Son Heung-min's hat-trick fired Tottenham into the FA Cup semi-finals but their 6-0 demolition of Millwall was marred by racist chants towards the South Korean from visiting supporters.

The British and Irish governments ruled out co-operation on testing emissions from the nuclear plant at Sellafield in 1986 in the wake of the major nuclear accident at Chernobyl.

The IRA was able to tap Garda telephone calls, the government was forced to admit.

A police chief investigating an alleged shoot-to-kill policy in the North confided in a diplomat he was not concerned about a cover-up but “murder, six murders”, declassified files show.

The IRA was able to tap Garda telephone calls, the Irish Government accepted in the 1980s.

Loughmore-Castleiney 3-22 Mullinahone 0-14

Castlebar Mitchels 3-13 Dr Crokes 1-11

St Vincent’s of Dublin will play Mayo kingpins Castlebar Mitchels in the AIB GAA All-Ireland club SFC final at Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day, after the two teams emerged from a pair of titanic and hugely entertaining tussles in today’s semi-finals.

Our lowdown of this weekend's GAA action

Mayo senior footballers and Limerick senior hurlers got their 2014 campaigns off to winning starts in the FBD League and Waterford Crystal Cup respectively tonight.

Goalkeeper: Eddie Lynch (Passage)

There was lots of spectacular action in an absorbing game in Hyde Park yesterday, before Castlebar Mitchels managed by the experienced Pat Holmes, saw off St. Brigids, and denied the Roscommon men a four-in-a-row.

St Brigid’s goalkeeper Shane Curran blasted referee Marty Duffy for his performance in Hyde Park yesterday.

St Brigid’s 2-12 Castlebar Mitchel's 3-13 (aet)

Limerick's Na Piarsaigh and Castlebar Mitchels took AIB Munster Hurling and Connacht Football Senior provincial titles respectively, while Portlaoise and St. Vincent's advanced to the Leinster Club SFC Final today.

Loughmore-Castleiney 3-10 Aherlow Gaels 0-09

Castlebar Mitchels’ 1-11 Breaffy 0-08

Twenty years after helping Castlebar Mitchels to their last Mayo SFC title as a player, Pat Holmes returned as manager to lead them back to the promised land.

Barclays’ first quarter profits have slumped by a quarter as the cost of its overhaul weighs on the bank.

Clonmel Commercials 4-11 Loughmore-Castleiney 4-9 (AET)

Waterford United 0 Mervue United 4

Mervue United 1Finn Harps 1

County man Pa Bourke hit a whopping six goals as Thurles Sarsfields blitzed holders Loughmore-Castleiney in a disappointingly one-sided Mid Tipperary senior hurling final at Templemore.

Mervue United continued their recent fine form at Ferrycarrig Park last night.

Mid Tipp SHC title holders, Loughmore-Castleiney, blitzed Tipperary champions Drom-Inch in this Mid Tipperary senior hurling semi-final replay at Templetuohy on Saturday.

Second-half goals from Stephen Walsh and Tom King gave Mervue United the points at Fahy’s Field last night.

First Division leaders Longford Town staged a remarkable comeback to snatch victory from the penalty spot against nine-man Mervue in the third minute of injury-time at Fahy’s Field last night, having equalised in the final minute.

Mervue United registered their first point of the season but stay rooted to the bottom of the First Division after a poor encounter at Fahy’s Field last night.

THURLES SARSFIELDS stayed on course for a third successive Tipperary SHC title, seeing off the challenge of Loughmore-Castleiney by 3-17 to 2-16 in a thrilling quarter-final at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

DISABLED people have become prisoners in their own homes because of cuts in welfare payments and support services, the Centre for Independent Living has warned.

First Division roundup

SHELBOURNE maintained their unbeaten start to the league but Paudie Quinn’s late strike denied them victory at Tolka Park last night.

Galway United 1 Bray Wanderers 0

A TITLE race with more unexpected twists and turns than a Wayne Rooney transfer saga delivered perhaps its greatest upset yet last night, as Galway United beat Bohemians in a five-goal thriller at Terryland Park.

Galway United 3 Bohemians 2

Salthill Devon 1 Galway United 3

Galway United 2 Drogheda United 1

AN unspecified number of cars using the new Limerick Tunnel have been overcharged, management confirmed yesterday.

THE completion of the 900 metre Limerick tunnel has resulted in the loss of construction jobs.

OVER 20,000 vehicles used the new Limerick tunnel, under the Shannon, in the first 24 hours after its official opening.

LIMERICK’S new €660 million tunnel will be a winner for many race-goers who are Galway-bound next week.

THE company that will run the new road tunnel under the Shannon near Limerick city denied yesterday that the opening has been delayed to facilitate the presence of government ministers.

TALKS involving the National Roads Authority (NRA) in Limerick today are likely to give the green light for the opening later this week of the €660 million road tunnel under the river Shannon.