They got nothing easy from Muskerry in a freezing cold Páirc Uí Rinn tonight, yet UCC pulled away in the second-half of this Colleges/Divisions tie.

An 82nd-minute penalty from Chris O’Leary gave UCC a dramatic win over DCU in a tense Fitzgibbon semi-final tonight. Tom Kingston’s side held on, despite a late, late penalty appeal from their opponents, to celebrate a first final appearance in six years.

A storming first-half helped UCC secure a home quarter-final in the Fitzgibbon Cup, following their seven-point victory over NUIG at the 4G pitch in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday afternoon. Unbeaten after three games, they topped Group A.

Cork champions Charleville had too much pace and firepower for a depleted Lixnaw side in Saturday’s AIB Munster Club IHC semi-final.

Kerry champions Lixnaw have been dealt a major blow ahead of their Munster Intermediate club hurling semi-final with Cork champions Charleville with news that talisman John ‘Tweek’ Griffin will miss the game with a broken hand.

The Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment may have made the inevitable referendum official, but campaigners have already been in referendum mode for months. 

Footballer of the Year Lee Keegan says that there’s a ‘serious belief’ within the Mayo squad that they can ‘give a right good go” at dethroning All-Ireland champions Dublin in next month’s final.

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has offered a strong endorsement of the GAA’s Super 8 plan for next season — insisting it’s not the brief of a championship to cater for weaker counties.

Kerry, who travel to Dr Hyde Park to face Roscommon in Division 1 of the Allianz FL tomorrow (2pm), have two changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, following their loss to Monaghan.

Hurling’s managerial carousel had already picked up considerable pace by the time Kilkenny returned up the steps of the Hogan Stand in early September, several high-profile figures opting off the merry-go-round.

On the recommendation of County Board chairman Patrick O’Sullivan, delegates at last evening’s Kerry County Board meeting ratified Peter Keane to succeed Jack O’Connor as the county’s new Minor football manager for a two-year term.

Kilmoyley boss John Meyler insists tomorrow’s county hurling final with St Brendan’s (Abbeydorney, 2.30pm) is too close to call.

Paul Galvin’s former Kerry team-mate Sean O’Sullivan has questioned why the 35-year-old has surprisingly chosen to revive his inter-county career.

The sense of unfinished business has lured four-time All-Ireland winner Paul Galvin into the unlikeliest of sporting u-turns — a return to the Kerry fold last night in Tralee, with a stated aim of winning a fifth Celtic Cross medal next September.

The draws for Cork and Limerick’s 2015 County Championships are already made, but which clubs will be celebrating into the Christmas and beyond after successful campaigns? Our reporters provide the anorak’s guide.

Bruff (Limerick) 2-13 Lixnaw (Kerry) 2-10

Lixnaw (Kerry) 3-11 Ballyhea (Cork) 1-14

Kerry GAA chiefs are investigating a violent attack with a hurley on former football star, Paul Galvin, during yesterday’s Kerry hurling final in Tralee.

Lixnaw 0-11 Kilmoyley 0-11

Kerry’s All-Ireland winning manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice hopes for a magnificent end to a memorable September when Lixnaw face Kilmoyley in tomorrow’s Kerry SHC final in Tralee.

Lixnaw 0-14 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

There are four changes in the Tipperary side for Sunday’s clash with Dublin at Semple Stadium in the final round of Division 1A of the Allianz Hurling League (2pm).

St Brendan’s 0-13 Lixnaw 0-08

Loughgiel took Ulster SHC silverware; Limerick's Na Piarsaigh advanced to an AIB Munster semi-final, while Clara and St. Brendan's were crowned Kilkenny and Kerry champions respectively following today's hurling action.

Lixnaw 1-10 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

Senior Hurling titles were up for grabs in Waterford, Tipperary, Kerry, Roscommon, Mayo and Leitrim this weekend.

Lixnaw 3-10 Kilmoyley 2-09

Kilmoyley 0-18 Abbeydorney 2-08

St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-23 Ballyheigue 0-09

Lixnaw 3-10 Ballyduff 0-07

AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL

Ballyduff 1-15 Lixnaw 1-09

Sarsfields prevailed in a closely-fought Cork Club SHC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, beating Bishopstown 1-15 to 1-13 to take the title for the third time in five years.

For a few hours at least tomorrow afternoon former Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin will be the second most important GAA player in his household.

Ballyduff 1-14 Causeway 1-10

Lixnaw 0-14 Kilmoyley 0-12

Last year’s beaten finalists Crotta O’Neill’s were hammered by former champs Kilmoyley in the opening round of the Kerry SHC yesterday (3-26 to 0-8) at Austin Stack Park.

DRESDEN CALL, trained in Tralee by Johnny Kelliher for the Dublin-based Lixnaw native Josephine McCarthy, captured his second All-Age Cup when lifting the Kingdom Cup and the €3,500 purse at Ballybeggan Park yesterday.

THE contrast between tomorrow’s Kerry SHC finalists is a stark one.

Scorers for Causeway CS: R Heffernan 3-3, P McGrath 0-5 (0-2f, 0-1 65, D Collins 0-4, (0-2f, 0-1 65, K Bowley, P Lucid, T Casey 0-1 each.

IN A year in which he has already enjoyed All-Ireland success with the Tipperary All-Ireland-winning team, this was another goal achieved; that was the reaction of Thurles Sars’ outstanding full-forward Pa Bourke after yesterday’s county senior hurling win over Clonoulty-Rossmore.

HE is probably the most criticised footballer in the GAA – even inside his native Kerry – but there isn’t a football county worthy of the name that wouldn’t jump at the chance to have Paul Galvin in their ranks.