St Vincents 1-13 Rhode 0-06

All-Ireland champions St Vincents of Dublin will start next month’s Leinster club championship final as clear favourites against Rhode of Offaly after today's semi-finals.

St Vincents (Dublin) 4-12 Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) 2-11

St Vincents captain Ger Brennan wasn’t surprised by his club-mate and fellow Dublin player Diarmuid Connolly’s awesome 60-plus minutes in Croke Park.

Reigning AIB Ulster Club SFC Champions Crossmaglen Rangers bowed out following a replay defeat to Kilcoo today.

The HSE has confirmed that Dublin's Loughlinstown Hospital will lose its emergency department at the end of the month.

Slightly paraphrased, Jimmy Rabbitte’s immortal quote from The Commitments describes Pat Gilroy’s club.

KERRY’s Paul Galvin could be ready for a return to Sigerson Cup action — at the ripe old age of 30!

TIMING. Somewhere along the line Micheál O Sé got it right. He’s developed the knack these past few years of landing in places where football success invariably ensues.

A John Paul Murphy point two minutes from time earned Seandun a deserved draw with CIT in this entertaining Evening Echo SHC first round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

LUKE O’HEA led the charge as Tralee made their title intentions clear by beating UCD 126-119 over the weekend.

Nemo Rangers 3-10 Bantry Blues 1-5

Brendan Mooney

Neptune have lost again this time to Shamrock Rovers who were playing their last home game of the season.

DEFENDING champions Neptune added to St Vincent’s woes by inflicting a second defeat of the weekend on them in Glasnevin as the new conference structure in Irish basketball went into its first series of crossover games.

The effects of Christmas were evident on the St Vincent’s side when they ended up on the wrong side of the 88-92 scoreline in the weekend’s Dublin derby game.