There’s an old Greek proverb from Aesop’s fables, ‘Be careful what you wish for, for you may get it’.

Former Boston Marathon winner Neil Cusack pledged to return to the city of his greatest triumph in a gesture of solidarity after Monday’s bombings.

WHILE Donal O’Grady had always insisted his commitment to the Limerick senior hurling management position was for one year only, his announcement yesterday that he would not be continuing still took many people by surprise.

IT TOOK an accident of circumstance for TJ Ryan to become captain of the Limerick hurlers, the first player from Garryspillane to ever achieve that honour.