All-Ireland winning Tipperary goalkeeper Darren Gleeson has admitted obtaining by deception €10,000 from an elderly man over four years ago.

An ancient rivalry is to play this weekend in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, but a very modern mascot has been chosen by one side going into battle.

Work-rate more than goals will keep Waterford on the straight and narrow in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final replay against Kilkenny, according to Noel Connors.

The GAA have delayed introducing the mark to Gaelic football until January 1 next year.

On the first Sunday in September, 31 men will take to the pitch in Croke Park to entertain us in the All-Ireland senior hurling final. 

Sean O’Gorman on the men that defied the odds and the critics to win the All-Ireland senior hurling final in 1990.

A team from the North Monastery in Cork contests the Harty Cup quarter-final against Thurles CBS.

Playing the All-Ireland senior and minor finals in August will be discussed at tomorrow’s Central Council meeting as a potential approach to condensing the club championships into the calendar year.

Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s future as Cork senior hurling manager could be determined by next week.

Kilkenny's Richie Hogan picked up a fully deserved GAA Man of the Match award, following a stunning display in yesterday's drawn All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final against Tipperary.

Both Tipperary manager Eamonn O'Shea and his Kilkenny counterpart Brian Cody were happy to have another day out, after yesterday's epic drawn All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final between the counties at Croke Park.

It was a case of deja-vu at Croke Park this afternoon as for the third year in succession the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final will go to a replay, after an epic encounter.

This evening's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final replay will shortly be throwing in at Croke Park, with Cork and Clare preparing to clash again three weeks after their thrilling draw the first time out.

A crowd of 80,000 will fill Croke Park today for the sell-out All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final between Cork and Clare.

Odeon cinemas are to show free screenings of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling final, it has been announced.

Refereeing and referees was a topic for discussion at the Clare media day on Wednesday, in advance of this year’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, selector Mike Deegan stating that the Clare management would try to have a meeting with the man in the middle before every game to try to ascertain what they will or won’t allow.

The availability of defender Brian Murphy for the All-Ireland senior hurling final against Clare is a huge boost to Cork, according to selector Kieran Kingston.

And so they meet again tomorrow.

It was one of the major talking points after last Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, Henry Shefflin’s gamble to take a point from a penalty in the 68th minute, with the game tied.

The greatness of this Kilkenny team and of Henry Shefflin in particular doesn’t stop at their pure hurling skills.

The hurlers of Kilkenny and Galway will have to do it all again on September 30 as today's All-Ireland Senior Hurling final ended in a draw.

Hurling fans heading to Croke Park later are being advised to use public transport where possible.

AS legends go, this pair definitely fit the bill.

The Big Easy, that’s golf’s Ernie Els, so named not just for his languid, easy golf swing but for his attitude to life.

For many heading to the All-Ireland senior hurling final, one of the major side-attractions is the possibility of seeing history being made if Henry Shefflin wins a ninth medal on the field of play.

It’s gone down as one of the greatest goals of all time.

IT’S over five months since the All-Ireland senior hurling final — Tipperary’s great win denying Kilkenny the glory of the five-in-a-row. Plenty of time for Tipperary to celebrate, Liam MacCarthy enjoying a very happy Christmas in the Premier County.

AS Brendan Maher, 21 years old and with all the youthful confidence that comes with that age, was walking in to meet the assembled media last week in advance of Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, he had to wait a few minutes for Brendan Cummins to finish in the hot-chair, listened as the veteran of the Tipp team outlined his own disappointment at having just one All-Ireland medal to show for a career that stretches back through 61 championship matches in 16 championship seasons.

Kilkenny's all-time top scorer Henry Shefflin has been ruled out of action for next month's All-Ireland Senior Hurling final, after Kilkenny officials confirmed the extent of the Ballyhale Shamrocks player's injury this evening.

FOR likely starters Padraic Maher, Brendan Maher (not related, by the way) and Noel McGrath, and for all the other half-dozen or so U21s on the Tipperary panel, facing Kilkenny in this Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final could be a daunting prospect.

LIMERICK have nothing to lose Sunday in Croke Park, no pressure on their shoulders – that seems to be the common refrain this week.

A former Galway hurling star who is wanted in Britain in connection with an alleged egg fraud has consented to his extradition to the United Kingdom.

The High Court has set a date for the hearing of an extradition to the UK of a former Galway hurling star wanted on fraud charges.

PHILIP WALLACE professes to be mystified by Good Counsel’s failure to win All-Ireland colleges titles.

THERE is empirical evidence of the dangerous effects of over-training and over-use of players, the outgoing chairman of the GAA’s Burnout Task Force, Dr Pat O’Neill told Saturday’s Special Congress in Croke Park.

TJ Reid dazzled with four second-half points in last Sunday's All-Ireland senior hurling final and he will hope for more of the same in this Sunday's Bord Gais Under-21 decider at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

With the hype, buzz, excitement and anticipation in Waterford reaching fever pitch ahead of the Deise's first appearance in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling final in 45 years, it is easy to forget how the county's hopes were severely dented earlier this summer.

The build up is continuing to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling final between Kilkenny and Waterford.

The GAA has confirmed that the All-Ireland senior hurling final between Limerick and Kilkenny at Croke Park on September 2 will be refereed by Diarmuid Kirwan of Cork.

LAST Friday afternoon, at 5pm, there was a media briefing, Cork version, at the luxurious Maryborough Hotel in Douglas, in advance of this Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final.