Net profits at Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways trebled last year to $42m (€30.8m) as the group added new routes and passenger numbers topped 10 million for the first time.

Joe Canning says he is unlikely to play for Galway in their Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation play-off against Dublin on Sunday.

The GAA has confirmed that top level hurling will be played in the Middle East for the first time next month when the final of the 2009 M Donnelly Inter-provincial Hurling Championship will be played in Abu Dhabi thanks to a novel arrangement with hurling championship sponsors Etihad and the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority.