Merry Monk Ballina’s Ronan McGarrity and Mustang Sally’s St Paul’s Ger Noonan are Decembers Nivea for Men SuperLeague Players of the Month for the North Conference and the South Conference respectively.

Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour, died of a heart attack yesterday in a Reston, Virginia, hospital, according to his management company. He was 64.