Brian O’Halloran netted Waterford’s only goal, as they began 2015 on a winning note, while there were wins also for Cork and Tipperary over the weekend.

2013 intermediate champions De La Salle have reached the Waterford SFC quarter-finals after a tense 2-8 to 1-10 win over Ballinameela in Fraher Field last night.

There was a time when Waterford’s presence in the Munster MFC was almost incidental, tussling to avoid the tag of being the worst in the province.

An injury-time intervention from sub Shane Walsh guided The Nire past Kilrossanty (1-16 to 1-15) in a gripping quarter-final on Saturday night.

Two years ago, St Saviours and Ballinameela faced off in a battle to avoid the drop from top flight football but this weekend both booked their places in the Waterford SFC quarter-finals.

The Nire 3-13 Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 0-15

Last year Kieran Connery only had Thomas O’Gorman for company on those midweek dashes down the M9 from Dublin to training in Carriganore outside Waterford city.

The Brian Lordan-trained newcomer Outlawed Tunes hinted that a bright track career lies in wait by destroying the opposition in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lisselan outside Tramore.

WATERFORD County Board chairman Tom Cunningham spelled out the stark realities of the county’s financial situation at last night’s annual convention in Dungarvan.

THE dangers of posting critical comments about employers on social media websites has cost one young Cork woman her job after she was fired from an insurance brokers for branding her female boss “a bitch” on her Facebook page.

HURLING manager Davy Fitzgerald was greeted with worrying news last night after defender Liam Lawlor retired from the Nire’s Waterford SFC match with Rathgormack with a leg injury.

WATERFORD GAA secretary Timmy O’Keeffe has made a resolute defence of his highly controversial suggestion that the Déise should opt for Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park as the county’s Munster senior hurling championship venue in any future “home and away’’ arrangement they might enter into.

TRIBUTES were paid last night to Paul Flynn on his retirement from inter-county hurling. Waterford chairman Pat Flynn described the 34-year-old Ballygunner man as ‘a Waterford hurling legend.’

WATERFORD hurling goalkeeper Clinton Hennessy suffered an injury scare in the opening round of the senior football championship.

This thatched Clashmore home is on the market for €360,000.

Ballincollig's Brian Cotter will start for champions Cork in tomorrow night's Cadbury's Munster Under-21 football final against Waterford (Pairc Ui Rinn, throw-in 7.00pm).

DESPITE the low ebb of Waterford's football fortunes over the years, the level of interest in Sunday's senior final - a repeat of last year's drawn and replayed decider between Stradbally and the Nire - has generated huge interest.

KERRY and Tyrone will be strongly represented at this year’s Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland football sevens in Dublin on Saturday week.

SLIGO have called up U-21 star Adrian Marren for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Connacht SFC clash with Leitrim at Carrick-on-Shannon.

FOR the fifth time in six years, arch-rivals Mount Sion and Ballygunner meet in the Waterford SHC final at Walsh Park tomorrow.

Ardmore 0-10 Clashmore 0-7

WATERFORD star Dan Shanahan is an injury doubt for Lismore ahead of their SHC tie against Roanmore tomorrow evening at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field, (3.30pm).

WATERFORD will be without Shane Walsh, their goal-scoring hero from last year's historic Munster U21 football final victory over Kerry, when the sides renew acquaintances in the semi-final in Killarney tomorrow night (7.30pm).

MUNSTER Council secretary Simon Moroney has confirmed that Kerry will play Cork in the provincial SHC on May 16 in Pairc Uí Chaoimh as part of a double-header with the SFC game between Limerick and Tipperary.

MEATH senior hurling manager John Hunt has refused to play Sunday’s re-arranged NHL Division 2 Group 1 tie against Down in Portaferry.

WEXFORD star Liam Dunne will meet with manager John Conran next week before making any decision on his inter-county hurling future.

MICK O’RIORDAN and Tom Ryan have been appointed joint caretaker managers of the Dublin senior hurling team pending the appointment of a team manager.

Ardmore 0-12, Clashmore 0-9

NINETEEN years after making his inter-county debut, Mickey Linden is back in the Down senior squad for this year’s Ulster championship.

MANY of the heroes of Ardmore’s historic Waterford intermediate hurling county final victory last Saturday are back in action again this afternoon, with the seaside club bidding to retain its Under 21 ‘A’ football title against Rathgormack at Walsh Park (2.30pm).