That this is a big league season for the hurlers and footballers of Cork is stating the obvious.

Here’s all you need to know this Thursday.

A talented hurler, and a member of the Co Waterford senior hurling panel, Seanie Barry noticed that lately he always seemed to feel thirsty and dehydrated.

In regards to the Irish border question in Brexit and Mrs May hoping to bring some use of technology that is used here on the Canada / USA border.

It’s now three years since Dónal Óg Cusack eviscerated his County Board on ‘The Sunday Game’ over the shambolic recent record of Cork hurling at all levels. At the time, it was hard to argue with him as the numbers spoke for themselves.

Lismore (Waterford) 2-14 Kilmoyley (Kerry) 0-13: Lismore are the new Munster Club IHC champions after an impressive victory over Kerry side Kilmoyley at Mallow’s GAA Complex on Saturday.

Fourteen-man Ballygunner encountered some turbulence against old rivals Lismore at Walsh Park yesterday, but a polished second-half showing of 2-14 secured their place in the last four of the Waterford SHC.

RTÉ has issued a statement: they will charge people living outside of Ireland to watch the Sunday Game, and other programmes, online, even though they are days old when we see them.

The Waterford hurlers face into the new season without their two first choice midfielders from last summer's Championship, Stephen Molumphy and Philip Mahony.

THIS will be a big weekend on and off the course for several of our leading golfers.

KILKENNY’S failure to win the Leinster minor title three years ago had been a powerful motivating force behind their All-Ireland Under-21 success in Thurles on Sunday, believes selector Mick Dempsey.