A pair of disgusted parents vented their frustration at referee Rory Hickey as he departed the field at the full-time whistle in Rathmore.

When Seán Powter pointed for St Francis College, Rochestown in the closing stages of Saturday’s Corn Uí Mhuirí final, it had all the hallmarks of being a match-winner.

The fixing of the Corn Uí Mhuirí final replay between Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne and St Francis College, Rochestown, for Rathmore at 1.30pm on Sunday would appear to have drawn more favour with the Cork school.

If exchanges on the pitch were fiercely contested, they were no less competitive when management got around to discussing the replay of the Corn Uí Mhuirí final next Sunday.

Coláiste Ghobnatán, Baile Bhúirne 2-14

Scoil Maria Assumpta, Ballyphehane 4-11 Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig 1-2

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-12 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-6

Glenealy 0-17 Bray Emmet’s 0-14

The end of maths study for most Leaving Certificate students came yesterday and, while there was controversy over an incorrect angle in one question, teachers were pleased with the second papers in the subject.

Naomh Abán 3-13 Glenville 2-11

A coroner has summonsed a key witness to appear before her after he failed to appear at an inquest yesterday into the death a man who was facing a murder charge.

OPPOSITION is not new for Fianna Fáil but electoral decimation and reputational destruction are.

Dana’s touchy-feely campaign may be time well spent — even if she loses the Áras battle

I FIND it hard to believe, given all the trouble that Fianna Fáil have landed this country in, that they would deny the people democracy.

MICHEÁL MARTIN scrambled to reassert his authority on Fianna Fáil last night after the party’s shaky presidential stance provoked uproar.

Fianna Fáil Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú has today withdrawn his name as a prospective candidate for the upcoming presidential election.

“HE has no choice but to put it to bed, because if he doesn’t there’s a direct challenge to his own leadership.”

A WONDERFUL moment in a wonderful play. It’s the point in A Man for All Seasons where Thomas More faces the evidence trumped up against him to get him beheaded and rid Henry VIII of a turbulent priest who will not countenance the monarch divorcing his wife.

THE Fianna Fáil leadership is considering a total “close down” on the presidency by not allowing TDs and senators to facilitate the entry of another candidate.

VETERAN senator Labhrás Ó Murchú is no stranger to controversy and his last -minute bid for the Áras has split opinion once again.

SPANKING or banking? That was the question one wag on the phones at the British Treasury was asking journalists this week, so as to ascertain which subject they were enquiring about.

EXTRA TIME kings Dublin did it again on Saturday when needing another added 20 minutes before accounting for a resilient Kildare in the ESB Leinster MFC final replay at Dr Cullen Park.

A 29-YEAR-OLD office manager from Lucan, Co Dublin, mixed high street fashion with tasteful accessories to win the best dressed lady award at a sun drenched Bloom ’09, the country’s premier gardening showpiece.

THE need to protect funding for schools was pressed on Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe when he opened an extension at a Cork school yesterday.

CHILDREN as young as six and seven have been used as runners by drug gangs in a part of Dublin, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.

CHILDREN are set to storm the walls of Limerick’s Sarsfield Barracks.

THE campaign to free jailed Tipperary jockey Christy McGrath will be brought to the London offices of celebrated human rights solicitor Gareth Peirce today.

ART students took to the streets of Cork yesterday as their fight against plans to relocate their college escalated.

Waterford Colleges 2-15 Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh 2-7

Shouting from the rooftops about Ireland’s rip-off prices is driving away tourists, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.

IRISH war veterans stood to remember fallen comrades yesterday as they marked the 60th anniversary of their sacrifice.

Colaístí Na nDéise2-13 Shannon Schools1-11