The owners of up to a dozen meat plants today have been granted temporary High Court injunctions restraining groups of protesters from blockading their factories and intimidating staff and suppliers.

A bad season got worse for Cork City as they crashed out of the FAI Cup at Eamonn Deacy Park tonight.

Peter O’Keeffe is desperate to end his run of near-misses at the Pierse Motors-sponsored South of Ireland Championship which begins in Lahinch this morning.

A High Court action over the breeding of falcons has gone to mediation in a bid to resolve the dispute.

Stephen Henderson tonight resigned from his position as Cobh Ramblers manager after the team’s 2-1 home win over Galway United.

A Youghal man pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of having cannabis for sale or supply last year.

Tiarnan McLarnon won the Lee Valley Scratch Cup in style yesterday.

Cork City manager John Caulfield hopes that last night’s FAI Cup second round blowout against Athlone Town at Turner’s Cross will provide confidence to the team as they seek to clinch the league title.

The holders and league champions-elect Cork City brushed aside the token challenge of Athlone Town to reach the last eight of the Irish Daily Mail sponsored FAI Cup at Turner’s Cross tonight.

If things had worked out a little differently, Cork City defender Ryan Delaney could have been preparing for a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United next month.

Iarnród Éireann and two government ministers are working together to improve access to public transport for people who have physical disabilities.

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Communities are hitting back at a surge in solar farm construction spreading across the country with no specific planning guidelines in place to regulate them.

Vinny Faherty’s 45th minute header was the only goal of an interesting game as Galway United stunned SSE Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Dundalk at Eamonn Deacy Park last night.

Travelling under no pressure, non-league St Peter’s are relishing their visit to Turner’s Cross to take on Cork City in tonight’s FAI Cup second round tie.

Wexford Youths 0 Galway Utd 2

Galway United 1 Bohemians 0: Galway United manager Tommy Dunne insists no-one at the club is getting carried away by the start his side has made to the season, but did admit that the goals and targets set out at the start of the season may have to be looked at again in things continue in the same vein.

Two men are being pursued for €44m summary judgment orders over alleged default on loans issued to buy lands in Dublin.

Independent TD Mick Wallace has opposed as “unfair and premature” an application by a fund for €2m summary judgment orders against him over his guarantee of a bank loan to his firm.

With their ten-point lead at the top, Dundalk might already have one hand on the league trophy but as they head to Dalymount Park to take on Bohemians this evening, the defending champions know that they will be coming up against the only side to have inflicted a defeat on them in the league this season.

St. Patrick’s Athletic 3 Galway United 1

With handicaps ranging from plus 4 to 1.1, the high quality of the entry for the West Coast Hotels sponsored South of Ireland Championship beginning at Lahinch this morning is a source of considerable satisfaction for the organising committee.

Sligo Rovers 1 Galway United 1

Tipperary’s possession statistics tell most of the story. Against Limerick on Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds, two of Tipp’s most active players were John O’Dwyer and Seamus Callanan, both operating in the full-forward line.

Limerick’s management have only last year’s win as a guiding template for this game, as the teams haven’t met since.

Stephen Walsh feels he has to explain himself. He currently lives in Castletroy but works in Ardpatrick National School, a five-minute drive from his home house in Glenroe; an hour from his current abode.

Nickie Quaid is Limerick’s sole major injury concern ahead of Sunday week’s Munster semi-final against Tipperary.

Though they may have won their last three home games, Galway United manager Tommy Dunne will demand far greater effort from his players this evening if they are to make that a fourth when second in the table Cork City — unbeaten away this season — arrive at Eamonn Deacy Park.

Kilkenny 3-25 Limerick 0-16 (SH challenge): Kilkenny warmed up for the Leinster championship with an impressive win over Limerick in this inter-county challenge in Inistioge.

Airtricity League Premier Division

Arthur Pierse has been coming to Lahinch for more than 40 years in search of the Clare Coast Hotels South of Ireland Championship.

When you are one of the championship favourites and things are going against you, there is always a good time to produce a shot out of the ordinary.

The withdrawal of favourite Gary Hurley and Irish Close champion John Ross Galbraith has come as a major disappointment to organisers of the Clare Coast Hotels South of Ireland at Lahinch, which begins this morning.

It was a surprise when Seamus Hickey was named in the starting 15 for Limerick in their Munster semi-final win over Tipperary on June 1 after returning from a cruciate injury suffered in the All-Ireland semi-final loss to Clare last August.

I cannot understand all the pessimism about Limerick, especially in the county itself.

Offaly’s Niall McNamee has spoken of his embarrassment at seeing Tyrone’s state-of-the-art centre of excellence in Garvaghey and claimed more could be done by his own county board to facilitate their county teams.

Kieran McCarthy defends his title against another high-class field in the Munster Stroke Play Championship at Cork Golf Club tomorrow and Sunday.

THE beauty of simplicity shouldn’t be overlooked — that’s the key to Keeper House, a low-slung and luxurious new build in the Mulcair valley, Co Tipperary.