CORK All-Ireland winning defender John Miskella suffered a dislocated elbow while lining out for his club Ballincollig in last Sunday’s Cork SFC 4th round replay win over Castlehaven yet could still figure in next weekend’s quarter-final tie against St Finbarr’s.

GORT, runners-up two years ago and defeated in the semi-finals by Portumna last year, were surprisingly sent crashing out of this year’s Galway SHC title race when they lost to Tynagh Abbey-Duniry.

ROSCOMMON GAA suffered a massive loss of 25% — over €500,000 — in its income during 2009 as the recession hit hard.