14-man IT Sligo advanced to the Sigerson Cup first round with victory over GMIT at Tuam.

Tipperary 1-15 Waterford 1-7: Tipperary’s football pulse, having slowed somewhat during a turbulent and disruptive spring, quickened a beat in Dungarvan yesterday.

A woman is entitled to a €30,000 payment from her brother arising out of a dispute over their mother’s will, the High Court has ruled.

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, a co-presenter of Cork’s 96FM programme The Opinion Line, recently interviewed a woman named Sharon whose daughter has been hospitalised with severe anorexia. 

UCC 0-13 IT Sligo 0-8

Connacht FBD League: Leitrim 3-17 GMIT 1-7

All-Ireland MHC: Galway 2-20 Antrim 0-9

An All Star in 2007, dropped in 2009, recalled in 2011 and then quitting inter-county scene at the age of 26, Andrew O’Shaughnessy is one of Limerick hurling’s greatest enigmas. He pulls no punches as he discusses his battle with multiple sclerosis and the vicious circle that surrounds the county team

Limerick hurling suffers greatly from a crisis in confidence, according to former player, Andrew O’Shaughnessy.

Roscommon 4-10 Mayo 1-08

Galway 0-23 Limerick 0-20

Former Wolves defender Steven Mouyokolo made his Celtic debut in the Scottish Premiership clash with Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

A former Galway hotel owner will be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in June for the rape of an employee following a staff party.

A former Boston Red Sox manager has criticised the owners of Liverpool in his new book for the way they ran the storied baseball club prior to his tenure ended in 2011.

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

Nine points from Young Footballer of the Year, Cillian O’Connor, proved to be the difference as Galway surrendered their provincial and All-Ireland U21 FC crowns in last night’s Connacht preliminary round clash in Castlebar.

WEXFORD netminder Anthony Masterson put his recent Croke Park controversy behind him as he steered reigning champions Castletown to a 0-16 to 2-7 victory over Starlights.

Ireland Under-19 0 Spain Under-19 5

COMMANDING centre-back Joe Shaughnessy insists there’s a lot more to Ireland’s game than the physical stereotype emanating from the Spain camp ahead of tonight’s European Championship semi-final.

IRELAND Under-19 manager Paul Doolin believes there’s no reason why his side should fear Spain after they earned the point required last night from host nation Romania to set up a European Championship semi-final meeting with the aristocrats of World football on Friday.

IRELAND Under-19 manager Paul Doolin lavished praise on his young guns last night after they kicked off their European Championship finals campaign in Romania with a win.

KEVIN DOWNES confesses it was weird. When he entered the dressing rooms of the Staker Wallace club in Martinstown near Kilmallock last January, he was unsure. On a black winter’s night, he was introduced to the world of senior inter-county hurling, just over four months since he’d torn open the envelope and digested his Leaving Cert results.

IRELAND U19 manager Paul Doolin lauded his squad last night after they beat Italy to reach the European Championship finals in July.

ANDREW O’SHAUGHNESSY isn’t too keen on dwelling on the latter end of 2009. And who could blame him. Twelve months ago he was one of the 12 Limerick hurlers sensationally dropped from the county panel with manager Justin McCarthy citing commitment and discipline issues as the chief reasons behind the axing.

IN his letter headlined ‘Partners bill fraught with anomalies’ (March 22), Noel O’Shaughnessy refers to the Oxford Dictionary of English and the “natural law” of Christian belief to support his definition of the family unit as being a male and female and their children.

Imokilly 2-19 Avondhu 2-13

UCC 0-16 GMIT 3-5

ALL-IRELAND SHC THIRD PHASE QUALIFIER: LIMERICK 0-18 OFFALY 3-19

THE Building and Allied Trades Union (BATU) is to have its funds frozen as part of a probe following the dismissal of two long-term officials.

Hundreds of hardy Christmas Day swimmers today braved the chilly waters on the coastline to raise money for charity.

IF YOU needed proof of how important the NHL is to some teams, tomorrow is the perfect opportunity.

Neither Nathalie Dechy of France nor Jelena Jankovic of Serbia & Montenegro will be entering the US Open in a positive frame of mind.

Robby Ginepri never dropped his serve but still lost out to top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/2), in an all-American quarter-final at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

Limerick 0-21 Waterford1-13

Tipperary 3-10 Limerick 2-12

A Galway man who stabbed a musician to death with a kitchen knife has received a seven year sentence for manslaughter at the Central Criminal court today.

A 52-year-old Galway man accused of murder has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a sudden change of plea on the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal court today.

Two ambulance crewmen told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today how they feared for their own safety while tending to a stabbing victim at a house in Galway two years ago.

Justine Henin-Hardenne, the head girl of women’s tennis, taught 15-year-old Australian Olivia Lukaszewicz a harsh lesson about what it takes to mix it with the grown-ups at a grand slam.

World number one Kim Clijsters, still searching for her first Grand Slam title, has coasted to a 6-2 6-4 victory over American number 17 seed Meghann Shaughnessy at the US Open.

Kim Clijsters moved a step closer to her first Grand Slam title with a 6-3 6-2 win over 27th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.

The General Secretary of the Building and Allied Trades Union is advising members to reject the new national partnership agreement in a ballot next week.