Templemore’s John Moloughney bowed out as president of the Golfing Union of Ireland at the weekend as the office transferred out of Munster to Connacht.

Seamus Power (West Waterford) will look to defend his Irish Youths title at Royal Tara Golf Club on June 29 and 30 and if he succeeds he will become the first player to do so since Graeme McDowell successfully defended his title in 2000.