“A lot of people probably wouldn’t think that I was much good at hurling,” Michael Walsh offers, suggesting later on that, “realistically, I was a very average hurler in terms of hurling ability.”

On the eve of the roaring twenties, John Fogarty hails the doyens of the last decade in hurling

Reid was given little space or respite by St Mullins’ Michael Walsh in the provincial decider in Portlaoise on Sunday.

A routine day for Ballyhale. Only the opposition was novel.

Few counties have as little time for romance as Kilkenny and their county champions duly put paid to the fairytale run of St Mullins in this AIB Leinster senior club hurling decider in Portlaoise on Sunday afternoon.

Christy Parker Waterford Council officials are seeking a meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Environment Minister Eoghan Murphy and Finance Minister Pascal Donoghue after commercial rates alterations measures introduced by the government left the local authority with an estimated €3.3m revenue shortfall.

It’s a natural watershed.

Ten years ought to constitute a sufficient sample size for undertakings such as these and in the present instance it does. It was not a difficult team to pick, nor should it have been.

A male model is to stand trial on money laundering charges accused of having €1.2 in alleged crime proceeds.

Glenville held out for a merited Cork IFC second round victory at Ballyhooley yesterday.

Founder and chief executive of Nemeton TV Irial Mac Murchú, county secretary Pat Flynn, and vice-chairman Sean Michael O’Regan will also sit on the panel.

The worth of Richie Hogan in his current patched-up incarnation? Former Kilkenny goalkeeper Michael Walsh offers a succinct appraisal.

“I would have felt at the start of the year that there were seven or eight teams capable of winning the All-Ireland final.

A 34-year-old man accused of conspiring to murder Dubliner Gary Hanley is unhappy at being sent forward for trial in October after claiming his solicitor was not present in court.

It was the prosecution's case that DNA evidence linked Darren Weldon to a number plate found in the debris of a car bomb which exploded outside Newry courthouse on February 22, 2010.

Entertainer Sylvester "Sil" Fox, aged 86, appeared before Judge Michael Walsh at Dublin District Court today. A trial date was set.

Digital and signage firm Walsh Graphics in Little Island, Cork, has introduced a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution as part of its plans to grow the business by 20% over the coming three years.

Cork senior hurling manager John Meyler says any of the county U20s who “put up their hands” playing at that level can come into consideration for the senior side this season.

There is literal and metaphorical blindness in King Lear. Sight and vision are linked to good judgment and when Lear disowns Cordelia his loyal aide Kent urges him to

A Dublin actress has been given an eight-month suspended sentence for a “relentless” online harassment campaign of a BBC children’s television presenter.

Alan Wilson, who last week pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to a murder plot, has been further charged with three counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at the Players Lounge pub.

Former Waterford manager Derek McGrath has rejected claims that the county’s senior hurling team are in crisis.

Michael Walsh’s appearance in the All-Ireland semi-final of 2017 was, including replays, his 12th on that stage.

One cannot but be struck by hurling’s ability to evoke a reversal of fortunes, not to mention opinions.

A Dublin actress will be sentenced in June for a Twitter and email harassment campaign of a BBC children’s television presenter.

Castlelyons’ Niall O’Leary is the new face in the named Cork team to take on Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC Round 1 clash as John Meyler goes with 13 of the team that were defeated by Limerick in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

A Dublin actress has pleaded guilty to online harassment campaign of a BBC children’s television presenter.

Former Brighton & Hove Albion player Dessie Hutchinson nailed a late free from 40 metres as Gailltir edged An Rinn 1-5 to 1-4 on a miserable Sunday afternoon in Kill.

Planning permission has been granted for a controversial solar farm in West Cork, despite opposition from a local community group.

We are a week into Munster Championship Lent. The 40 days and 40 nights before the start of the Munster SHC on May 12 commenced last Tuesday.

A decision on the future of Waterford Airport is "near completion", according to the Department of Transport.

A 74th minute strike from Shane Bennett decided a game of two halves in stormy weather at Walsh Park this afternoon.

The six named complainants include journalists and writers. A number of them were present for the hearing today but they were not required to give evidence.

The Government's €2bn urban redevelopment plan has been labelled "a major slap in the face" for key areas outside of Dublin after Waterford city received just €6m in funds to rejuvenate the area.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to pupils and teachers at a Co Cork school about a nationwide initiative that sends gift boxes to kids in less privileged parts of the world

Limerick firm Class Medical may help prevent over a million patient injuries a year, writes Trish Dromey

Coughlan has retired from inter-county hurling at the age of 28.

Judges at the Special Criminal Court have said they will not now deliver a verdict in the case of Frederick ‘Freddie’ Thompson, who is accused of the murder of David Douglas, until October.

Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 2-22: The width of a post has often been the difference between victory and defeat. Not here.

Derek McGrath is discussing the sanctity of the dressing room. It couldn’t be more important now as seemingly everyone but John Mullane has them down to be also-rans in Munster this year.

Seventy children of school-going age died by suicide last year as mental health professionals begged for more staff.

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the National Hurling League final between Kilkenny and Tipperary, one of the most controversial clashes in GAA history, writes Enda McEvoy

Picking the comparative, up-to-that-stage Hurling XV of the Noughties this time a decade ago was an exercise competed in 30 seconds, if even that.