The weekend started on a sombre note as news broke of the passing of Dublin GAA legend Brian Mullins
 

 

Staying with Gaelic Games Shinrone were back in an Offaly Senior Hurling Final for only the second time in history, going one better on Sunday than in their previous attempt a full 62 years ago.
 


 

In Rugby, Leinster overcame Ulster in the first of the URC season InterPro derby games.

 


 

While at Club level, the Energia Men’s AIL was back in action.

 

 

In racing, Aidan O’Brien’s Luxembourg pulled a muscle in the mud at the Qatar Prix de l’Arc du Triomphe in Paris but it was a popular win for Sir Mark Prescott, a trainer who has never won a British Classic but came good with Alpinista.

 

 

While in the SSE Airtricity League Shamrock Rovers kept their noses in front and the League Twitter account continued to step up a gear in terms of data.