Former All-Star Owen Mulligan will start for Tyrone in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 7pm).

Late goals from Sean Cavanagh and Mark Donnelly gave a lopsided look to the final scoreline in yesterday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier between Tyrone and Roscommon, according to Tyrone's manager.

Mickey Harte has selected an unchanged Tyrone team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Roscommon at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made four changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Armagh in Omagh (throw-in 7pm).

It looks like highly-rated goalkeeper Sean O'Neill has played his last match this year for the Antrim senior footballers.

The Antrim team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Westmeath at Casement Park (throw-in 2pm) has been named.

The fit-again duo of Joe McMahon and Kevin Hughes have been pencilled into the Tyrone team to face Donegal in Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final at Clones (throw-in 3.30pm).

The head of communications with the National Roads Authority Sean O'Neill has said Ireland is having trouble in finding private investors for road projects because of the country's debt problems.

Donegal 1-17 Antrim 1-08, Ballyshannon, Allianz Football League

Antrim 0-11 Kildare 1-17

Met Eireann has said dry, cold weather over the coming days will help to improve road conditions for people driving home for Christmas.

The country is bracing itself for the widespread return of snow and ice as the second cold snap in as many weeks rolls in from the west.

Road chiefs tonight refused to give a green light to people driving home for Christmas as the big freeze was poised to strike again.

Drivers are being warned of black ice and freezing fog this evening as Met Éireann forecasts another night of sub-zero temperatures.

Cash-strapped councils were tonight promised millions of euro to help cope with the big freeze as parts of the country lay paralysed under a blanket of snow.

The worst of the current cold snap is set to hit Ireland later and will continue into tomorrow.

Heavy snow has hit many parts of the country overnight.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has make two changes to his side for tomorrow night's crunch Allianz NFL with Cork, as the Red Hands go in search of their first win of the campaign at Healy Park.

Full-back Justin McMahon, centre-back Conor Gormley and full-forward Martin Penrose are back for Tyrone's Allianz NFL Division 1 trip to Inniskeen to take on Monaghan on Sunday (throw-in 2.30pm).

TYRONE 1-11 MAYO 1-12

Dromore 1-14 Ardboe 1-13

New York 0-4 Galway 1-18

Mayo 1-11 Tyrone 0-14

Monaghan 1-10 St. Mary's 1-13, Emyvale,

Ireland's heavyweight four rowers have failed to qualify for the Olympics final in Beijing.

In the 'B' final of the men's heavyweight four (M4-) at the final leg of the Rowing World Cup in Poznan, Poland this morning the Irish quartet of James Wall, Alan Martin, Cormac Folan, and Sean O'Neill finished fifth; an overall placing of eleventh at this, the last regatta before the Olympic Games.

The Irish lightweight four of Paul Griffin, Richard Archibald, Gearoid Towey, and Eugene Coakley finished sixth in today's final at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne.

The National Roads Authority is defending itself against strong opposition to a new system of tolling on the M50.

The Irish men's heavyweight four of Alan Martin (NUIG), Sean Casey (Muckross), Cormac Folan (NUIG) and Sean O'Neill (St.Michael's) have sensationally qualified the boat for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Four of the six Irish crews were in heats action on the opening day of the 2007 Rowing World Championships in Munich this morning.

Seven Irish boats; five of them in Olympic classes will take to the water in Lucerne, Switzerland this weekend for the final leg of this year’s Rowing World Cup series.

The Irish men's heavyweight four of Alan Martin, Sean Casey, Cormac Folan and Sean O'Neill are through to their final at the Rowing World Cup in Amsterdam.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

The Irish men's heavyweight four of Cormac Folan, Sean O'Neill, Sean Casey, and Alan Martin rowed brilliantly to win today's thrilling B final.

The Irish men's heavyweight four of Cormac Folan, Sean O'Neill, Sean Casey and Alan Martin missed out on qualification for the final at the Rowing World Championships in Eton this afternoon, finishing fifth in a hotly-contested semi-final, which was won by the high-profile British crew.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) is worried about the effect of big business parks on the road network.

From big draw to broken jaw. Adrian Fenlon, one of Wexford's greatest ever hurlers - who retired earlier this year - is resting up after sustaining a cruel injury in a club game.

2001 All-Star Darragh Ryan will make his first appearance of the season in Wexford's NHL Division 1A tussle with Clare on Sunday (Wexford Park, throw-in 2.30pm).

CROSSHAVEN and Cobh Pirates are a step closer securing a place in the playoffs for a Heineken Munster Junior League First Division place, while Youghal, who lead the other section, face a late challenge from Nenagh Ormond and Skibbereen.

Newtownshandrum 16-3 Cork 14-3

Kilkenny have made one change from the side that won the Leinster final for Saturday's All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final against Galway in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise.

IT was CS Lewis who conceived of the hidden world of Narnia, accessible only through a hidden door in a wardrobe in a room at the top of a very large house.

ATTEMPTING to call the Erin All-Ireland U-21 hurling semi-final between Tipperary and Galway in Ennis is really just a game of bluff.

ONE of the most enticing hurling games this weekend has to be Young Irelands against Dunnamaggin in the Kilkenny county senior hurling final at Nowlan Park tomorrow (3.30pm).