A Six Nations standout, All-Ireland winner, GAA All-Star, and an International Rules debutant are sprinkled among a stellar collection of 11 sporting talents to be recognised for their achievements in the past year by UCC this evening.

This year’s All-Ireland camogie final, in which Julia White played a game-changing cameo, had the quality of an inspirational sports movie.

Hortazelda Stadium in Madrid was an unlikely microcosm of the camogie world in 2017.

All-Ireland camogie champions Cork will begin the defence of their title against Wexford.

THE couple standing in front of me both wore red coats against the blustery evening. No accident, I’m sure; even their terrier sported a red and white collar. 

It was a moment made for A Season of Sundays. After Cork got over the line against Galway in the All-Ireland camogie semi-final, a heartbroken Aoife Donohue knelt crumpled on the pitch.

TV ratings from last Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final revealed an average home viewing figure of just 1,183 watched the game on Sky Sports in the Republic of Ireland. In contrast, 532,000 took in the game on RTÉ2.

Colm Cooper, one of the great Gaelic footballers, retired from inter-county competition yesterday. 

The Camogie Association has altered competition protocol pertaining to the All-Ireland senior championship to avoid a repeat of the coin toss controversy which marred the 2015 edition.

The latest acting veteran who may have joined the cast of Game of Thrones is Richard E Grant, according to unconfirmed reports in the UK.

The experienced physio at the centre of last weekend’s stretcher saga in Clare has rejected county board claims that a stretcher was available for fractured ankle victim Conor Cleary.

Sinéad Cahalan is one of the longer-serving Galway camogie players, having represented her county since minor, and winning an All-Ireland junior medal in 2003 as well as an intermediate medal a year later. 

Communications Minister Alex White has said there is a strong argument that the Six Nations should be designated free-to-air on TV ahead of an expected review going to Cabinet this week.

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SENIOR CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL:

Newly-appointed Ard Stiúrthóír of the Camogie Association, Joan O’Flynn, is relishing the opportunity to once more play a leading role in advancing the profile of the game.

GAA President Liam O’Neill yesterday revealed groundbreaking plans for the future of gaelic games.

It is a story of success.

When William O’Sullivan took over the Kerry ladies, things couldn’t be worse. It was spring 2010, after a disastrous league campaign that saw them being relegated to Division 2, and the mood was poor.

WHEN the All-Ireland camogie champions began looking for ways to raise funds recently, they weren’t long hitting on a new idea.

INNISCARRA isn’t so much a place as a feeling and, lately, that feeling has been jubilant. The parish, eight kilometres or so from Cork city is home to about 7,000 souls but, right now 33 of them are the ones who really matter.

All-Ireland Camogie champions Wexford took the National title at the Canon Hayes Sports Awards, which took place in the Aherlow House Hotel, Tipperary on Saturday night.

Derry 3-12 Clare 2-14, Croke Park

CORK’S dual All-Ireland medallist Mary O’Connor has no divided loyalties as far as her playing career is concerned.

MINISTER for Arts, Sport and Tourism John O’Donoghue launched an initiative by Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael to start camogie in Kerry this week.

All-Ireland camogie champions Tipperary have made a number of changes to their side for Sunday's Foras na Gaeilge decider against Cork (Croke Park, throw-in 3.15pm).

Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-11

Tipperary 1-11