A father-of-five has died following a farm accident in Co Clare, the second in the county in a fortnight.

The scheduling of club championship games during the inter-county season has been thrashed out between Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald and the county board executive.

Clare star Tony Kelly has backed manager Davy Fitzgerald to keep a lid on the hype that has swept through the county following September’s stunning All-Ireland senior hurling championship success.

As 30,000 supporters welcomed the Clare U21 and senior All-Ireland hurling champions home to Ennis on Sunday night, another 15,600 fans in 60 countries around the world viewed the event online.

Clare’s Podge Collins will have to line out for his club, Cratloe, less than 24 hours after tomorrow’s All-Ireland final replay.

Clare’s Podge Collins will have to line out for his club, Cratloe, less than 24 hours after tomorrow’s All-Ireland final replay.

When we think of the joys and wonders of this joyous and wondrous hurling year, they aren’t confined to just the senior championship.

It is a tale of contrasting fortunes. Three weeks ago in the All-Ireland U21 semi-final, Clare full-forward Aaron Cunningham was forced from the field with a serious hamstring tear.

Clare County Board will this week approach the Munster Council seeking the postponement of the provincial club hurling semi-final on November 10.

Brian Cody will take charge of Kilkenny for a 16th season in 2014 but will do so without long-term selector Martin Fogarty.

Eight points separated the teams back in June although Clare will point out they had eight goal opportunities in their defeat to Cork.

How many times must it be said? Managers can win matches, but they can also lose them.

We all know how nervous players can get before big games.

Seven times since the inception of this competition in 1964, Clare have met Tipperary in the Munster final and seven times they have lost.

CLARE hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald has been praised for his open-minded approach which will see senior attacker Cathal McInerney available to line out for the Banner U21 footballers next Wednesday night in the Gaelic Grounds as they face a Munster quarter-final against Limerick.

MICHAEL BROWNE knows plenty about bringing teams to the Promised Land.

DUBLIN hurling manager, Anthony Daly, has called on Croke Park to end what he has described as “wordplay” and formalise the payment of coaches and managers at club and county levels.

IF THERE are prerequisites for a successful Fitzgibbon Cup finals weekend, this year’s model looks to have ticked all the boxes.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK’s second-half scoring spree put Cork out of the Waterford Crystal Hurling Cup at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday, the students’ 1-8 without replay after the break giving them a well-earned victory in front of 1,652 spectators.

WHEN the action drew to a close in Croke Park yesterday, the Big House reeked of sights and sounds from another era.

LATE in 2006, when they came together for the first time, the Clare U21 hurling management would have had the obvious ambition of bringing a first ever Munster title to the county.

CLARE U21 attacking star Darach Honan is set to shake off a hamstring injury and start in next Sunday’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 decider against Kilkenny in Croke Park.

Clare 1-20 Cork 1-11

ANTHONY DALY, the man who captained Clare to two exhilarating All-Ireland senior hurling championships, was last night appointed manager of the Banner county for the coming season.