Gintra-Universitetas 0 Wexford Youths 1: Jess Gleeson got Wexford Youths off to a winning start in their Uefa Women’s Champions League Qualifying Round group against Gintra-Universitetas in Kleczew, Poland, yesterday.

Longford manager Jack Sheedy is unlikely to opt for an ultra defensive formation when his charges attempt a giant-killing act against Leinster champions Dublin in Croke Park tomorrow.

THE justice system has been accused of failing to protect its staff after a violent convict who threatened to kill a prison warden during his trial for assaulting the official was sentenced to the same jail where his target works.

WORKERS and union officials from the troubled Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) plant in Cork harbour last night demanded that the Government take action to prevent the loss of 200 jobs.