There was additional focus on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship underway with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening.

A LOT of eyes were on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship under way with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium.

Champions Kilkenny got their Double Double bid under way with a smooth success over Waterford at Walsh Park.

13 years on and three acquaintances are in the running for TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards at the Citywest Hotel tonight.

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny and finalists Cork dominate the Camogie All-Stars 2016 shortlist.

Goalkeeper Mary Hulgraine was the star of the show as Kildare atoned for last year’s TG4 All-Ireland ladies intermediate final defeat by going one better at Croke Park this afternoon.

Niamh O’Dea’s super-show steered Clare into a first TG4 All-Ireland ladies intermediate football final since 2009.

University of Limerick 3-16 Dublin City University 0-9

UL manager DJ Collins paid tribute to his squad’s strength in depth as they made it back-to-back titles in the Irish Examiner O’Connor Cup at Cork IT on Saturday.

UL were in devastating form as they beat DCU by 3-16 to 0-9 to claim the Irish Examiner O’Connor Cup for the second year in a row at Cork IT yesterday.

University of Limerick 3-16

Cork 7-23 Clare 1-5

Clare 1-12 Cork 0-11

A 62nd minute point by Katie Cahill saw The Banner of Clare win their first ever Munster Senior Championship title.

Clare 3-17 Kildare 1-22

Clare champions, The Banner, go in search of their first Munster Senior A ladies football championship title tonight in Kilmallock (8pm).

Two of the four TG4 All-Ireland ladies SFC semi-finalists were decided on Saturday as Kerry and Connacht champions Galway advanced to the last four.

Connacht champions Galway cruised into the last four of the 2012 TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship following a 12-point victory against Clare at St Brendan’s Park, Birr, on Saturday afternoon.

Naomi Carroll’s late point sealed a shock victory for Clare against Meath in Saturday’s TG4 All-Ireland ladies SFC qualifier at St Brendan’s Park, Birr.

Cork secured their place in the TG4 Munster Senior Championship final last night with an 11-point win over Clare in Doneraile.

Clare 3-10 Fermanagh 1-12

CHAMPIONS Cork face Laois in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division One final on Saturday, May 7.

LAST year’s beaten Division 1 finalists Galway were relegated and Laois claimed a place in this year’s semi-finals on a dramatic final afternoon of group fixtures in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL.

Four Roads (Roscommon) 1-9 Corofin (Clare) 0-6

LEINSTER champions Dublin and Munster surprise packets Kerry advanced to the semi-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC with hard-fought quarter-final victories at Banagher on Saturday.

Leinster champions Dublin and Munster surprise packets Kerry advanced to the semi-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship with hard-fought quarter-final victories at Banagher today.