Paul McCarthy was appointed as the new Cork junior football manager at last night’s county board meeting in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

THERE was a poignant moment before Sunday’s Munster club SHC final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as referee John Sexton blew his whistle to end an impeccably observed minute’s silence to respect the memory of another John Sexton, his father, who had been buried the previous day.

TIPPERARY GAA chiefs have decided that they will enter a team in this year’s Munster intermediate hurling championship but only on the proviso that there will be an overhaul to the intermediate hurling and junior football championships at national level for the 2011 season.

OTHER than Sligo expressing opposition to their minor re-fixture being brought back to Galway on Saturday, there was general agreement yesterday on the decision to call off the Connacht SFC quarter-final between Galway and Sligo in Pearse Stadium because of the condition of the pitch.