An Ghaeltacht are through to their first ever AIB Club final after a superior second half display in Thurles.

THE enduring attraction of the AIB Club championship is that it thrusts small parish teams into the limelight like no other competition in the GAA.

TAOISEACH BERTIE AHERN lauded the progress and development of ladies football when he launched the 2004 Suzuki NFL in Croke Park yesterday.

BY the time the All-Ireland semi-finals roll around in February, there may be no established names left in the AIB Club championship.