GMIT, Derry, DCU, Wicklow, Armagh and Louth got their Bord na Móna Kehoe Cup campaigns off to a winning start this afternoon.

The European Commission has said it "regrets" the fact that a draft edition of its latest report on Ireland's bailout progress was leaked.

A fully-fit Declan Hannon has been drafted into the Limerick team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against defending champions Kilkenny.

Ballymena took the spoils in a hotly-contested Ulster derby at Eaton Park, holding on to beat Ballynahinch 6-3 and leapfrog them at the top of Ulster Bank League Division 1B.

The financial restructuring of the Quinn Group has been completed, the company said today.

The car which was attacked in an apparent arson attack last night was parked in the driveway of Quinn Group CEO Paul O'Brien's home in Co Meath, it has emerged.

Waterford United have appointed Paul O'Brien as full-time first team manager for the rest of the season.

Bruff 17 Lansdowne 26

Details of the Champion 15 teams for the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher Cups for 2010 have been announced today.

Armagh 3-23 Donegal 1-13, Letterkenny

A consortium of business people from the South West region, led by West Cork Tourism, have formed a co-operative in the hopes of raising €3 million in the coming days for the resumption of the Cork-Swansea ferry service.

Today will see Ballyboden clubman Stephen Hiney pull on a Dublin jersey for the first time since July 2005, as the capital side take on the Dubs Stars in the annual end-of-year clash.

Waterford 4-17 Dublin 1-3

Waterford 3-18 Down 0-19

TONIGHT: SFC: St. Nicks v O'Donovan Rossa at Newcestown, 7.15 p.m. BOTH sides are without key players which should make it wide open.

Galway 0-18 Waterford 0-11

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody has again named DJ Carey at the heart of the Cats' defence for today's Division 1A clash with Clare at Nowlan Park.

Waterford 2-24 Dublin 0-13

Waterford 2-24 Dublin 0-10

Coláiste Chríost Rí 2-9 Limerick City Colleges 2-6

Paul O'Brien

OLYMPIC gold medal showjumper Cian O'Connor yesterday denied his horses were doped with sedatives to cover-up evidence of abuse.

THE country’s largest single pension scheme is to be reviewed by the Pensions Board following concerns that thousands of construction firms are flouting the law, depriving workers of death and sickness benefits.

The results of an independent investigation into the foreign-exchange overcharging scandal at AIB are released today. But how damaging will they prove to be? Conor Keane and Paul O'Brien report.

IF there's one distinguishing feature about the meeting of Cork and Waterford hurlers in the Guinness Munster championship in Thurles tomorrow (4pm) it's to be seen in their respective paths to the final.

ANYONE engaging Justin McCarthy in conversation about Sunday’s Guinness Munster hurling final will find he takes little notice of talk about Cork not being as formidable as they were perceived last season.

KEN McGRATH will be fit to lead Waterford into the Munster SHC final against Cork on June 27.

Waterford 4-10 Tipperary 3-12

SOUND travels in waves. And the roar that greeted the final whistle in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday afternoon, at the end of a tumultuous Munster SHC semi-final was tidal.

New hospital wards are being built across the country, only to stay idle because of a lack of funding to staff them, writes Paul O'Brien.

Waterford 4-10 Tipperary 3-12

Waterford 6-17 Dublin 2-12

A 53-year-old man died when he was savagely beaten by his nephew who wrongly believed he had raped his sister, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Harmonising the laws governing clinical trials throughout Europe has proved far from straightforward, writes Paul O'Brien.

DUBLINER Jennifer O'Brien did not need the threat of the controversial ban on smoking in the workplace to give up nicotine after smoking an average of 40 cigarettes a day for the past 22 years.

GOOD, very good and even better — that could be the summation of this year’s Limerick property market including a forecast for the next year.

Paul Kenny, Pensions Ombudsman, Paul Kenny is among the speakers to address the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) conference on 'Pensions Adequacy and Governance' next Wednesday in Dublin.

CHILDREN will go without safe drinking water and more people will face starvation because of Government cuts to overseas aid.