Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh hailed Kerry’s “character” as they rallied to knock Cork out of the TG4 Munster ladies senior football championship on Saturday evening.

Six years ago, Sinéad Finnegan watched with tears in her eyes as Dublin claimed a first TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship title.

The omission of Cork’s Valerie Mulcahy — player of the match in both the Division 1 National League final and the All-Ireland final — was the big talking point from Saturday’s TG4 All-Star awards.

Alisha Jordan, who plays with the New York lady footballers on Sunday, admits her heart skipped a beat when she heard about Dublin footballer Jonny Cooper’s assault at the weekend.

Gregory McGonigle’s Monaghan are firmly on course for a fourth successive TG4 Ulster ladies’ senior football championship title.

Hurricane Fly landed a twelfth Grade 1 success and crowned a great day for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh when winning the Dobbins & Madigans Morgiana Hurdle in Punchestown yesterday.

WHILE agreeing with Maurice Fitzgerald's assertion that the TG4 debate was a ludicrous one give that only one of the contestants was proficient in the fluent use of Irish, his contention that the Irish language came to Ireland via Scotland is incorrect (Letter, October 25).

Meath 1-10 Laois 2-8

Tyrone blew the race for the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship wide open at Banagher today as they claimed a famous quarter-final victory against All-Ireland champions Cork.

Tyrone and Laois booked their places in the quarter-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship with comfortable round 2 qualifier victories today.

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin, was on hand at Croke Park today to launch the 2010 TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Championships.

The draw has been made for the quarter finals of the 2008 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship.

LADIES football All-Ireland final day may have to be staged outside of Croke Park if attendances do not increase by at least 50%.