The GAA owe Cork a debt of gratitude. Who would have thought we would be able to say that so soon after the county’s winter of discontent?

Munster and Ballygowan have agreed a six figure, three-year deal. Ballygowan will be the official water supplier to the Munster Senior and Under 21 squads.

Munster supporters have been invited to Musgrave Park to meet the members of the Munster senior squad today.

WATERFORD UNITED captain John Frost will spend tonight’s FAI Carlsberg Cup second round tie against Everton in a hospital bed rather than at Turner’s Cross as doctors strive to locate a leak in his lung.