From chasing yet another Fitzgibbon Cup final appearance to the continued squeeze being put on third-level competitions, there is plenty exercising the mind of Mary Immaculate College manager Jamie Wall.

Our writers pick out the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Mary Immaculate are into the semi finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup after beating UL 2-21 to 1-21 after extra time.

Mary Immaculate booked their place in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final following a 4-24 to 1-19 win over Limerick Institute of Technology at the Mary I GAA Grounds.

Cusack has been appointed for a one-year term but delegates at last night’s meeting heard Cusack criticised for his support of convicted paedophile Tom Humphries — and for his unflattering commentaries on Cork GAA in the past.

The return of Dónal Óg Cusack to the Cork fray was never going to run smoothly. And the award for most obvious hurling statement in 2019, beating “Liam Sheedy has the x-factor” and “you can never write off Kilkenny”, goes to...

Next year’s Division 3 football counties are still awaiting word on whether they will have two ways of avoiding the proposed second tier championship.

The success of the Cork minor football team this year is proof of the benefits of underage coaches migrating upwards with their teams, according to Jamie Wall.

Munster Rugby’s loss is Cork GAA’s gain as Aidan O’Connell joins the latter organisation as their first ever high-performance manager.

Back when the musician Prince was among us, he was renowned for making his way from playing in a big arena to go jam in some nightclub in front of a lucky, exclusive audience of late-night revellers.

It’s not that it’s easy to go with the flow and go with the crowd. It’s just that it’s common, writes Kieran Shannon 

It’s not that it’s easy to go with the flow and go with the crowd. It’s just that it’s common, writes Kieran Shannon

Kilmallock 4-27 Murroe-Boher 0-13

These were the scenes at the Rebel Óg annual overall awards at the Clayton Hotel Silversprings.

Mary I 3-24 IT Carlow 1-19: DJ Carey said that Mary I manager Jamie Wall is an inspirational figure who could enjoy a successful career in charge of county teams.

Mary Immaculate 0-19 Limerick IT 0-14: Mary Immaculate manager Jamie Wall played down the favourite’s tag that has been thrust upon his side, but after Aaron Gillane fired them to a Fitzgibbon Cup derby win over LIT, the manager is confident his side can cope with any pressure that comes their way against IT Carlow.

Jamie Wall tried wheelchair tennis. He tried wheelchair basketball. He even tried a bit of writing. None were for him. None filled the void.

Kilkenny legend DJ Carey was ‘savagely proud’ of his IT Carlow team after the reigning League champions drew with the reigning Fitzgibbon champions Mary I before a big crowd last night in Carlow. 

Mary Immaculate College 2-31 GMIT 0-16: Former Cork underage prospect Jamie Wall was pleased to see his Mary Immaculate College side run out 21-point winners over GMIT in yesterday’s Fitzgibbon Cup clash.

Here’s the lowdown on today’s seven games...

Mark Pollock, Jamie Wall and Louise O’Hara are just some of the role models that have inspired Sarah O’Donovan as the 31-year-old pursues a return to the top tier of camogie with a different county and a team made up largely of players 10 years her junior.

Matters to be resolved.

Joe Brolly has hit back strongly at GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail’s criticisms of The Sunday Game, saying the association wants “Rose of Tralee coverage”.

Next Friday there’s a lunch being held in Cork to commemorate the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest feats in the history of Irish sport, the All-Ireland senior double of 1990 won by the men in red and white.

Larry Tompkins believes that the next Cork senior football management team needs to be composed primarily of All-Ireland winners.

As one of the few visible inter-county managers on Twitter (plenty, we know, skulk in the shadows), there is opportunity to gain a little more insight into Peter Creedon’s thinking.

CORK 4-18 KILKENNY  3-21: Brian Cody does not believe Kilkenny’s championship efforts will be hindered by the 11-week layoff leading into their Leinster opener.

Cork play Kilkenny this evening in a senior hurling challenge in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm), but the dominant narrative isn’t Cork’s preparations for the league final, or Brian Cody’s integration of new faces into the Cats’ set-up.

The selection of Jamie O’Sullivan for the injured Brian O’Driscoll is the only change in the Cork senior football side for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 final against Dublin in Croke Park (4pm).

Grieving mother: ‘I’ve been robbed of a future and so has my special girl’; Mothers and Fathers group reports removal of posters to Gardaí; and a guy showing off during the ’flex cam’ is shown up by the woman behind him. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Mary I 2-19 Waterford IT 0-10: Jamie Wall was the final speaker in the Mary I dressing room before Eamonn Cregan’s charges emerged onto the field.

A family toasted the memory of their beloved son and brother at the weekend as they ticked off the last item on his bucket list, and ran a pub for a night.

Cork PIHC relegation play-off

In inter-county hurling, the intermediate grade serves two purposes. There is of course the provincial and All-Ireland championships and the chance to win medals in a county jersey.

Cork Premier IHC: Newcestown 2-14 Kilbrittain 1-8

UCD 2-16 Mary Immaculate College 1-8

UCC 3-28 Mary Immaculate Col 2-14

Clare, UCC, Tipperary and UL claimed wins in Hurling's Waterford Crystal Cup in Munster this afternoon.

In recent years the Fitzgibbon Cup has become a vital breeding ground to gain experience for the inter-county game

Kilbrittain 1-10 Valley Rovers 0-11

Munster IHC final:

Kilbrittain 0-17 Cloyne 1-12

The time is now for the Cork U21 team to win another All-Ireland, believes John O’Rourke

Wing back Brian O'Driscoll will start for Cork in tomorrow's Cadbury All-Ireland Under-21 Football semi-final against Cavan at O'Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 3.45pm).

Cork 0-14 Kerry 2-7

Champions Cork have named eight of the side which began last year’s Munster U21 final for tomorrow night’s quarter-final meeting with Kerry at Páirc Uí Rinn (7.30pm).