Friends and loved ones of those who died in the US balcony collapse have begun paying emotional tributes.

Sigerson Cup: St Mary’s 0-11 DCU 1-11 (AET)

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 1A:

St Mary’s College 20 Lansdowne 38

Munster’s JJ Hanrahan was delighted to catch up with another kicking king after the province’s Rabodirect Pro12 win over Benetton Treviso at Thomond Park on Saturday night.

RABODIRECT PRO12:

Repair work on an historic 600-year-old West Cork tower is now complete — and the ancient edifice and its surrounding Huguenot graveyard will soon be handed back into the care of local residents.

Champions St Patrick’s crashed out of Wicklow’s senior football championship in sensational fashion in their first-round qualifier match at Aughrim on Saturday.

Cork Constitution 12 St Mary’s College 30

Ireland head coach Declan Kidney last night put a positive spin on Jonny Sexton’s departure for France this summer, saying the move away from Leinster would not affect his Test career.

Southhampton 1 Norwich 1

The remaining big challengers for the Ulster Bank title will have sat bolt upright after taking stock of Dolphin’s clinical bonus point victory at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

Young Munster 16 St Marys College 14

St Mary’s survived a dramatic Sligo SFC semi-replay tussle with neighbours Coolera-Strandhill, winning by three points, 2-14 to 1-14, after extra-time at Markievicz Park on Saturday.

St Mary’s claimed their first Hogan Cup success with a stunning performance at Croke Park on Saturday.

GARRYOWEN 9 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE 13

TIPPERARY fans reckon they don’t need the power of prayer to defeat the Cats this Sunday, but one sport-mad priest hopes the power of hurling will inspire some fans to become men of the cloth.

Donegal, Antrim, Derry and Armagh claimed opening round wins in the Dr McKenna Cup tonight.

POPE Benedict XVI canonised Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, at a Mass in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican yesterday in front of tens of thousands of cheering pilgrims.

HE’LL head to Killarney on Sunday with conflicting emotions.

It will be a question of who has the greater squad depth when Cork Constitution play Dolphin in the AIB League Division One semi-final at Temple Hill tomorrow as Munster have taken a clutch of players from each club.

IRELAND U-20 face a first real test of their Grand Slam credentials when they travel to face their French counterparts at Stade de la Chevaliere in Mazame tonight (RTÉ Two, 7.30pm).

A FEW moments of inspiration paved the way for St Mary’s College to stretch an unbeaten division 1 A run and bring Dolphin’s hopes of AIB League leadership to an end.

GARRYOWEN took full advantage of Cork Con’s slip-up at Blackrock College by surging to the top of the AIB All-Ireland League with a 45-7 demolition of Ballymena.

Team news for this weekend's AIB League games

EVER since David Humphries decided to wind down his first-class career, Irish rugby has lived in mortal fear of the consequences if the unthinkable ever happened and Ronan O’Gara came a cropper.

SIX days before Ireland flew out to their Rugby World Cup base in Bordeaux, Malcolm O’Kelly was surveying the future.

LIMERICK’S St Mary’s Cathedral, which dates to 1168, yesterday unveiled a new visitor display tracing its historic connections down the centuries.

Garryowen 14 St. Mary's College 23

KERRY Allstar Paul Galvin is expected to recover from a throat infection to take his place in the Kingdom's attack for Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo at Croke Park.

Knockbeg College2-8 St. Mary’s College0-11

Gordon Strachan turned down the chance to become Portsmouth manager so as not to sour memories of his time at local rivals Southampton.

WEXFORD PRO Alan Aherne has rubbished reports that Leigh O’Brien has opted out of their senior football set up.

This weekend's All-Ireland League teams

Southampton 0 Middlesbrough 1

Agustin Delgado, Southampton’s reformed rebel striker from Ecuador, insists he will be ready to tackle Arsenal on FA Cup final day – if Saints can brush past First Division Watford in tomorrow’s semi-final at Villa Park.

Southampton's Gordon Strachan has won the Barclaycard Manager of the Month Award for December.

St Mary’s 22 Blackrock 31

A second-half header from substitute Jo Tessem put a dent in Arsenal's championship challenge and kept up Southampton's fine recent away form against the Premiership contenders.