Eric Donovan is hoping to take the home of British boxing by storm when he faces Nicaraguan knock-out specialist Moise Mojica in an ‘The Irish Invasion’ event in London’s York Hall on Saturday night.

St Michael's Enniskillen landed their first-ever Hogan Cup after surviving a fraught finish to their final against Naas CBS.

The whoops and hollers were still going strong inside the St Michael’s dressing room after they had beaten Omagh CBS in the MacRory Cup final on March 18, when captain Brandon Horan was asked to speak to some reporters outside.

Murt Murphy joins us from Kerry to discuss the violent scenes in Austin Stack Park for the county semi-final between Dingle and East Kerry.

Murt Murphy joins us from Kerry to discuss the violent scenes in Austin Stack Park for the county semi-final between Dingle and East Kerry.

Despite three county final defeats over the past six seasons, St Michael’s manager John Holly insists his players carry no “psychological baggage” into tomorrow’s Cork Premier IFC decider.

Joe Schmidt spoke yesterday about how some of his players might have been spooked during Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina in 2015, but Dan Leavy doesn’t fit the bill as the type to take fright on the field.

Mallow hurlers suffered heartbreak in the Cork Premier IHC final, but there was joy for their supporters yesterday as their footballers showed tremendous character to be crowned Premier IFC champions at the newly revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh. 

The unsuitability of the acute mental health unit at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) for dementia patients and the need for an acute hospital on Cork City’s northside were among issues raised at the launch of a series of healthcare documents by Sinn Féin.

Kerry ... 1-17, Clare ... 2-8: Kerry will play Waterford in the Munster U21 football semi-final next Wednesday after this less than convincing quarter-final win over Clare, reports Eoghan Cormican from Austin Stack Park.

Leinster 70 Zebre 6: Leinster had the game done and dusted by the time the returning Johnny Sexton left the field last night, on 55 minutes.

They rowed every length, they heaved, they hunched over on their seats, and gritted their teeth...they even unleashed the famous Munster roar.

A trip to the Skelligs is like dipping into a history book. It’s a pilgrimage. How apt, writes Margaret Hickey

Carrigaline 0-12 St Michael’s 0-11: At times, it must have seemed that senior football would remain an elusive aspiration for Carrigaline.

Austin Stacks 1-13 St Michael’s/Foilmore 2-6: Champions Austin Stacks opened their Kerry SFC title defence with a laboured victory over St Michael’s/Foilmore at Austin Stack Park Tralee on Saturday night.

Leinster Schools Senior Cup Semi-Final

An umpire was rushed to Specsavers for a check-up after this truly horrendous call at an U-16 football match last weekend.

Corofin 5-12 St Michael’s 0-9

We have a lot of belief and we are going to give it our very best shot.

Jim McGuinness has called for all football calendars to be condensed so that clubs have exclusive access to their county players for longer periods of time.

Eric Donovan has dismissed speculation that he is turning pro following his withdrawal from 2014 National Elite Championships, which begin tonight at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16

Now that Paul Galvin has hung up his inter-county boots and with more and more Irish sports people getting tattoos, who will now sport the best body art and why? We went in search of some answers.

Salthill-Knocknacarra remain on course for successive Galway SFC titles for the first time after holding off the challenge of a Caltra side forced to start without Michael Meehan.

Valley Rovers 2-08 St Michael’s 0-12

Austin Stacks 2-16 St Michael’s/Foilmore 1-05

Kerry skipper Eoin Brosnan made a surprise return to competitive football for Dr Crokes yesterday, intensifying speculation he may be involved in Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Cork.

There were some big casualties in the Raidió na Gaeltachta Donegal SFC at the weekend in its first season using first round groups.

St Michael’s/Foilmore 1-11 Finuge 1-05

St Michael’s 2-09 Na Piarsaigh 0-11

This year’s Elite national boxing championships are only at semi-final stage but already we know that five titles will change hands this year.

Kenmare District 2-15 St Michael’s-Foilmore 3-08

Two straight wins has earned St Michael’s a Cork Premier IFC quarter-final meeting with Kinsale or Clyda Rovers.

The most prolific winners of the Galway SFC, Tuam Stars, blasted their way past Killanin and into the third round of the 2012 campaign in Pearse Stadium yesterday.

After a closely contested hour in Mallow, St Michael’s held out for a narrow one-point win over Kiskeam in the opening round of the Cork Premier IFC.

Paddy Barnes joined David Oliver Joyce, Adam Nolan and Tommy McCarthy in the quarter-finals of the AIBA European Olympic qualifying event with an inside the distance win in Trabzon, Turkey yesterday.

European light-heavyweight champion Joe Ward got Ireland’s campaign off to a flying start on the opening day of the final Olympic qualifiers for European male boxers in Trabzon, Turkey yesterday.