St. Thomas (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-7

The Galway County Board are under pressure to react to the unruly scenes which marred yesterday’s Galway Senior Hurling Championship final.

St Thomas 3-11 Loughrea 2-11

Gort 0-09 St Thomas 0-09

A GOAL from Richie Cummins two minutes from the end of normal time sent Mattie Murphy’s Gort into the Galway SHC final.

Seismic activity has “totally shut down” efforts to reach six Utah miners trapped below ground, wiping out a day’s rescue effort, a mine executive said today.

TEAMS of rescuers frantically cleared debris from underground tunnels yesterday, trying to reach six US coal miners trapped by a cave-in beneath more than 1,500 feet of solid rock.

Hundreds of rescuers smashed through walls of rock in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities initially thought it was an earthquake.

A TOTAL of 18 people were charged yesterday with drugs offences following an undercover Garda operation in west Dublin.

An HIV-positive ex-convict who said he tried to kill several New York police officers and a psychiatric hospital employee by biting them or spitting blood in their faces has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Last year's beaten finalists Galway qualified for the All-Ireland Vocational schools senior hurling final with a decisive victory over a disappointing Offaly side at Loughrea yesterday evening.