dedicated breeders.