Niall Horgan has spent much of his adult working life in Dublin, but the thought of playing football for anyone other than his native St Nicholas was never an option.

St Nicholas 1-8 Clonakilty 0-7:

Housing charity Threshold is setting up a service in Cork to help those faced with problems such as unaffordable rent increases and the threat of illegal eviction, writes Niall Horgan

Nemo Rangers 2-09 St Nicholas 0-05

Last year Kieran Connery only had Thomas O’Gorman for company on those midweek dashes down the M9 from Dublin to training in Carriganore outside Waterford city.

Castlehaven 3-16 St Nicholas 0-7

CASHEL extended their advantage at the top of the First Division of the Munster Junior League as Clonakilty caused another shock in the Munster Junior Cup with a win over Sunday’s Well.

A LIMERICK construction company is facing strike action on at least one of its sites after it made full-time employees redundant and replaced them with agency workers.

Glen Rovers 0-16 Ballinhassig 0-12

UCC have named the same team that defeated Clare in the quarter-final for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Kerry in Killarney.

Cork 1-9 Laois 1-9

IT'S going to be a very busy weekend for Laois teenager Donal Brennan.

CORK bid for a Munster minor championship double against the Kerry footballers at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick tomorrow (1.45 pm).

WEXFORD manager John Conran has given a vote of confidence to the side which defeated Kilkenny for Sunday’s Leinster SHC final against Offaly.

Cork 2-13 Tipperary 3-8

Cork 2-9 Limerick 0-13

CHAMPIONS Kerry include five of last year’s starting 15 for tonight’s opening game in the Munster MFC against Clare in Cusack Park in defence of Munster minor crown.

ONE of Ireland’s greatest sporting victories in 2003 was marked last night when Jimmy Mangan, trainer of Grand National winner Monty’s Pass, was presented with the Supreme Sportstar award at the annual celebration of Jurys Hotel Cork sports promotion.

FOR the second year in a row, St. Brendan’s College, Killarney are on the brink of failing to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí.

SENIOR hurlers John Gardiner and Setanta Ó hAilpín have been named amongst the substitutes for Cork’s meeting with Waterford in the Munster U21FC semi-final at Walsh Park tomorrow evening (6.30pm).

Kilkenny 0-15 Cork 2-8

THE Cork team to play Tipperary in the Munster U-21 Hurling Championship final at Thurles tomorrow night has two changes from the side that beat Limerick in the semi-final.

Cork 2-18, Tipperary 0-8

DARAGH EGAN will be hoping for a second victory over Cork in three days when the Tipperary minor footballers play the Leesiders in the Munster championship semi-final at Kilmallock tomorrow night (7.30pm).

Tipperary2-12

DEFENDING champions Coláiste na Sceilge will be at full strength for tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí clash with St Fachtna’s at Fitzgerald Stadium (1pm).