Dan O’Mahony swapped life as a chimney sweep to create a family Tae Kwon Do firm, says Fiona O’Donovan

Reigning champions Wexford slumped to a second successive defeat in this year’s Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship as the prolific Jessica Gill fired Galway to within touching distance of the semi-finals.

They are the reigning All Ireland Senior Football Champions and they have been making headines for all the wrong reasons of late.

Gala All-Ireland champions Wexford dominate the nominations for this year’s Energise Sport Camogie All-Stars with 11 in contention for awards.

Camogie is certainly in a healthy state if today's National League finals at Nowlan Park are anything to go by as a Limerick side trained by former senior hurler Ciaran Carey took a first ever Division 1B title, while Wexford came so agonisngly close to winning the Division 1A encounter before Cork edged them out by a point in a thrilling match.

A total of 37 players have been nominated for the 2005 Camogie All-Star awards.

WATERFORD IT will host this year’s Ashbourne Cup, the oldest camogie competition in existence.

St Lactain’s (Kilkenny) 2-8 Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick) 0-7

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ST MARY’S, Charleville bid for their fourth consecutive Munster Senior Schools camogie championship title against Loreto, Fermoy at Glanworth this afternoon (3pm).