Eamonn Fitzmaurice insists that the prospect of ending Dublin’s two-year unbeaten league and championship run will provide no extra motivation for Kerry when Jim Gavin’s side visit Tralee on Saturday week.

There are fears that Tipperary’s 2010 All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly may have played his last competitive game after he sustained cruciate knee ligament damage last weekend.

Drom-Inch and Loughmore-Castleiney progressed to the Mid Tipp SHC final with comfortable wins over Holycross-Ballycahill and Moycarkey-Borris at Boherlahan.

The gates of Cusack Park could be reopened later this month to stage the third round of Clare SHC games.

Former All Star Eoin Kelly was back in action for Mullinahone after an extended lay-off, and helped guide them to a 1-21 to 2-16 win over Ballingarry in an exciting South Tipperary SHC semi-final at Fethard.

Tipperary 0-20 Limerick 0-17: A rousing finish from Tipperary – in which Liam Cahill’s charges hit four unanswered points in the final four minutes of action – put paid to Limerick’s Munster minor hurling three-in-a-row bid.

Declan Hannon and Seamus Hickey have been returned to the Limerick hurling team for tomorrow evening’s qualifier clash against Dublin.

Kerry must do without Clare native Patrick Kelly for Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup semi-final as the game clashes with his club Clarecastle’s championship game against Clonlara.

Limerick will have high hopes of claiming victory in tonight’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC play-off against Waterford in Newcastle West (throw-in 7pm).

Uncertainty continues to surround the availability of goalkeeper James Logue to Kerry’s hurlers for this Saturday’s Division 1A promotion/relegation final.

Cork IT 0-19 NUI Galway 0-10: Cork IT are just one more win away from a third Fitzgibbon Cup final in four years after they advanced past NUI Galway at the CIT Sports Stadium yesterday.

Eight points from John O’Dwyer helped last year’s beaten finalists Cork IT into the semi-finals of this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup as they saw off NUI Galway this afternoon.

Kerry hurling manager Eamon Kelly has pulled off a double coup with the additions of Tipperary goalkeeper James Logue and Clare’s former All-Ireland SHC medallist Patrick Kelly for the 2015 season.

Milford (Cork) 0-14 Granagh/Ballingarry (Limerick) 0-6

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

Tipperary senior hurling champions, Loughmore-Castleiney suffered a shock defeat in the Mid Division’s SHC semi-final, losing to Upperchurch -Drombane 2-19 to 1-21 after extra-time at Templemore yesterday.

Former Tipperary defender Declan Fanning has accused county board officials of not realising what it takes to prepare for an All-Ireland final after calls for the postponement of the weekend’s scheduled club fixtures were rejected.

Milford (Cork) 0-14 Granagh/Ballingarry (Limerick) 0-04

Carrick Swans has voiced their displeasure with the Tipperary County Board after an under-age fixtures mess has left them in limbo again.

A leading Tipperary GAA official has revealed how he had to use his mobile phone to locate his car in the dark after a mass brawl led to the abandonment of a minor hurling fixture last week.

Peter Queally is in the running to become the next Waterford manager — but former selector Paraic Fanning won’t be putting his name forward.

South Tipperary Bord na nÓg are expected to investigate an U16 hurling semi-final, which was abandoned due to violence over the weekend.

Toomevara swooped late for two injury time goals for a 3-21 to 1-26 win over Kilruane MacDonaghs in a high scoring thriller in this Tipperary SHC second round game at Nenagh on Saturday.

Bryan Sheehan, Anthony Maher and Aidan O’Mahony make their first starts of the year for Kerry in tomorrow’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium.

County U21 star Justin Cahill gave a man-of-the-match performance as Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Knockavilla Kickhams 1-20 to 0-16 in the delayed Tipperary SHC first round clash at Templetuohy last night.

Galway’s All-Ireland U21-winning midfielder Fiontain Ó Curraoin has been named in the side for the opening defence of their crown in tomorrow night’s Cadbury’s Connacht U21FC quarter-final against Mayo in McHale Park but remains a major doubt due to an ankle injury.

All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly has insisted the door is “wide open” for Lar Corbett should he ever decide to return to the Tipperary hurling panel.

THERE were few surprises in the opening round of the Tipperary senior hurling championship over the weekend.

CHAMPIONS Thurles Sarsfields have been drawn against Knockavilla Kickhams in the first round of the Tipperary senior hurling championship.

CHAMPIONS Kilmallock have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Limerick senior hurling championship after defeating Garryspillane in a repeat of the 2005 final.

CORK hurling boss Denis Walsh last night handed out three full championship debuts for Sunday’s Munster quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

CORK boss Brian Cuthbert has named four players who featured in last year’s All-Ireland MFC decider for Wednesday night’s Munster MFC opening round clash against Clare in Páirc Uí Rinn.

OFFICIALS in South Tipperary have launched an investigation after a match was abandoned in the division for the fourth time this year.

FORMER inter-county hurling referee Willie Barrett, who was struck by a man wielding a hurley last April, has abandoned a club match in South Tipperary for the second time in four months.

THE eagerly-anticipated Carrick-on-Suir derby in the Glanbia South Senior Hurling Championship went the way of the visitors at Davin Park in front of a bumper crowd yesterday.

FORMER intercounty referee Willie Barrett abandoned a club hurling match in Tipperary on Saturday after he was struck twice by a ‘supporter’ wielding a hurley.

PAUL TOWNEND landed a double at Cork yesterday, producing a particularly fine effort to take the featured Kinsale Handicap Chase aboard Keys Pride.

KERRY are the latest county to ratify the process of appointing a full-time GAA secretary. A proposal at this week’s county board meeting means each of the six Munster counties has now gone the road of appointing a full-time salaried official to administrate affairs.

GAA chiefs yesterday announced that the country’s lesser lights are set to take centre stage in Croke Park on July 4th, with the fixing of the Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard and Lory Meagher Cup deciders.

TIPPERARY have named nine senior panellists in their starting 15 for tomorrow night’s opening defence of their provincial crown in the Munster U-21HC quarter-final against Cork in Semple Stadium at 7:30pm.

CHAMPIONS Adare eased to a Limerick SHC first round win when defeating Knockainey, 3-14 to 0-9.

BOTH John Kennedy and Mick Slocum are singing from the same hymn sheet ahead of tonight’s Munster MFC semi-finals.

THE Cork team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Clare shows one change from the side that defeated Galway last Saturday night.