CORK boss Niall Kelleher paid tribute to the character displayed by his team as they battled back to claim honours in Saturday’s All-Ireland junior football final in Semple Stadium.

THE Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21HC semi-finals will be staged as a double-header in O’Connor Park in Tullamore on Saturday week, August 21.

Semple Stadium in Thurles has been chosen as the venue for next weekend's GAA All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-finals, following a meeting of the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) at Croke Park today.

GAA chiefs on both sides of the Atlantic last night reiterated that the New York board fully support a decision to abandon stadium development plans for the Randall’s Island site in the big apple.

WATERFORD will be without Shane Walsh, their goal-scoring hero from last year's historic Munster U21 football final victory over Kerry, when the sides renew acquaintances in the semi-final in Killarney tomorrow night (7.30pm).