Sean O’Mahony’s book place in Leinster final

Sean O’Mahony’s booked their place in the Leinster Club IFC final with a narrow 0-10 to 1-6 victory over Kildare side Eadestown at Clan na Gael Park yesterday.

The Point Road men now advance to face Meath champions Ballinlough in the final in Drogheda on Sunday week, November 30^th.

The O’Mahony’s had to recover from going five points down in the first half before turning the game around with Conor Finnegan landing what proved to be the vital score in the end as his side held out for a famous win.

Stephen Kilcoyne and Conor Crawley were on target early on for the hosts as they led by 0-2 to 0-1 but three unanswered points from the visitors was followed by a goal from Shane Dowling that had the Kildare men 1-4 to 0-2 in front.

The O’Mahony’s responded well to this setback, however, with two further points from Kilcoyne and another from Liam Dullaghan helping them to close the gap to 1-5 to 0-5 by half-time.

Points from Finnegan and Kurt Murphy then reduced the deficit on the restart before Kilcoyne leveled matters at 0-8 to 1-5.

Stephen Fisher then edged the Quay side in front before Finnegan landed a free five minutes from time in what was to prove the crucial score.

Eadestown did fight back to reduce the deficit back to one through Emmet Bolton but the same player dropped a free short in the closing stages as the O’Mahony’s held out for a huge win.

Sean O’Mahony’s: Kevin Brennan; Pat O’Brien, Mickey Clarke, Ronan Byrne; Kurt Murphy 0-1, John O’Brien, Keith McLaughlin; Shane Brennan, Peter Nixon; Liam Dullaghan 0-1, Conor Finnegan 0-1, Gary Mulligan; Stephen Fisher 0-1, Conor Crawley, Stephen Kilcoyne 0-4. Sub: Conor Martin for K Murphy.

Local men have assault case dismissed in Dublin

Two local men who had been accused of taking part in a late-night street attack in Dublin on another man who suffered a broken thumb have had their cases dismissed.

Shane Lynch (19) and Kurt Murphy (32) had been accused of assaulting the man, who was allegedly kicked and punched on the ground.

They denied the charges, and Judge Bryan Smyth dismissed the case at Dublin District Court after a prosecution witness did not appear.

Mr Lynch, of Bishop’s Court, and Mr Murphy, of Lower Faughart, both Dundalk, Co Louth, had pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm.

The incident was alleged to have happened in Montague Street, Dublin 2, on April 28 last year.

The contested case was due to be heard when Judge Smyth was told a witness was absent. The hearing could not proceed and he dismissed both charges.

It was previously alleged that the man was walking in the street at 5am when some litter was thrown at him.

He confronted two people over this. An altercation took place and it was alleged that the man was punched to the ground and, as he lay prone, was kicked “numerous times”.

Source: The Herald