LABOUR’S Brendan Howlin yesterday expressed shock at reports gardaí sought access to his phone records after he highlighted corruption claims in the force.

THE rebel yell could be heard clear across Dublin yesterday as the Cork hordes came, conquered and watched in triumph as Ben O’Connor lifted the Liam McCarthy Cup.

A YEAR after Bishop Brendan Comiskey fell on his sword in a swirl of controversy the Government has announced the terms of reference of an inquiry into how exactly allegations of child sexual abuse were handled

WITH the dust settling on Cork's 30th All-Ireland hurling success, Michael Moynihan examines some of the ways in which the Leesiders put a Clive Woodward maxim into effect:

CORK, surprisingly, contest the Suzuki Ladies Football National League final in Pearse Stadium tomorrow against all-conquering Mayo, who were only allowed back into the competition at the 11th hour.

THOSE of us who rarely, if ever, have the chance of watching the world’s top players in action delighted in last night’s action at the Trilogy Tennis Challenge at the RDS.

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PUT any spin you like on this but unless Munster immediately perk up their level of performance by a good 20%, the dream of winning the Heineken European Cup after six years of constant disappointment will end up on the rubbish heap.

Na Piarsaigh 0-17 Cloyne 0-10

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Offaly 3-14 Waterford 0-15

JOHN O’MAHONY could be forgiven for gloating, except that it would be totally alien to his nature!

NOBODY could question the vital importance of Oisin McConville’s 55th minute goal in terms of inspiring a wonderful first ever All-Ireland football title for Armagh in yesterday’s Bank of Ireland championship decider in Croke Park.

POLICE arrested a Tottenham fan who fiercely abused Arsenal’s former Spurs skipper Sol Campbell as the players left the field at White Hart Lane, writes Bill Pierce.

THIS was by far Munster’s worst performance in the Heineken Cup for five years. They lost 60-19 to Toulouse in 1997 but that was then. This is now and Munster, after four glorious seasons, are supposed to be the toughest nut of all to crack. We saw little evidence of that at Kingsholm on Saturday.

RAFAEL BENITEZ was left cursing the officials after Liverpool lost in unfortunate circumstances to Sao Paulo in the Club World Championship final in Yokohama.

Kilkenny 3-20 Clare 0-15

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THE Competition Authority has still not prosecuted a single cartel despite estimates that price-fixing is costing consumers more than 600m euro each year.