Cian O’Callaghan might be talking up Na Piarsaigh to lower their guard, just hours out from an AIB All-Ireland club hurling final.

Former Mayo star Maurice Sheridan described the demands placed on his NUI Galway players as ‘obscene’ and ‘absolutely horrendous’ after their Sigerson Cup final defeat.

John Fintan Daly has known AIB All-Ireland club success at Croke Park at a higher level in the past; namely with Milltown-Castlemaine in the 2012 intermediate decider.

Cuala (Dublin) 1-23 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-9: If it wasn’t for Mattie Kenny’s forensic attention to detail, we mightn’t read too much into the curious, 26-point score-lines that his Cuala team has been racking up lately.

Con O'Callaghan's early goal in Portlaoise set AIB All-Ireland club hurling title holders Cuala on their way to a big win and back-to-back provincial titles.

Kildare football manager Cian O’Neill has urged supporters to cut Paddy Brophy some slack and give him the necessary time to readjust to life as a Gaelic footballer again.

Dessie Farrell sold a neat dummy as a Dublin footballer and has carried an element of that same chicanery with him into management.

Dublin 3-13 Dubs Stars 4-9: We didn’t, in all honesty, learn much about Dublin football at Parnell Park yesterday that we don’t already know.

Limerick 1-21 Dublin 1-19: Limerick manager TJ Ryan has launched a scathing attack on local commentators, describing them as ‘vultures’ and claiming they haven’t given his team near enough credit.

Na Piarsaigh duo Kevin Downes and Shane Dowling proved their worth to Limerick with 1-8 between them as the Shannonsiders secured a first Allianz hurling league semi-final place in a decade.

Antrim ace Neil McManus was the hero with an impressive 1-7 as Ruairi Og, Cushendall pulled off a shock AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final win in Navan.

Bennettsbridge (Kilkenny) 2-19 Annaghdown (Galway) 0-9: AIB All-Ireland club JHC semi-final:

AIB Leinster Club SFC final

Dublin GAA has placed its commercial and marketing responsibilities in the hands of a man who helped turn Manchester United into an international brand.

Galway hurling star Damien Hayes has opened up on his close friend Niall Donoghue’s sudden death, admitting there were absolutely no warning signs.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Final

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC Final

THE fallout from their controversial meeting in the decider three years ago has finally been consigned to history after Portumna and Loughrea played out a game in Pearse Stadium yesterday that was relatively incident-free – apart from the issuing of one red card.

PROUD Waterford man Mick Casey was part of the remarkable Wexford football odyssey last season, sharing the training and coaching duties with Jason Ryan.

Birr (Offaly) 3-9 Portumna (Galway) 3-19

THE day was Arctic — rhymes with Patrick — but Portumna and Salthill-Knocknacarra won’t mind.

WISER, more experienced and not exactly lacking in confidence - that is Portumna's approach to Sunday's AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final against holders James Stephens in Semple Stadium.

IN GOLF, it is said any good player can win a major once but only the greats manage it twice. Newtownshandrum’s Brendan Mulcahy can probably appreciate that sentiment as the Cork champions chase a second AIB All-Ireland club hurling title to elevate themselves to a whole new level in the pantheon of club teams.

An injury-time point from Eoin McCormack has given Leinster champions James Stephens a slender one-point lead in today's AIB All-Ireland Senior Club hurling final at Croke Park.

The GAA has revealed a series of costly fines for this year's AIB All-Ireland club finalists.

Caltra's captain fantastic Noel Meehan admitted the club's historic AIB All-Ireland club football success was "beyond their wildest dreams".

GAC officials will conclude their investigations into the ill-tempered NFL tie between Kerry and Cork tomorrow night.

THE buntings are in abundance in Blanchardstown this week. The home town club, St Brigid's, are heading to Thurles on Sunday for an AIB All-Ireland club SFC semi-final appointment with the mighty Gaeltacht.

BIRR manager Pat Joe Whelahan is one of a number of high-profile personalities invited to a meeting of the GAA’s Games Administration Committee in Croke Park tonight.

Birr beat Clarenbridge in AIB All-Ireland club hurling final.