Aaron Gillane was the hero as Mary Immaculate College booked their place in this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup final when they held off the NUIG challenge at Cusack Park in Ennis..

UCD were indebted to a brace of late frees from Ronan Hayes as they recued a share of the spoils with NUIG after their entertaining Fitzgibbon Cup Group A encounter at David Billings Park.

Nenagh Éire Óg 2-18 Thurles Sarsfields 2-15

Tipperary’s aspirations of securing a Munster semi-final berth have been dealt a massive blow with free-taker Shane Hennessy ruled out with cruciate ligament damage.

St Kieran’s 2-13 West Kerry 1-12

Rathmore 1-12 West Kerry 0-14

Tipperary 2-18 Waterford 1-15

Clonmel Commercials 4-11 Loughmore-Castleiney 4-9 (AET)

While the fallout from Tipperary’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny continues to reverberate, there were some green shoots for Premier hurling fans with victory in the Carrigdhoun Munster Inter-county U15 competition on Saturday.

DOUBLES’ speed dating is coming to Cork for the first time.

THEY may not have replicated the sparkling football that carried them to the All-Ireland final stage, but Castlegregory’s heart and persistence made them worthy junior champions in Croke Park yesterday.

The focus of the latest Cork-Kerry clash will undoubtedly be on David Moran and Tommy Walsh, the senior stars who already have U21 All-Ireland medals in their collection.

Waterford 3-11 IT Tralee 3-09

THE J1 is a cultural exchange programme. It is innovative and groundbreaking in that it gives Irish students an opportunity to acquire new skills to learn and to experience the American culture.

A finely-tuned Tipperary side had little difficulty in disposing of Limerick in the ESB Munster MHC semi-final at Semple Stadium last night and set up a final meting with Cork on the last Sunday in June.

Our Lady’s Templemore 1-10 Carrigaline CS 0-13

Tralee CBS 0-16 Castletroy CS 2-5

THERE may be no three-in-a-row in the offing, nor is there any baggage from last year, but just as with the senior decider, Kilkenny and Tipperary hold the same number of titles ahead of today’s Erin All-Ireland U21 hurling final.

Waterford United 2 Rockmount 2

Galway 0-15 Galway 0-20

Kilkenny have made one change from the side that won the Leinster final for Saturday's All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final against Galway in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise.

A DONEGAL GAA player has been suspended for a year following an incident in a Senior Football League match last June.

FAI Carlsberg Cup holders Longford Town, will leave last season’s decider hero, Shane Barrett, on the bench for their match against the Cork MSL team, Leeds, at Turner’s Cross tomorrow (Kick off 2.30 pm).

ALL-IRELAND champions Kilkenny include seven of last year’s team for tonight’s Erin Leinster U21 HC final against Wexford at Wexford Park (7.30).

TWO first-half Shane Hennessy goals booked UCC's place in today's Collingwood Cup final in Belfast against University of Ulster Coleraine.

FIVE goals from Jonathan Herlihy and a hat-trick from Frank O’Keeffe secured UCC a place in the final four of this year’s Collingwood Cup.

Kilkenny 2-13, Galway 0-12

THE UCC football club will mark the conclusion of their celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the club’s foundation with matches against teams representing the famous Harvard and Princeton universities in America next week.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN admitted yesterday she is taking longer than anticipated to get back on track ahead of the world championships in Paris next month.

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