Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Offaly make the quarter-finals.

Cork IT 3-11 University of Limerick 2-19: UL’s greater balance in front of goal took them past Cork IT last night and into the semi-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup.

Limerick SHC wrap

Champions Kilmallock remain unbeaten in their Limerick SHC title defence.

Less than two months after their All-Ireland Club final defeat to Ballyhale Shamrocks, Kilmallock got off to a winning start in the group stages of the Limerick senior hurling championship.

Ollie Moran believes Allianz NHL Division 1A table-toppers Dublin have “recovered their mojo” with Ger Cunningham’s fresh eyes presiding over them in the capital.

Champions Na Piarsaigh remain unbeaten in the defence of their Limerick and Munster SHC titles.

Galway 0-12 Limerick 0-10

He already has a GAA stadium stand and roundabout named after him but one of Ireland’s greatest ever hurlers has now been immortalised in bronze.

Familiar faces fill the line-up for the semi-finals of the Limerick SHC, which will be contested by four of the last five teams to claim the title.

Limerick club hurling side Emmets could only muster up 13 players for the start of yesterday’s Limerick SHC game against Adare.

Limerick hurling manager John Allen has confirmed Seamus Hickey will miss the Treaty County’s opening Munster SHC game against Tipperary.

FEW people are more aware of the qualities of burgeoning Na Piarsaigh and Limerick hurling star Shane Dowling than Niall Moran.

NEWCOMERS versus old money in Limerick this weekend, where Na Piarsaigh are chasing a first county SHC title.

THERE was no cheering in Claughaun GAA hall on Tuesday evening as the result of the ballot was read out. There was not a single whoop nor holler as the final tally was announced, an emphatic 83/47 win for the county board and for Justin McCarthy and his management team.

A special meeting of the Limerick County Board has been fixed for next Tuesday with the future of senior hurling manager Justin McCarthy set to be the main topic for discussion.

LIMERICK goalkeeper Tadhg Flynn is to make a speedy recovery from the neck injury sustained in Sunday’s NHL defeat to Waterford at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

AS predicted in these pages after the county board meeting on Tuesday night, the requisite five clubs have got together in Limerick and produced a notice of motion requesting a special meeting of the board to discuss the position of current senior hurling manager, Justin McCarthy.

Ahane clubman Mike Carr is the one change to the Limerick team for tomorrow night's Allianz NHL Division 1 game against Cork at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 7.30pm).

THERE was a packed hall at the impressive Claughaun GAA complex last night for the special convention of Limerick GAA, followed immediately by the first county board meeting of 2010.

The Limerick hurling saga is set to drag on for another week following the postponement of tonight's specially-convened Limerick County Board AGM and the first County Board meeting of the year.

JUSTIN McCARTHY held onto his position as Limerick hurling manager last night after winning a dramatic vote of confidence at a specially convened county board meeting in Claughaun.

LIMERICK hurling veteran Ollie Moran last night called time on his 12-year intercounty career at the age of 33.

LIMERICK veteran Ollie Moran has not decided whether or not he will don the green jersey next season.

Ollie Moran has been added to the Limerick attack for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Tipperary (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

Limerick manager Justin McCarthy will tonight confirm his team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final showdown with Tipperary, and both of the Moran brothers, Niall and Ollie, are pushing for selection.

More matches, less training, and more marketing of games: that’s the plea from Limerick’s Niall Moran to GAA authorities ahead of tomorrow’s Munster championship clash with Waterford.

MORE matches, less training, and more marketing of games: that’s the plea from Limerick’s Niall Moran to GAA authorities ahead of tomorrow’s Munster championship clash with Waterford.

BEFORE Joe and Henry, before Ring and Doyle, there was one man. Limerick’s Mick Mackey owned the 1930s in hurling.

TEENAGER Cormac Joyce-Power will make his Munster SFC debut for Limerick, who take on Tipperary at Semple Stadium next Sunday.

Cushendall were crowned the first provincial club champions of 2008 thanks to a 1-14 to 1-13 victory over Down champions Ballygalget in the Ulster club SHC final at Casement Park, on a day which saw 13 county finals around the country, and also action in the Ulster and Connacht provincial club championships.

Ollie Moran believes the policy of openness which manager Richie Bennis operates within his squad has been key to Limerick making the breakthrough to their first Munster SHC final appearance since 2001.

Tyrone footballer Brian Dooher and Limerick hurler Ollie Moran have been announced as the Vodafone GAA All-Stars Players of the Month for June, just 24 hours after winning the Opel Gaelic Player of the Month gongs.

Tyrone footballer Brian Dooher and Limerick hurler Ollie Moran have been chosen as the recipients of the Opel Gaelic Player of the Month awards for June.

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BEHIND the scenes pressure, resulting from two heavy League defeats to Cork and Tipperary, hastened the departure of Padjoe Whelahan as Limerick hurling manager yesterday.

Limerick defender Ollie Moran is set to captain the county's hurling team for the 2005 season.

EVEN if it wasn't a case of there being little else on the sporting front, for hurling fans throughout Munster and Leinster, tomorrow's meeting of Toomevara and Mount Sion in the Munster Club hurling final is a must-see event.

A depleted Munster take on Leinster today in the M. Donnelly Inter-Provincial hurling championship semi-final at Croke Park.