So that’s nearly Tuesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

More than 900,000 people watched the closing stages Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final between Tipperary and Kilkenny on RTÉ.

As anticipated, Kilkenny have drafted in Cillian Buckley for Richie Leahy for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC final.

Quite frankly, only the most dogged of souls will survive. And even then, the bodies will be sore for days afterwards, you would imagine.

Sunday’s mass brawl in Austin Stack Park should at least set one record straight. Just as it becomes clearer that Brexit impacts the entire island and not just the North, the violence at GAA matches is not the preserve of Ulster as much as some would, for the sake of convenience but truly downright ignorance, like to sweep that problem towards the nine counties.

The 98-year-old, who’s been living in Chicago for 70 years, was at Croke Park in 1936 when his beloved home county beat Kilkenny in the All-Ireland SHC final.

A return to the U21 grade at inter-county level and minor jumping from U17 to U19 are being considered.

Diarmuid Connolly made a return to competitive action when coming on as a second-half substitute for St Vincent’s in their Dublin Adult Hurling League Division 1 encounter against Craobh Chiaráin at Páirc Naomh Uinsionn last night.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy and president Aogán Farrell are confident the prospect of home games will ensure Waterford make Walsh Park a viable venue for Munster championship hurling in the coming years.

From a distance, the world looks maroon and white this morning.

In 2011, for the second year in a row, former inter-county referee and Irish Examiner columnist John Bannon put forward a motion to GAA Congress via his club Legan Sarsfields to take referees out of the process of issuing proposed retrospective suspensions, writes John Fogarty.

Two goals in the space of a second-half minute sent Waterford into their first All-Ireland final in nine years, their seventh in total, as Cork were left to rue Damien Cahalane’s 51st minute red card, writes John Fogarty.

Three things to talk about from the weekend’s action...

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Attendances at this year’s All-Ireland hurling and football championships reached 1,448,560, an increase of 9.2% on the 2014 figure.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The first steps towards implementing HawkEye score detection technology at Semple Stadium will take place on Thursday.

Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan maintains a lot of the blame for the county’s delayed senior championship lays with Croke Park.

Two second-half goals were crucial as Kilkenny delivered their second All-Ireland SHC Final replay win in three years, and a 10th All-Ireland SHC medal for Henry Shefflin at Croke Park this evening.

ALL-IRELAND SHC FINAL REPLAY:

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Tipperary have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final showdown with Kilkenny at Croke Park.

Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher has recovered from the rib injury he picked up in the semi-final win over Cork and will be available for next month’s All-Ireland SHC final against Kilkenny.

Former Limerick boss John Allen says an unexplained nervousness in the defeat to Clare cost the Treaty hurlers a place in the All-Ireland SHC final.

Limerick hurler Richie McCarthy, Kerry footballer James O’Donoghue and Clare boss Davy Fitzgerald have scooped the top accolades at this year’s Munster GAA awards.

Any notion Republic of Ireland supporters had of a bright new era being ushered in was quashed yesterday when Germany boss Joachim Low claimed: “You’ll never change.”

Just five days after their epic All-Ireland SHC Final replay, a potential re-match between newly-crowned champions Clare and Jimmy Barry Murphy’s Cork was made possible when the draw for the 2014 Senior Hurling Championship was made in Croke Park this evening.

A number of the country's leading sports stars took to social media to praise the excellence, excitement and sheer spectacle served up by Clare and Cork in yesterday's All-Ireland SHC final replay.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy was remaining positive as he reflected on his side's All-Ireland SHC final replay loss to Clare in what was a fittingly high quality and high octane game to conclude the 2013 Championship.

There was another instance of Premier League footballers' admiration for Gaelic Games earlier today when Arsenal's Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla showed their support for Clare ahead of the All-Ireland SHC final replay against Cork.

Sadly, the passion and skill on the field isn’t matched by the promotion of tomorrow’s replay

Jimmy Barry-Murphy's decision to recall Cian McCarthy for the All-Ireland SHC final replay against Clare has been supported by his former Cork team-mate Tomás Mulcahy.

Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald has named an unchanged team for their All-Ireland SHC final replay against Cork at Croke Park on Saturday (throw-in 5pm).

Cian McCarthy has won a starting place on the Cork team for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC final replay against Clare at Croke Park (throw-in 5pm).

Clare hurling goalkeeper Patrick Kelly believes the GAA needs to sort out 'the grey area' regarding the movements of 'keepers and placed-ball strikers during 20-metre frees.

A serious issue that has arisen after the drawn All-Ireland SHC final between Clare and Cork is the safety of those on the goal-line facing a close in free or penalty.

Cork attacker Seamus Harnedy is a doubt for the All-Ireland SHC final replay, it has emerged.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has confirmed that Paudie O'Sullivan will play no part in the upcoming All-Ireland SHC final replay against Clare on September 28.

Cian McCarthy will be back in full training next week and available for the All-Ireland SHC final replay with Clare on September 28.

Mayo footballer Aidan O'Shea and Clare hurler Tony Kelly have won the GAA/GPA Player of the Month awards for August.

Reflect, regroup and return stronger. That’s the challenge facing Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy after Sunday’s drawn All-Ireland SHC final.

Clare County Board may change their club championship format mid-campaign to alleviate mounting pressure on fixtures in the wake of Sunday’s drawn All-Ireland SHC final.

The Dublin County Board have tonight confirmed that Anthony Daly is staying on as manager of the Dublin senior hurlers for 2014.