David Murphy, from mid-Cork, is the new King of the Road.

ROY KEANE has backed Roy O’Donovan to do well at the Stadium of Light after watching the former Cork City striker take his first steps in his Sunderland career.

DESPITE giving an admirable account of themselves, Shelbourne, the former giants of Irish football, couldn’t turn giant killers at Tolka Park, as a first half Roy O’Donovan penalty was enough to see Cork City through to the next round of the FAI Ford Cup.

CORK CITY and Dungannon Swifts will have to be content with a share of second place in Group 2 of the Setanta Cup after this scoreless draw in Stangmore Park last night.

CORK City manager Damien Richardson says that Roy O’ Donovan should set his sights higher than Hull City, after the Leesiders turned down an offer from the struggling Championship club for one of the domestic game’s hottest prospects.

A Co Cork chef charged with IRA membership was found in possession of a Daz washing powder box containing over €94,000 by gardaí investigating the funding of illegal organisations, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

“THERE’S only one San Marino,” the mini-Tartan Army gleefully mocked the locals in Dalymount Park last night. Certainly, there wasn’t too much to sing about in this scoreless ‘B’ international, and Irish fans will be hoping for a much livelier affair at Lansdowne Road tonight.

CORK CITY resume their eircom League campaign against Bray Wanderers at Turner’s Cross tonight, boosted by the news that Liam Kearney has been named the eircom/SWAI player of the month for August.

Shamrock Rovers 1 Cork City 3

Colm Murphy, whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week, remained in custody today after a technical hitch held up his expected release on bail.

A Northern Ireland man arrested after gardaí discovered a bomb making operation near the border last year has been convicted of membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

Today’s designated "down day" for the Ireland squad began with a work-out, with forwards coach Niall O’Donovan bringing his troops to the Melbourne Girls College where the basketball arena imitated the conditions in which Ireland will play France in Sunday’s quarter-final at the Telstra Stadium.