Muskerry produced a huge performance to defeat a fancied St Senan’s side 25-7 to clinch fourth place in Division One of the Munster Junior League and qualification for the All-Ireland Junior Cup next season.

Galway and Royal Dublin’s Barton Shield sides will provide the high quality golf in today’s AlG Cups and Shields National finals but all the excitement may well come from the minnows in the Pierce Purcell Shield semi-finals at Carton House.

TOMMY STACK’S Machaputo, a big disappointment when well fancied on his debut at Down Royal – but a major order morning-prices – strolled to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary last night.

JASON SHERLOCK loves Croke Park. It’s little wonder given his sensational Leinster and All-Ireland winning summer of 1995 blasting goals and blowing kisses to the Hill.

THE Aidan O’Brien trained Quest For Peace made a successful transition from maiden to listed company when taking the featured Lenebane Stakes in Roscommon last night.

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The Ireland U20s withstood a powerful challenge from Italy at Stadio Enrico Chersoni in Prato tonight, before securing their second consecutive one-point victory in this year’s Six Nations Championship.

THE old parliament hadn't seen so much activity since Theobald Wolfe Tone and Edmund Burke were pondering the French Revolution.

THE inclination is to suggest Crossmaglen Rangers qualified for this afternoon’s AIB All-Ireland club football final too easily to judge their true worth — dismissing Drom-Broadford by 18 points — whereas Dublin champions Kilmacud Crokes proved their credentials by putting out Corofin in a close encounter.

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LAOIS’ hopes of retaining the Leinster SFC title this summer could be hit by the news that Allstar goalkeeper Fergal Byron is considering dropping himself off the panel for personal reasons.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has made one change for Sunday's Munster SFC quarter-final against Waterford (Killarney, throw-in 3.30pm), bringing Eoin Brosnan in for Ronan O'Connor in the forwards.

IT’S the afternoon after the launch of his autobiography and Dessie Farrell has swapped the dapper suit for sweats and trainers as he pulls up a chair in the GPA’s offices in Drumcondra.

SELECTOR Dave Billings has rejected the notion that Dublin are simply the same old team underachieving with the same old faces as they look to continue their progress through the qualifiers in Leitrim tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien’s You’resothrilling is one of five Irish-trained possibles among 28 entries for Wednesday’s Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

TOMMY LYONS couldn’t resist. Dublin had just demolished Donegal and he was in particularly jocular mood. His captain, whose face had adorned the media dart board in the immediate aftermath of the drawn game, had a stormer.