DIT 0-19 UCD 0-17: On the face of it this is a big boost for Dublin hurling as two colleges who have never reached the Fitzgibbon Cup final hammer it out in the semi-finals next week and the appearance of either DIT or DCU in the decider will be hailed in the capital.

Fitzgibbon Cup Group B: University of Limerick 3-29 - Dublin Institute of Technology 4-17: It proved all too easy for the hurlers of University Limerick in this Fitzgibbon Cup clash.

Twice before, Dublin-born England cricket captain Eoin Morgan has faced the media before a one-day international against Ireland.

Kerry 0-20 Westmeath 2-12: Kerry senior hurling manager Fintan O’Connor, confessed to being “relieved, more than anything” after his side pulled off a vital win against Westmeath in miserable weather in Mullingar yesterday afternoon.

Tie hole drama was the order of the day when the finals of three Munster inter-club competitions were decided over the weekend.

Westmeath staged a strong second-half display, to maintain their unbeaten run in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship at Austin Stack Park, Tralee this afternoon.

Laois maintained Division 1B status, while Roscommon and Tyrone will play in Division 2B and 3A respectively in 2017, after today’s Allianz Hurling League Playoffs.

When Ireland begin their ICC World T20 campaign against Oman on March 9, there may be just a handful of “Blarney Army” supporters in the 23,000-capacity cricket stadium in the Indian city of Dharamsala.

Charlie Bird saw many remarkable things in his 40 years in RTÉ but nothing could have prepared him for meeting the people who live in a graveyard.

Ireland suffered a 23-run defeat to world champions Australia in a rain-affected one-day international at Belfast.

Ireland meet The Netherlands in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier semi-finals at Malahide today still haunted by the memory of Bangladesh 2014.

Westmeath 1-12 Limerick 4-15

Liam Dunne gave his Wexford players a tongue lashing for not ‘obliterating’ vulnerable Westmeath.

Wexford 1-24 Westmeath 1-16: This was not a performance to overly worry Kilkenny but then it is highly unlikely Wexford were ever going to reveal too much of themselves in a Leinster quarter-final tie in Mullingar.

The storylines for this weekend's GAA in pictures.

Laois 1-20 Westmeath 1-17: A second half goal from Cha Dwyer sparked a stirring Laois comeback as they ran out three-point winners over Westmeath in O’Moore Park.

Laois dug deep to book a Leinster SHC quarter-final berth as Group winners, thanks to a hard-earned three-point win in this all-Midlands battle in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.

Westmeath 1-21 Antrim 0-7: Westmeath recorded their second victory in their Leinster SHC qualifier group with an emphatic win over Antrim in a very wet and rain soaked Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

15 minutes after the rain came to halt play in the one-day international between Ireland and England, all 9,000 seats at Malahide Cricket Club were empty and the groundstaff had already begun the clean-up.

When Ireland face England in today’s Royal London one-day international at Malahide, the familiar face of a favourite son will be 5,000 miles away in Delhi.

Kerry salvaged their chances of promotion from Division 2A of the Allianz hurling league when they delivered a dramatic 1-24 to 3-17 win over Carlow at Dr Cullen Park, setting up a dramatic final round of games on Sunday.

‘Best Team in Europe’ proudly proclaimed Irish banners at Hamilton, revelling in England’s first-round exit from the World Cup. 

Cork IT 0-19 NUI Galway 0-10: Cork IT are just one more win away from a third Fitzgibbon Cup final in four years after they advanced past NUI Galway at the CIT Sports Stadium yesterday.

Eight points from John O’Dwyer helped last year’s beaten finalists Cork IT into the semi-finals of this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup as they saw off NUI Galway this afternoon.

When O’Brien walked out to bat in Bangalore during the 2011 World Cup, Ireland needed 222 runs to win in 27.4 overs and England’s fielders were already going through the motions.

Ireland intend to take their giant-killing knack to the next stage at the World Cup, by qualifying for the knockout rounds in New Zealand and Australia.

In 2007, Irish cricket first announced itself to the world when Pakistan were defeated in the World Cup in Jamaica. Four years later, England were toppled in Bangalore to confirm Ireland’s upward march.

Captain William Porterfield said victory over the West Indies puts Ireland in “a great position” in the World Cup.

Ireland have won their opening World Cup match, defeating the West Indies by four wickets in their Pool B match in Nelson.

Clonmel and Bandon were last night celebrating memorable Munster club title successes.

The judge sentencing a man who is charged with having thousands of images of child pornography at a house in Cork five years ago said he must have regard for the profound psychiatric illness of the accused.

Ireland began their World Cup preparations with a five-wicket defeat to Sydney grade club Randwick Petersham.

UI Galway 0-21 UCC 0-19: An impressive NUI Galway side shocked UCC in Dangan to keep their Fitzgibbon Cup hopes alive.

Najbullah Zadran produced a standout performance as Afghanistan bounced back from their heavy defeat to Scotland with a 71-run win over Ireland in the Dubai tri-series.

Niall O’Brien’s unbeaten 80 guided Ireland to a hard-fought three-wicket win over Scotland in the tri-series in Dubai.

Laois and Antrim both secured home wins, with Offaly also emerging winners, while NUIG and Carlow draw; in the opening round of the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup this afternoon.

Gardaí brought a man before Cork District Court yesterday on a charge of having thousands of images of child pornography at a house in Cork more than four years ago.

Dublin 2-08 Westmeath 0-13

Westmeath 2-22 Kildare 2-13

Westmeath 3-19 Carlow 0-10

Westmeath 2-12 London 1-12