Limerick Leaving Cert student Ian Fitzhenry had a lucky escape yesterday after a garda escort allowed him to make to the exam hall with just three minutes to spare.

A Limerick student had a dramatic start to his Leaving Cert exams yesterday after he missed his morning bus into the city.

There he is in typical pose, tearing out of defence at full stretch, about to hop the leather from his left hand and God help anyone blocking his path.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final

The former secretary general of the Department of Finance, John Moran, has admitted to an omission in his impressive CV.

Former All-Ireland winning managers John Allen and John O’Mahony are due to take up advisory roles with Carlow GAA next season.

Donie Buckley’s role within James Horan’s Mayo management set-up has been upgraded to selector. The Kerryman replaces James Nallen, who stepped down due to work commitments.

James Horan is expected to tell Mayo County Board he has no intention of quitting his post as senior manager tomorrow night.

Mayo GAA chiefs are confident James Horan will remain in charge next season.

From the office to pitch, Mayo have rebuilt impressively

Rob Hennelly should have be sitting in the Croke Park stands on Sunday instead of standing between the posts for Mayo.

James Waldron was in a tight spot.

Mayo selector Tom Prendergast played down the suggestion his side might have been better beating Donegal by a point to reduce the level of expectation building ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final with Tyrone.

Kildare 1-11 Mayo 0-13

It was the kind of send-off he would have loved — a packed house, music, humour, sporting people, and, most importantly of all, friends from all over the country.

After Mayo lost the last Connacht-Ulster final in 1948 to Cavan, corner-back Seán Flanagan called his team together to revolutionise their ideas on the game.

The Mayo Senior Football Team to face Donegal in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final this Sunday at 3.30pm is:

Mayo manager James Horan has promised his team will be “fresh and hungry” for tomorrow evening’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Down at Croke Park.

Class played a major role in Munster rugby in Munster. A new book sheds light on this and other fascinating developments, writes John Breen

MORE than 50 Kerry children yesterday made a simple but special request to Santa — save our school.

MARTIN CONNOLLY and Paul Jordan have stepped down as Mayo selectors.

APPEARANCE money had been a major problem for the European Tour for a decade or more by the time the Irish Open first came to Kerry in 1991.

KERRY U21 boss John Kennedy has stepped down from his post a fortnight after his side were hammered by Cork in the Munster championship final.

MAURICE O’MEARA, named manager of the year at the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) annual awards, is confident the ‘3’ Irish Open will return to Killarney next year.

James Horan has been announced as the Mayo senior football manager, following a meeting of the County Board at McHale Park in Castlebar tonight.

TODAY John Quane will nudge his car onto the M8 motorway near Kilbeheny and begin a 208km trek from the south-east corner of Limerick.

PREVIEW: Munster U21FC Semi-Final

Waterford, Clare and Wicklow joined Limerick at the top of the table in Division 4 of the National Football League, following some close-run encounters this afternoon.

AS a Laois man employed in Kildare for the past four years, Willie Brennan should have driven to work last Monday week licking his lips at the prospect of delivering an unmerciful slagging to his many co-workers of a Lilywhite persuasion.

YOU’D need to know a little about Eddie O’Sullivan to appreciate the significance of his comment that he ‘lives for football’.