Plans to build a windfarm in East Cork using turbines almost double the height of the Elysian Tower have been shot down by An Bord Pleanála on the grounds of a negative visual impact and adverse impact on ecology.

A man who struck another man’s face with a glass leaving him permanently scarred has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trappatoni has named a 29-man provisional squad for next month’s World Cup qualifying meetings with Sweden and Austria.

East Cork will be home to the tallest on-shore wind turbines in the country, visible from parts of Cork City, if permission to build is granted, according to locals opposed to the project.

Wind turbines that dwarf the Elysian Tower and are higher than the Dublin Spire are planned for East Cork.

A Niall Hanley header after 12 minutes proved enough to give UCD another Irish Universities Collingwood Cup title in the decider against Mary Immaculate College, Limerick at the University of Limerick yesterday.

Leinster Club SHC final: Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) 1-11 Coolderry (Offaly) 1-15

FITZGERALD Stadium Killarney will host the AIB Munster Club SFC final between Dr Crokes and UCC on Sunday, December 4 (2pm).

OULART-THE-BALLAGH produced a stunning performance to hold off a magnificent Clough-Ballacoola in this thrilling AIB Leinster Club SHC semi-final at Wexford Park yesterday.

RATHNURE tried hard but were unable to stop Oulart-the-Ballagh completing a three-in-a-row in a dour Wexford SHC final at Wexford Park yesterday.

UCD 2 Bohemians 0

CHAMPIONS Oulart-the-Ballagh crushed last year’s defeated finalists St Martin’s 3-21 to 1-8 in a one-sided Wexford senior hurling championship quarter-final played at Wexford Park on Saturday.

UCD booked their place in the fourth round of the FAI Ford Cup as goals in each half by Sean Russell and Stephen Doyle gave them the narrowest of victories over brave Leinster Senior League side Cherry Orchard at the Belfield Bowl last night.

Cherry Orchard 1 UCD 2

BILLY CLERY is hoping to make it third time lucky and bridge a 12 years gap when his NUIG side take on UCC in today’s Irish Universities Collingwood Cup final at College Park (2.30).

UCD entertain Galway United at the UCD Bowl in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash, kick-off 7.45pm.

THERE is no rest this week for newly-crowned Kilkenny champions Ballyhale Shamrocks, no time to celebrate their magnificent achievement of four-in-a-row.

WEXFORD SHC FINAL:

Clare 2-24 Wexford 2-18

PRIDE restored and his own record of never having lost a game in Wexford intact. However, as euphoric as the Limerick hurling manager was in the aftermath of this hard-fought qualifier win in terrible weather in Wexford Park on Saturday, Justin McCarthy’s experience in the game was alerting him to bigger challenges next weekend.

Wexford 0-14 Limerick 1-13

A HUGE boost for the Munster hurling champions as Eoin Kelly makes his first appearance of the year for Tipperary in Sunday’s championship clash with Cork at Semple Stadium.

RITCHIE HOGAN comes into the Kilkenny team at right half forward for tomorrow’s Allianz NHL final against Tipperary at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

WEXFORD 6-21 CARLOW 0-14

Wexford 3-15 Westmeath 2-14

Antrim 4-16 Wexford 4-12

The "front man" of a complex fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses has been given a four-year sentence by Judge Tony Hunt.

Two men involved in a fraud in which front companies and false identities were used to scam almost €1m from leading businesses have been given suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The official nominees for the 2008 Opel Gaelic Players Awards for hurling have been announced today by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), with All-Ireland champions Kilkenny receiving the most nominations.

Two men involved in a €800,000 fraud in which fake front companies and false identities were used will be sentenced later by Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Another championship over and no trophies for the Wexford hurlers, yet team manager John Meyler remains hopeful that success could be just around the corner if they continue on their current path.

Davy Fitzgerald was a relieved man in the red-hot atmosphere of Semple Stadium yesterday, as his Waterford charges pipped Wexford by a point to set up a shot at Munster champions Tipperary.

IT NOW seems garlic and a wooden stake will be necessary to finish Cork. The men in red overcame a nine-point deficit to reel in Clare in yesterday’s All-Ireland quarter-final, a stunning turnaround which looked out of the question at half-time.

Waterford 2-19 Wexford 3-15

Kilkenny 5-21 Wexford 0-17

Wexford 2-15 Dublin 1-15

Pat Doran's failure to break into the Wexford squad for last Sunday's postponed All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Tipperary has resulted in him leaving the extended Model county panel.

Veteran goalkeeper Damien Fitzhenry will lead out Wexford for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Tipperary at Croke Park.

Three young men who attacked gardaí with a sword and a car battery and bit, kicked and punched them to try and obstruct an arrest have been sentenced to two and three year prison terms by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Declan Ruth is poised to make his first start of the season for Wexford's hurlers when they take on Cork this Sunday in the National League (Pairc Ui Chaoimh, throw-in 3.30pm).

Wexford will be without wing back Diarmuid Lyng for next Sunday's Walsh Cup final against Kilkenny, and a good chunk of the remainder of the National League.