SHAY GIVEN yesterday offered the view that he would not be overly concerned if he conceded a record number of goals in Basle on Saturday, just as long as Ireland scored one more than Switzerland.

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LIAM Donoghue might never have made it to the top in hurling if he hadn’t been patient, if he wasn’t prepared to keep up his standard at club level and wait for the opportunity to make the goalkeeping position on the Galway hurling team his own.

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OUTSTANDING captain Colin Corkery accepted last night that Cork got out of jail in Sunday's Bank of Ireland, Munster SFC final clash with Tipperary at Semple Stadium.

PHILIP MAHER’S rapid recovery from a knee cartilage operation a month ago has won him his place back on the Tipperary team for Sunday’s Guinness Munster hurling final against Cork in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

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AN empty pint bottle of cider was hurled from the crowd and struck a female garda. Seconds later the riot squad was moved to the front line.

IT’S funny you know. You turn up at a major championship venue on the Monday, have a look at the course, play maybe nine or 18 holes, and come off shaking your head in bewilderment.

KEN Hogan wasn’t one bit surprised by the strength of Limerick’s challenge in Thurles yesterday. It proved that the potential from winning three All-Ireland U21 titles is there, he said.

TARA WHELAN’S remains have returned to her family home, to her heartbroken parents, brothers, sisters, niece and a shattered community.

THE expected result, but it came in unexpected circumstances. The Datapac Sigerson favourites survived a scare in Rossa Park and had the Cork IT forwards kicked better, the weekend would have been ignited by a shock.

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Steaua Bucharest 1 Southampton 0 (Steaua win 2-1 on aggregate)

INTERNET service providers have been warned they face State regulation after it emerged that many have ignored a voluntary code of practice covering access to illegal or harmful material, including child pornography.

LIMERICK coach Joe McKenna covered every inch of Semple Stadium, urging his charges on.

OLYMPIC gold medallist Cian O’Connor is innocent until proven otherwise, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern urged yesterday.