With a clean sweep of the fastest times on all eight stages, the Antrim/Cork combination of Desi Henry/Liam Moynihan (Skoda Fabia R5) won the Abbey Hotel Munster Moonraker Rally in Ballyvourney, Co Cork, the second round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally series.

Ger Cunningham has called for a revamp of the All-Ireland U21 hurling championship, proposing a second chance be afforded to both the defeated Leinster and Munster finalists.

There was double delight for Donegal’s Donagh Kelly (Ford Focus WRC) as he clinched the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship with victory in the Todd’s Leap Ulster Rally in Enniskillen. 

Pete McGrath will end his boycott with RTÉ after Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Westmeath.

Fermanagh defender Niall Cassidy believes the county can bounce back from their defeat to Monaghan at Breffni Park and make an impact in the Qualifiers.

Kilkenny’s Eoin Larkin believes referees must give more consideration when handing out yellow and red cards.

The clash of Wexford and Cork is the highlight of the hurling qualifier draws that took place this morning.

There is another capacity entry for a round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship with the Midland Moto Rally in Roscommon providing the latest episode of the eight round series. 

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Consideration is been given to staging show jumping at a number of greyhound stadia next year.

Dublin chairman Andy Kettle believes Galway wish to enter their minor and U21s hurlers into the Leinster championships because they regard it as the easier province.

Motorsport: Three young drivers — Josh Moffett, Owen Murphy and Desi Henry — will battle it out in tomorrow’s Glens of Antrim Rally to become the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally champion.

Antrim are top of the new-look round-robin style Leinster Senior Championship following a 0-23 to 2-11 win over Westmeath this afternoon, while London and Carlow played out a 2-17 apiece draw in Ruislip.

I am married. I have two children, a boy and a girl, and I am 40-years-old. Anto Finnegan is married. He has two children, a boy and a girl, and he is 40-years-old.

Two people have died in a suspected shooting incident in Northern Ireland, police said.

Ennistymon's Cathal Malone has been added to the Clare team for tomorrow's Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final against Antrim at Semple Stadium.

Kevin Ryan accepts Antrim will not progress beyond today’s All-Ireland U21 semi-final.

Louth 1-17 Antrim 1-11

We’ve been dealing here in recent weeks with the raison d’etre of statistical analysis in the GAA – taking a leaf from the book The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally, as well as checking in with Rob Carroll of gaelicstats.com.

In naming his team to face Galway on Sunday, Westmeath manager Brian Hanley has given a vote of confidence to the players that started the Leinster SHC first round win over Antrim.

In naming his team to face Galway on Sunday, Westmeath manager Brian Hanley has given a vote of confidence to the players that started the Leinster SHC first round win over Antrim.

Monaghan boss Gregory McGonagle fears victory in tomorrow’s Bord Gáis Energy Ladies NFL Division 1 semi-final against Dublin would have an adverse effect on his team’s championship chances.

Loughgiel (Antrim) 0-27 Na Piarsiaigh (Limerick) 2-13 (aet)

IT took Loughgiel half an hour to come to grips with the conditions in yesterday’s rain-lashed Ulster Club SHC final against Ballycran at Casement Park, but once the Shamrocks turned on the style they demolished the Ards men.

AS currently constituted, the All-Ireland senior hurling season is surely the most logically ill-contrived and the most knowingly ill-conceived of all major national sports.

Dublin sauntered into the Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling final with 26 points to spare over a hapless Antrim at Pairc Esler in Newry.

LIMERICK senior hurling manager Donal O’Grady has made two changes in personnel from the team that started against Antrim for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Dublin at Semple Stadium.

HE WAS in the terraces in Clones on a sodden July Sunday in 1998, when Derry and Donegal last squared off in a Ulster decider.

ANTRIM footballers showed a lot of character and composure in Saturday’s closing stages to squeeze Carlow out of the race.

THE GAA have explained that All-Ireland qualifier double-header stand tickets cost €20 — €5 more than the recently-reduced €15 for backdoor games — simply because there are two games on offer.

The Donegal Competitions Control Committee are poised to launch a full investigation into an incident in a club match which left Leo McLoone with a double fracture of his eye socket.

DONEGAL boss Jim McGuinness last night condemned the decision by his county board to go ahead with club games this past weekend.

The All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier between Cork and Galway will take place at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday (throw-in 4pm), and will be preceded by the Limerick v Offaly football clash.

CORK will meet Galway in the third round of the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers next weekend after yesterday’s draw and Rebel selector Jerry Ryan made no attempt to disguise the stakes on offer for both sides.

UNDERSTANDABLY, Colm Bonnar wasn’t so pumped as to champion the advantage of hosting Kilkenny at Wexford Park for the first time since 1944.

THE Ulster Council have blamed the weather for the poor crowd that turned up in Ballybofey for the Donegal and Antrim clash on Sunday.

IRISH show jumping has suffered another setback with the news yesterday that Jessica Kürten is unable to compete her top horses after a disagreement with their owner Lady Georgina Forbes.

RISING Dublin star David Treacy will miss the remainder of his county’s assault on the Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling championship after sustaining cruciate knee ligament damage.

Championship debutant Thomas McCann will lead the Antrim attack for Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final showdown with Offaly at Parnell Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

A police officer has been hurt during disturbances in Co Antrim. He received a minor injuries to his head.

SEAMUS MOYNIHAN agrees that the return of Mike McCarthy to the Kerry squad is the perfect boost for Jack O’Connor ahead of preparations for the championship in five weeks’ time.

Police in the North are investigating a shooting incident in Co Antrim last night.