Mary Immaculate College Limerick caused the shock of the Irish Universities Collingwood Cup by edging out holders UCC 4-2 on penalties in the semi-final at UL after the game finished level at 1-1 after extra-time.

Hollinger International, the newspaper publisher formerly run by the disgraced media tycoon Conrad Black, filed a long-delayed annual report for 2004 and said it had named a new chief financial officer.