There are two changes to the Meath defence for their Leinster SFC semi-final clash with Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

Galway 1-16 Wexford 0-11

Louth 2-9 Wexford 2-13

Athlone IT 1-13 IT Carlow 0-6

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn rejected calls by second-level teachers for the lifting of a moratorium on the filling of promotional posts.

Cemetery Junction (Cert 15, 90 mins, Comedy/Drama/Romance)

Ricky Gervais, with his writing partner on 'The Office', tags this film as his first move away from comedy into drama, and it might well be that his reputation as an original and inventive writer of funny scripts hampers us from seeing him as anything else.

Long-time Wexford goalkeeper John Cooper has confirmed his retirement from inter-county football, with last Saturday's SFC qualifier defeat to Fermanagh being his final game in county colours.

“PEOPLE are nearly all prayed out, nearly all cried out. It’s just one tragedy after another.”

Partick chief executive Alan Dick has confirmed the club will appeal to the Scottish Football Association against the Scottish Premier League vote to allow Inverness Caledonian Thistle into the top flight.

Partick Thistle chairman Tom Hughes insists the Firhill club will fight the Bank of Scotland Premier League in court to stave off the threat of relegation.

TWO-thirds of vocational school principals would abandon their post if given a satisfactory escape route, a report has revealed.