The front of the Limerick Leader supplement got the tone pitch-perfect, its message as neatly manicured as one of those deliveries from the half-back line for Aaron Gillane or Seamus Flanagan to feast on.

Esther McCarthy takes the family off for an impressive weekend of food and fun in the Hideaway of the Year for 2014.

Another September.

Mulling retirement, that’s John Mullane this week as he faces into the new year. Santa duties complete on Sunday afternoon last, Mullane was looking forward to a quiet few days with wife Stephanie and his two young daughters (Abbey, six and-a-half, and two-year-old Kate), before deciding whether or not to line out with Waterford for a 13th championship season.

THE case involving Waterford hurler John Mullane is expected to be finalised tonight when the GAC announces its verdict.