Limerick 1-12 Kilkenny 0-10

Eirgrid has said it will keep an open mind on the future of its Gridwest scheme after reopening the public consultation process to allow consideration of an underground option.

Limerick FC 1 Cork City 2

A man has been arrested in Athlone, Co Westmeath after the windscreen of the Environment Minister's car was smashed during a protest this afternoon.

Further protests over the jailing of Seán Quinn are not being ruled out following a cross-border picket by supporters of the former billionaire businessman on both sides of the border yesterday.

BOTH Limerick and Waterford are poised to suffer huge managerial bodyblows today with Donal O’Grady and Davy Fitzgerald stepping down from their respective positions.

DONAL O’GRADY refused to be drawn on his future as Limerick senior hurling manager following yesterday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final defeat by Dublin.

LIMERICK selector Ciarán Carey insists the team are “very much a work-in-progress” as they prepare for a Munster senior hurling championship date with Waterford next month.

CORK’S Anthony Nash has rubbished suggestions that he is to switch allegiance to Limerick.

ALL-IRELAND-winning Cork coach Donal O’Grady is on the brink of a sensational return to management with the Limerick hurlers.

SUPPORTERS of double Heineken Cup winners Munster won’t have to worry about Limerick’s dreaded Friday night traffic for the opening two home rounds of next season’s tournament.

GAA president Christy Cooney has urged the exiled Limerick hurlers to show responsibility and iron out their differences with the county's senior hurling manager Justin McCarthy.

MANAGERS of all teams need enthusiasm when seeking success. It is a key ingredient.

UNDER-FIRE Limerick manager Justin McCarthy will address tonight’s county board meeting in Ballyagran to discuss the controversy which has dogged Shannonside hurling for the past month.

HOW do you predict a winner from these two? Three years ago, in 2006, a Ballyhale Shamrocks side whose talents had been flagged inside Kilkenny for some years finally made the breakthrough, winning the club its first county senior title in 15 years.

Limerick hurling manager Richie Bennis has hit out strongly at a group of players whom he says "broke their hearts in training and then went drinking".

Limerick manager Richie Bennis has opted for a new look starting fifteen for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Waterford at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

LIMERICK minor hurling team manager Tim O’Connor acknowledges that they may be carrying a heavy weight of expectation into tomorrow’s Munster final showdown against Cork as 21 years have passed since they were last crowned champions.

WITH all due respect to Kingdom folk, few would argue that Limerick received the plum draw in the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers when their name came out of the hat opposite Kerry’s three weeks ago.

Nine members of SIPTU have gone on strike at the Shannonside/Northern Sound radio network in a dispute over two redundancies in the company's sales and administration division.

Limerick boss Dave Keane has returned promising youngster Andrew O'Shaughnessy to the starting lineup for Sunday's NHL clash with Waterford.

The wife of convicted garda killer Pearse McCauley says she regrets any hurt their wedding caused to the widow of garda Jerry McCabe.

The chairman of the city and county mangers association has hit out at those responsible for delivering a death threat to the home of Roscommon's county manager on Christmas Eve.

Mossy Carroll has replaced Eamon Cregan as Limerick hurling manager.