Kerry 7-5 Tipperary 3-9: Kerry U14 ladies football manager John Doona raced over to the main stand at the final whistle and said to the Kingdom supporters, “that’s for ye, that’s for ye”.

There were no major shocks as the Tipperary SFC got underway, with holders Clonmel Commercials and leading rivals Loughmore-Castleiney among those recording first round victories.

Cork man Colin Doyle hopes that he will be celebrating for real at Wembley today.

Champions in 2015, Clonmel Commercials had some anxious moments before getting the better of Cahir 0-21 to 3-8 in the Tipperary SFC first round at New Inn.

Camogie’s National League celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and it is fitting that the inaugural victors, Tipperary, are back in contention again after a lengthy spell in the doldrums.

The top contender to replace Eamonn Ryan as Cork ladies senior football team manager has sensationally pulled out of the race.

Seán Barron and Michael O’Halloran are the two Waterford debutants for Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium (3.30pm).

Tipperary have no fears that the success of their U21 footballers may prompt a repeat of last year’s delayed senior football championship.

Coláiste Dun Iascaigh (Cahir) 4-8 Scoil Mhuire (Carrick-on-Suir) 2-9

Tipperary SFC final replay

Tipperary have named an unchanged line-up for Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final clash with Dublin this weekend.

Two injury-time points gave Clonmel Commercials a 1-8 to 1-6 victory over great rivals Clonmel Óg in the Tipperary SFC at Monroe on Saturday evening.

As a Lions candidate in a position already over-subscribed by Test captains, let alone internationals, Tommy O’Donnell may have bolted just a little too late with his standout performance in Montpellier at the weekend.

A man in his early 20s is in a serious condition after he was stabbed last night in Co Tipperary.

Marksman David Flynn was the hero as Roscrea edged out Lorrha 2-12 to 1-14 in a thrilling Tipperary SHC third round tie.

DIETING is definitely not on the menu tonight as the Tipperary Food Producers once again tantalise the tastebuds of food lovers from all over the country with their annual Long Table Dinner, which takes place in the historic grounds of Cashel’s Rockwell College.

FÉILE 2011 began with a bang yesterday as young footballers from around the country strutted their stuff at a host of venues in county Cork.

WITH the advent of a new title sponsor, Valvoline, organisers of the National Forest Rally Championship are hoping for a resurgence of the series as it gets underway next month.

LIMERICK senior football manager Maurice Horan has revealed that he will be without the services of Pádraig Browne and goalkeeper Conor Ranahan for the coming season.

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.

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

A SERIES of “cost-neutral” policies should be introduced to help plug the gaps left by the scrapping of the national carers’ strategy, a leading support group has claimed.

Tipperary 3-09 UL 1-08, Cahir

CONFUSION and controversy surrounded this vital final round-robin Harty Cup group game at Goatenbridge yesterday, with Youghal initially informed that they had won a cracking contest by a single point.

MICHAEL CUSSEN looks set to feature for Munster in Saturday night’s Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Senior Football final in Portlaoise against Connacht, despite being involved with Sarsfields in the first round of the Munster Club SHC on Sunday.

County senior final action in Tyrone, Roscommon, Carlow, Tipperary and Limerick provided the GAA football action around the country today as all five finals produced winners.

Marts: The supply of spring lamb for Easter celebrations has been tight, reflecting the early Easter this year and the swing away from early spring lamb production by producers because of the poor returns.

PATRICIAN Academy, Mallow and Intermediate School, Killorglin, scored impressive wins in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup (Round One) yesterday.

Marts: Stronger prices at the top of the market — for both bullocks and heifers — is the positive side of the factory returns for last week kill which provides ground for optimism by producers that the worst of the recent decline is over.

Cork's senior footballers proved too strong for Cork IT at Pairc Uí Rinn today, winning their McGrath Cup quarter-final tussle by 3-10 to 1-9.

Marts: Beef prices gained 2c/kg at the factories last week, setting an autumn record of rising prices for eight consecutive weeks which brought the average R-grade price to almost 105p/lb.

Marts: Euro Farm Foods took over the lead on prices for R grade bullocks in last week’s kill as the supply of cattle to the factories tightened further.

WITH the All-Ireland senior championships at the final stage, the attention is slowly but surely drifting back towards the club campaign nationwide.

Marts: Bullock prices averaged over 100p/lb for R3s at the factories last week, the first time in years for the benchmark price to be paid to producers countrywide, as returns to beef farmers continue to edge upwards with half the processors paying over 101p/lb average.

The Tipperary Senior Football team to play Louth in the National Football League on Sunday has been named.