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Ballydonoghue 5-9 St Senan’s 0-8: Before the start of yesterday’s North Kerry SFC final, Raymond McGibney of the Irish Defence Forces stood underneath the tricolour and read out the 1916 proclamation. The Ballydonoghue rising, joint-manager Denis Lynch would tell us afterwards, was five years in the making and ended with a first divisional title in almost a quarter of a century.

Newcastle West won a thriller away to St. Senan’s to close the gap on Clonmel at the top of Division 1 of the Munster Junior League.

It was a day of shocks in the Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup as holders Shannon are knocked out by Cashel and both Muskerry and Midleton lost to sides in a lower division.

Bandon came close to causing a major shock in Division 1 of the Munster Junior League against defending champions Clonmel. The second division champions were leading 7-6 at half time with a try from Chris Laidler which Richard Walsh converted.

Champions Clonmel were beaten at home by Richmond 10-9 in a thrilling Junior Clubs Challenge Cup semi-final.

The big games this weekend are the two Munster Junior Challenge Cup semi-finals, with top-ranked Clonmel and Richmond facing up against each other, while the second semi-final involves St Senans against Galbally.

All top four sides won in Division One of the Munster Junior League as both Kilfeacle and Bandon recorded bonus-point wins.

Rain disrupted the Munster Junior League program yesterday with eight of the scheduled games being postponed.

Muskerry produced a huge performance to defeat a fancied St Senan’s side 25-7 to clinch fourth place in Division One of the Munster Junior League and qualification for the All-Ireland Junior Cup next season.

Clonmel were crowned Munster Junior League champions for the first time as Junior Clubs again dominated in the Munster Junior Cup.

A former partner of murder accused Graham Dwyer yesterday said he would pretend to stab her while having sex.

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IT Tralee 4-12 Kerry 0-16: Kerry U21 selector John Shanahan has hinted that senior boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice dictated that the returning Tommy Walsh play no part in yesterday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final.

ELLA McSWEENEY refuses to let a high-profile career dictate her size. 

Newcastle West got back to winning ways with a bonus point win in Tralee to maintain their position at the top of the First Division of the Munster Junior League.

Clare SFC round-up : Holders Cratloe got off to a winning start in the opening round of the Clare SFC at the weekend, defeating Éire Óg 2-12 to 1-12 at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening.

A private maternity hospital and two consultant obstetricians yesterday apologised in the High Court to the parents of a baby boy who died soon after his birth six years ago.

A dying Co Louth father had two watches engraved as heirlooms for his sons. On Saturday night, they were stolen.

AS the recession has tightened its grip, more and more families have said tearful goodbyes to parents forced, through economic necessity, to leave their loved ones behind and, hunter-gatherer-style, jet off to jobs on the other side of the globe.

Today at 3pm Paul Hehir will switch on the television in the Shawl pub in South Harrow and watch London play Cavan.

Duagh 2-07 St Senan’s 0-04

ORLA Jennings has always had a fear of water. She never learned to swim as a child and spent the last couple of decades avoiding swimming pools.

A new baby can cause a spike in our use of home energy but, as Lucy Taylor discovers, changing our behaviour can reduce usage by 15% or more.

For their respective clubs and counties, cousins Dessie and Frankie Dolan are recognised by their supporters as being the outstanding forwards of this generation.

DROMID PEARSES manager Michael Anthony O’Connell last night claimed his wife was forced to push their children underneath a seat in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise to protect them during the violent scenes that marred Sunday’s All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final defeat by Derrytresk.

Gardaí are waiting to speak to a number of people following violent scenes during the All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final in Portlaoise last Sunday.

2010 CHAMPIONS Doonbeg were sensationally knocked out of this year’s Clare senior football championship, when they lost by a point, 0-7 to 0-6, to St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield in Saturday’s quarter-final at Lissycasey.

TWELVE months ago it was the Kilmurry-Ibrickane supporters deliriously celebrating a famous All-Ireland club semi-final victory in the Gaelic Grounds.

CASHEL extended their advantage at the top of the First Division of the Munster Junior League as Clonakilty caused another shock in the Munster Junior Cup with a win over Sunday’s Well.

'The Wire' star Dominic West is set to play serial killer Fred West in a new ITV drama, it has been announced.

A PILOT GAA project aimed at offsetting the isolation of older men, particularly in rural areas, is to be made permanent.

Dominic West has married his long-term partner Catherine Fitzgerald in Limerick.

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AMONG the more unusual names Irish parents gave their children last year were Elvis, Kylie, Setanta, Shakira and Paris.

Sean and Sarah have been revealed as the most popular baby names in Ireland last year.