Babs Keating has lambasted the current standard of inter-county hurling refereeing, describing Johnny Murphy’s officiating of last Saturday’s Dublin-Wexford game as “the worst I’ve ever seen”.

O’Sullivan could face up to a 12-week ban, which would prevent him from being available for Cork’s Munster SHC opener against Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on May 10.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

The recommendation is part of the fixtures review taskforce’s report.

There was also good news for Meath's Páirc Tailteann and Kildare’s St Conleth’s Park.

Waterford chairman Seán Michael O’Regan believes the increasing number of players stepping away from senior inter-county teams in their 20s is a sign of the times.

Of all the rows ‘The Sunday Game’ programmes generated during the last 40 years, perhaps changing the theme tune 15 years ago was the greatest of them. Here our GAA correspondent John Fogarty lists 10 of the controversies prompted by comments and quotes.

The Kilfinane-native follows Paul Browne in stepping away from the Limerick panel.

Bruff man Browne made the announcement via the county board website this evening.

The GAA are strongly considering the decommissioning of the ‘maor foirne’ role in Gaelic football and hurling.

The four-time All-Star was one of the players called by Cahill this past weekend where he informed the Tipperary native that 2019 was his final season in the Déise jersey.

Cahill believes the players are capable of carrying out different styles of hurling and intends tailoring tactics around their skillsets.

Being a Clonmel man and a dual player, the natural assumption to make about Seamus Kennedy was that football would be his priority.

Eoghan Cormican looks at the contenders to succeed John Meyler as Cork senior hurling manager.

John Fogarty Tipperary boss Liam Sheedy has drafted in Barry Heffernan and Michael Breen to give his team a more physical edge in tomorrow’s All-Ireland semi-final against Wexford.

There’s a blissful ignorance to Aaron Gillane’s hurling that he is loathe to surrender.

By the time Brendan Maher left the Gaelic Grounds last Sunday, he had moved on. After that weighty loss to Limerick, Liam Sheedy gave him and the other Tipperary players a couple of evenings off to decompress before returning to training but he was already thinking of an All-Ireland quarter-final.

Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid has taken umbrage with suggestions the Treaty County could have done more to beat Tipperary in the last round of the Munster SHC a fortnight ago, a result they emphatically reversed yesterday.

Cork star Alan Cadogan feels there is a need to extend the Munster SHC round-robin phase by another week to give players more time to recover.

Form is clearly temporary in hurling. If the bookmakers are to believed, the 100% 2019 Munster SHC record Tipperary bring to Limerick on Sunday is of no consequence and will be broken.

Liam Sheedy has said he owed it to the survivors of the 2010 All-Ireland-winning Tipperary team to return as manager.

Limerick manager John Kiely yesterday dismissed Clare suggestions that his side could have done more to beat Tipperary in the last round of the Munster SHC, a result which would have sent the Banner through to the All-Ireland series.

There is no saving to be made by county boards from one of their flagship teams exiting the All-Ireland championship as early as mid-June, Galway treasurer Mike Burke has claimed.

It says everything about how imbalanced the senior hurling championship is that Limerick could be on the back of three losses after the Munster final and still be in an All-Ireland quarter-final.

Cork All-Ireland winner Diarmuid O’Sullivan believes GAA chiefs should have halted play in Sunday’s Munster SHC tie between Clare and Cork on safety grounds.

Sport makes grown adults do silly things. Hurling sillier. Its frenzied nature plays on your most basic fears.

Cork manager John Meyler says preparations are complete for tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash with Clare — so what are his Saturday evening plans?

Former Cork hurler Lorcán McLoughlin believes the county would be better served by finishing third in the province, rather than progressing to yet another Munster final.

The Tipperary County Council are seeking further information on the redevelopment of Semple Stadium’s Kinane Stand before deciding to give it the go-ahead.

The Thurles Gaelic Sportsground Society Ltd and Tipperary County Board have been asked for more details concerning the multi-million plans to transform the area affectionately known as The Old Stand.

Shane Kingston, a youngster that performed in the second half like a man hellbent on reclaiming a starting position in the team struck three wonderfully-executed points upon his introduction.

Summer certainly hasn’t started temperature-wise but from a refereeing perspective it did yesterday. The games in Cavan and Kilkenny swung the Championship into life.

Cork attacker Robbie O’Flynn has sounded a word of warning ahead of this weekend’s Munster SHC clash with Waterford.

Limerick hurling manager John Kiely did not agree with much of the criticism thrown at Clare for the meek second-half display they offered up last Sunday.

Of all the ridiculous, knee-jerk comments made about the Munster SHC this year, suggesting Waterford should be relegated instead of Carlow has to top them.

Former Clare manager Ger O’Loughlin believes opponents’ unfamiliarity with championship fervour in Ennis has helped turn Cusack Park into a fortress.

Waterford stalwart Michael “Brick” Walsh is expected to make his 75th Championship appearance as a starter in Sunday’s do-or-die Munster SHC clash with Limerick.

A crowd incident — which was filmed and widely circulated on social media — at last Sunday’s Munster SHC clash between Tipperary and Waterford led to two arrests, but the Munster Council has stressed that such incidents are an exception.

Tipperary forward Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher acknowledged Conor Gleeson’s red card affected Waterford’s performance in Sunday’s Munster SHC clash, but added that Tipp have “got our flow back, which was very positive.”

Following an opening week defeat by Tipperary, Cork turned around their Munster SHC campaign with an impressive seven-point win over All-Ireland champions Limerick.

Waterford boss Paraic Fanning says matching Tipperary’s intensity is the first item on his side’s agenda in tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash in Semple Stadium.

That home comforts didn’t translate into points in either of last weekend’s Munster SHC games came as little surprise to Limerick manager John Kiely.

Eighteen years have elapsed since a 15-man Cork last lost a Championship game to Limerick over 70 minutes. But defeat on Sunday at the Gaelic Grounds puts John Meyler's squad behind the eight-ball. Here are five key changes Cork must get right to be back in business.

Cork attacker Shane Kingston says this week is all about mental preparation as he and his teammates face Limerick, with the physical work already done.