Laois 2-16 Tipperary 0-11

London 0-15 Fermanagh 0-09

Aston Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner has publicly re-iterated his support for under-pressure manager Gerard Houllier.

Dublin City University won the prestigious O’Connor Cup for a third successive year in dramatic fashion at blustery University of Limerick this afternoon.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 2

Defender Dorin Goian scored the only goal as Palermo shocked Serie A leaders AC Milan to win 1-0 in the San Siro.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted his team’s 2-2 draw at West Brom was two points dropped in the Barclays Premier League title race – but insisted it was an important one gained for the players psychologically.

Ireland 24 England 8

Wigan 2 Birmingham 1

Aston Villa 0 Wolves 1

Ipswich 2 Scunthorpe 0

Brian O'Driscoll has repeated Ireland's mantra that the team is close to producing a special performance.

Glasgow 25 Treviso 17

Germany will be without captain Philipp Lahm and Real Madrid pair Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira for their friendly against Australia on Tuesday.

Germany coach Joachim Low said the fans were wrong to boo his side and individual players during last night’s 4-0 win over Kazakhstan.

Ireland 2 Macedonia 1

Germany extended their lead at the top of Euro 2012 qualifying Group A to move closer to the finals in Poland and Ukraine next year with a comfortable 4-0 win over Kazakhstan tonight.

Organisers of a huge protest against the UK government’s public spending cuts tonight hailed the demonstration a “fantastic success” after hundreds of thousands of people joined the biggest event of its kind for over 20 years.

Hungary 0 Holland 4

Alan Kelly is perfectly placed to warn the current crop of Republic of Ireland internationals how dangerous Macedonia can be.