MORE than 5,000 students took to the streets yesterday to hammer home their bitter opposition to the reintroduction of third-level fees.

LAST week I was in England, visiting friends in a rural part of Devon.

TIPPERARY coach Liam Sheedy was at pains to point out that his side have won nothing yet after knocking Cork out of the Munster championship at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

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DANNY O’HANLON was the name on everyone’s lips at Nowlan Park yesterday.

AGES 18-20, The promising minor: One night the phone rings and it’s the manager of the county side, not his pal pretending same.

LEEDS legend Eddie Gray fears the club could struggle to get back among the game’s elite after a humiliating relegation to League One — English football’s third tier — was all but sealed.

MARTIN JOHNSON believes victory over South Africa today would be a seminal moment in his quest to re-establish England as the dominant force in world rugby.

HE was battered, he was bruised, but on a night when another slice of history was denied only by a harsh call from referee Roman Poite, Mick O’Driscoll couldn’t have been more proud of his men.

MANCHESTER UNITED last night accused referee Mike Riley of “unfair” treatment of their players after another spiteful and acrimonious visit to Chelsea.

SIMON FINNIGAN insists Ireland will overcome the “devastation” of their two-point defeat by Tonga to make another important contribution to the 2008 World Cup.

IN A week of major surprises, word that Anglo Irish Bank is considering a bid for Irish Nationwide Building Society has given the drama unfolding on global markets a definite local twist.

A FESTIVE atmosphere, jersey-bedecked fans cheering and singing, white and blue as far as the eye could see: Waterford’s city centre was truly a heaving mass of joy and celebration yesterday afternoon. Then the match started.

MARTIN BOWEN’S confidence in Cork beating Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland qualifier was well founded, but the Cork selector sounded a note of warning ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Clare.

CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic believes Turkey’s two stunning comeback victories during the group shows both the strengths and the weaknesses of their quarter-final opponents.

THERE wasn’t a morning I woke up to over the last week without half-expecting to hear that Roy Keane had resigned but I still greeted Thursday’s news with great sadness.

THERE have been times when Eddie O’Sullivan has been too protective and supportive of his Irish players but not last night. He actually looked diminished in himself; pale and shell shocked as he took on board just how poorly his side had played in beating the unrated Namibians.

“BRING us back a parrot!” was the cry of canal bank Dublin urchins years ago as they waved to barges seen heading to imagined exotic destinations. Like Meath. Or Kildare.

CAMERON JEROME insisted Steve Bruce must remain as Birmingham manager if Carson Yeung completes his protracted takeover of the club.