Cork poet Bernard O’Donoghue is on the shortlist for next week’s TS Eliot prize. He tells Colette Sheridan why, though he moved to the UK many years ago, his home area still has such a presence in his poetry.

Sunday’s Munster final attendance in Páirc Uí Chaoimh could be as low as 20,000.

KERRY management are hopeful Darran O’Sullivan’s hamstring strain can be successfully treated in advance of the All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo in three weeks time.

The focus of the latest Cork-Kerry clash will undoubtedly be on David Moran and Tommy Walsh, the senior stars who already have U21 All-Ireland medals in their collection.