Here are some very important numbers: 144 — the number of points Dublin have won by in their 13 straight Leinster victories since 2011; 100 — the sum margin total of Carlow’s last six championship defeats and six — the number of seasons Waterford have gone without a win in the Munster senior football championship.

There should be no shortage of native passion as Clare take on Limerick in the opening round of the Munster Senior Football Championship this evening.

Colm Collins has no fears Clare’s decision to not participate in the McGrath Cup will come back to haunt them as they begin their Division 3 campaign against Wexford on Sunday.

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Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan last night hailed the new Munster senior football championship as "the most equitable option."

A new variation of the Munster senior football championship’s current seeded draw is expected to be voted through this evening.

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea sees the recruitment of “proven winner” Kieran McGeeney as a mutually beneficial agreement for the players and former Kildare manager.

The McGrath Cup will be going ahead, despite the withdrawals of Clare, Limerick and Tipperary and likely absence of Waterford.

The Clare County Board have given a ringing endorsement to Davy Fitzgerald's management, with the Sixmilebridge man set to be in charge of the county's senior hurlers for another three years.

Dublin’s prospects of securing a fourth successive Leinster Senior Football Championship were given a major boost tonight, as they were placed on the opposite side of the draw to main competitors Kildare and Meath.

The Munster Council's decision to seed Kerry and Cork for next season's Munster Senior Football Championship has led the other four counties involved to threaten to boycott the province's 2015 Championship.

Just weeks after this newspaper revealed Limerick’s unexpected support for the reintroduction of a seeded draw in the Munster Senior Football Championship, the county’s Football Board have done a U-turn.

Former Cork manager Billy Morgan says a Round-Robin structure should be looked at in order to shake up the Munster Senior Football Championship.

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan is not convinced by the round robin proposal aimed at raising the standard of the Munster senior football championship.

Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13

The Munster Senior Football Championship could return to aseeded draw next year.

Goalkeeper for the Clare football team Garda Joe Hayes proved to be a life-saving last line of defence yesterday in a dramatic river rescue in Limerick.

Talented Waterford footballer Tommy Prendergast has revealed how he is surviving on €188 per week sick pay as he waits for an operation on his left shoulder.

TIPPERARY have applied to the Munster Council for a championship double-header at Semple Stadium next May.

Kerry have beaten Cork to win the Munster Senior Football Championship by 1-15 to 1-12.

LIMERICK GAA chiefs are disappointed at the lack of high profile games fixed for the Gaelic Grounds and admit to “exploring other avenues to get the stadium as much exposure as possible.’’

Kerry have won the Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final replay by just one point.

Cork and Kerry are 1-11 apiece in a nailbiting Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final replay at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Christy Ring Cup SH Semi-Final

Kerry manager Jack O’Connor has named a strong line-up ahead of his side’s opening Munster Senior Football Championship game on Sunday.

GAA chiefs have again blamed late arrivals for what fans described as dangerous crowd-control issues at Páirc Uí Chaoimh at the weekend.

The Munster Council has announced the date, venue and time for Cork v Kerry Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final replay following the side's drawn encounter at Fitzgerald Stadium this afternoon.

They might be perceived by some as the whipping boys of the Munster Senior Football Championship, but an outing against Limerick on Sunday is not as daunting as it once was for the blue and gold.

Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh 2-8 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-7

WHATEVER their fate in next Sunday’s provincial decider against Dr Crokes, the Nire will long remember their epic Munster senior football championship semi-final replay victory over Tipperary champions Aherlow at windswept Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday.

WATERFORD County Secretary Séamus Grant insisted last night that “come what may" they will fulfil Saturday’s fixture against Longford in the All-Ireland qualifier series.

LIMERICK have kept faith with the side that agonisingly lost the Allianz National Football League Division 2 final for next Sunday’s opening game in the Munster senior football championship against Cork at Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

YOU can’t argue with success, but how the hell do you talk to failure? How do you face down over a century of submission, of abject failure?

Tipperary's defeat by Limerick in the McGrath Cup final last week is reflected in the selection of the team to play Kerry in the Munster Senior Football championship at Clonmel on Sunday next.