Nobody saw this coming, holders Kerry totally overwhelming Cork in the second half at Páirc Uí Rinn last evening to win back-to-back Munster junior football titles for the first time since 2002-’03, and record the Kingdom’s first championship win at the venue since their minor success seven years ago.

The main prize is Sunday in Killarney, but the junior footballers of Cork and Kerry will be striving for their own bit of provincial glory on Wednesday night when the counties meet in the Munster final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Clonmel’s domination of Munster Junior rugby has been a project years in the making.

Mayfield 2-9 Glanmire 2-5: Mayfield began their Cork County IFC odyssey this season with a four-point first-round victory in a local derby against Glanmire at Watergrasshill on Saturday night.

Kerry 3-14 Cork 0-13

Cork 0-15 Limerick 0-13

Carbery 4-14 Seandun 0-10

Beara 0-15 Seandún 1-17

Gold Cup hero and triple- winning Cheltenham jockey Davy Russell swapped the sweeping Cotswolds for a street circuit and the pandemonium of a donkey derby in his native Youghal last night.

Retailers fighting tobacco and fuel smuggling are concerned that gangs here are setting up manufacturing plants to produce illicit cigarettes.

Adrigole 0-20 Mayfield 1-17 (aet)

The diaspora returning to Ireland has proved a perfect opportunity for people to unearth the stories behind their family trees, writes Arlene Harris.

Aghabullogue 0-13 Mayfield 0-9

Macroom 2-15 Mayfield 1-4

Reigning county football champions UCC opened their defence of the title with a facile victory over Seandún at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Mayfield won the Tom Creedon Cup, beating hosts Macroom yesterday.

CRICKET has become complacent and has to do more to combat the “massive problem” of corruption in the sport, the game’s former anti-corruption chief warned yesterday, after three Pakistan players were jailed in London for spot-fixing.

ST VINCENT’S moved into the last four of the Cork Premier IFC with a hard-fought yet deserved win over northside rivals Mayfield at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening.

MAYFIELD’S eye for goals proved the difference at Riverstown yesterday where they scored three to see off the challenge of Glenville in a free-ridden second round Cork Premier IFC clash.

GUTSY Sarsfields upset former champions Na Piarsaigh at Páirc Uí Rinn to reach the third round of the Evening Echo Cork Co SHC, 2-12 to 0-9, and force the city side, with Sean Óg Ó hAilpin and John Gardiner in their ranks, into a relegation battle.

Ballinora 0-10 Mayfield 0-10

DOREEN and Neville Lawrence’s battle for justice for their murdered son Stephen has made them icons in the fight against racism, a friend and supporter said yesterday as they received OBEs in Britain’s New Year’s Honours list.

Stand-in England cricket captain Alec Stewart is to be interviewed by Paul Condon's corruption-busting unit.