Fitzgibbon Cup previews

Group A: DCU v Cork IT, DCU Sportsgrounds (B Gavin), 2pm.

CIT ambitions stretch far beyond this opening group fixture, atoning for last year’s final defeat is their sole target this spring.

Buoyed by the return of Aidan Walsh, Pat Mulcahy’s outfit can call on the talents of Cork centre-back Mark Ellis, half-forward Bill Cooper and Tipperary sharpshooter John O’Dwyer.