Clinical Bohemians saw off a first-half barrage from UCD to win 3-0 and move back into second place in the Premier Division.

A second-half implosion saw Cork City fall to their fifth league defeat of the season away to UCD last night.

Carlow recorded their first ever away win in Division One hurling today, and they couldn’t have done it in more dramatic circumstances as they came from 11 points down to outfight Offaly in Bord na Móna O’Connor Park, condemning the Faithful County to relegation to Division Two next year.

Bohemians came from 2-0 down to beat UCD 5-3 in a penalty shootout after extra-time at Dalymount Park to advance to the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup as the wet weather wreaked havoc with yesterday’s schedule, forcing the postponement of five of the competition’s eight fixtures.

Late goals have been the hallmark of the St Francis College march to the senior schools final and another late intervention yesterday claimed the Rochestown school the prestigious FAI Schools Tony O’Neill Cup.

Motorsport: Organisers of the Irish Forest Rally Championship received a major boost at their awards ceremony in Clonmel on Saturday night with the announcement that Valvoline will underpin the series for the next three seasons.

One of the country’s leading international horsewomen and dressage coaches, Anne-Marie Dunphy, has told a judge that her professional career has been jeopardised by the unlawful seizure of her only horse transporter.

Forecourt retailer Applegreen will today announce the creation of 360 jobs.

Antrim made it back-to-back wins in the Leinster SHC qualifier group as they defeated Carlow at Dr Cullen Park.

Last week I was in an audience listening to Sonia O’Sullivan discuss her Olympic silver medal.

A 28-year-old man accused of attacking his sister's boyfriend with a hatchet has been refused bail.

A man has appeared in court in Dublin charged with attacking a 38-year-old man with a hatchet in the inner city over the weekend.

The indoor athletics season has begun and it will culminate in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland in early March.

Based on an outlandish true crime, comedy caper ‘Pain & Gain’ seems a snug fit for director Michael Bay.

Savills Ireland have reported that they have sold a commercial premises in Monaghan Town for 13 times the value of its passing rent.

Asafa Powell’s trainer has insisted he is not to blame for the Jamaican sprinter’s positive drugs test and claims he is being made a scapegoat.

Prosecutors in Italy have launched a criminal investigation into Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson and their Canadian trainer Christopher Xuereb.

Athletics was today facing one of its darkest periods in recent history thanks to a devastating drug scandal.

US sprinter Tyson Gay and Jamaican former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell have failed drug tests.

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has failed a drugs test, his management company has confirmed.

Four voluntary homeless agencies, frustrated with the Government’s inaction, have launched a radical initiative to tackle the “sleeping rough” crisis.

A Co Wicklow town council has taken steps to help its homeless residents during the cold snap.

After a young man died in a doorway during freezing conditions, a homeless charity said it was extremely worried about people sleeping rough during the current cold snap.

Former Ireland international long jumper Ciarán McDonagh will fly to Birmingham this morning to assist the Jamaican Olympic sprinters’ preparations for the London Games.

There were shock weekend defeats for Waterford SH champions Ballygunner and pre-championship favourites De La Salle who went down to Dungarvan and Fourmilewater, respectively.

A MAN who was kidnapped, stuffed into the boot of a car and then savagely assaulted has become good friends with his kidnapper.

Jamaica’s Asafa Powell has been ruled out of the individual 100 metres at the World Championships in Daegu with a groin injury, but hopes to run in the relay, his agent Paul Doyle has said.

PAUL HESSION faces his first big test of the season when he lines up for the 200m at Cork City Sports today in a field that includes Alonso Edward (Panama), silver medallist behind Usain Bolt at the World Championships in Berlin two years ago when the Jamaican shaved .11 of a second off the world record he set at the Olympic Games in Beijing the previous year.

THE hiding-to-nothing prospect of facing non-league opposition on the back of four straight defeats is scarcely ideal for UCD in tonight’s FA Ford Cup clash.

TONY O’CONNOR spent most of his football life associated with the red and black stripes of Bohemians during a decorated playing career.

DERVAL O’ROURKE continued her preparations for this month’s world indoor championships in Doha with a season’s best in Norway on Saturday.

A former drug addict who punched his former girlfriend "30 to 40 times" in the face because he believed she was texting another man has been given a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

TWO stylish sisters from Co Limerick will never forget the day they visited the garden showpiece Bloom and ended up scooping the top two prizes in the best-dressed ladies competition.

THE flowering beauty of Ireland has been fused with inspiring designs to create a summer wonderland of gardening colour and freshness at Bloom, the country’s answer to the Chelsea Flower Show.

PETER COGHLAN is hoping to take his return to top class athletics to another level tonight in Gothenburg where he will line up for the 60m hurdles against a string of international athletes.

FOR the second year in a row Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) set a new national long jump record at the Woodies DIY Indoor Championships of Ireland at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast where she retained her title with a best jump of 6.28 metres.

World 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell will open his Olympic year campaign by training and then competing in two high-profile Australian meetings.

FRESH from another national record at Virginia Tech, where he jumped eight metres for the first time indoors to equal his outdoor mark, Ciaran McDonagh will be a top attraction at the national indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast over the weekend.

CIARAN MCDONAGH justified coach Paul Doyle’s confidence when breaking his own national long jump record with a leap of 8.07m at the Resisprint International in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, on Sunday.

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