A storming first-half helped UCC secure a home quarter-final in the Fitzgibbon Cup, following their seven-point victory over NUIG at the 4G pitch in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday afternoon. Unbeaten after three games, they topped Group A.

Nine points from Chloe Foxe propelled St Martin’s to the final of the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship as a result of a 0-11 to 0-5 win over Inniscarra at WIT Carriganore.

UCD were indebted to a brace of late frees from Ronan Hayes as they recued a share of the spoils with NUIG after their entertaining Fitzgibbon Cup Group A encounter at David Billings Park.

The visit of Pope Francis to Knock at the end of August has impacted on club championship matches in Mayo.

Conor Kavanagh scored two goals for reigning champions Liam Mellows as they beat Castlegar 3-15 to 2-13 in the big city derby in Group 1 of the Galway SHC at Pearse Stadium.

All-Star Galway defender Padraic Mannion has confirmed that All-Ireland winning colleague Jonathan Glynn will be available for their defence of the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Galway’s Rebecca Hennelly will relish this week’s historic camogie All-Star tour in Madrid, Spain, more than most. 

Not many counties have managed the full set in the one calendar year but this was all about the moment Galway captain David Burke trotted up the steps of the Hogan Stand just after five o’clock and raised the last bit of silverware high above his head.

Two second-half goals from Jack Canning delivered Galway an 11th All-Ireland minor title.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy 1-13 Gort Community School 0-12: After another huge battle, St Colman’s College advanced to the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Junior A hurling (U16½) championship final. They will play St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. 

Limerick scored a six-point win over Galway to progress to a first All-Ireland U21 hurling final since 2002.

Damien Hayes, in reflecting on Portumna’s journey to the 2014 All-Ireland club hurling decider, cited their county quarter-final fixture against Ardrahan as the most troublesome hurdle.

On the way home from Dublin last week, Niall Gilligan stopped off to break the journey in Francis Loughnane’s old pub in Roscrea, which is now run by John Carroll.

Galway 0-23 Cork 0-14: After capturing their first All-Ireland Intermediate hurling title in 13 years, Saturday night was all about rest and recovery for the Galway hurlers ahead of a Sunday morning training session.

Galway clinched the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship tonight, piling more misery on Cork in the process.

Meet little Róisín Smith from Galway and her remarkable friend Lucy O'Connor.

The last time Mullagh won the AIB All-Ireland senior club title, they created quite a shock on the way by beating champions Glen Rovers in the semi-final over two decades ago. 

Cork IT 0-19 NUI Galway 0-10: Cork IT are just one more win away from a third Fitzgibbon Cup final in four years after they advanced past NUI Galway at the CIT Sports Stadium yesterday.

Eight points from John O’Dwyer helped last year’s beaten finalists Cork IT into the semi-finals of this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup as they saw off NUI Galway this afternoon.

Turloughmore have lodged an appeal to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) in a bid to be reinstated to the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

Galway GAA officials have scheduled the remaining quarter-final in their senior hurling championship for next weekend despite Turloughmore lodging an appeal to the Connacht Council against being thrown out of the competition.

The Galway SHC, which has produced the All-Ireland club champions in 12 of the last 23 years, has been thrown into disarray after one of the quarter-finalists was ejected for fielding an ineligible player.

The Leinster Council will vote next month on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province following Wednesday night’s presentation from leading Tribe officials seeking full integration.

Joe Canning landed a free from 110 yards to complete a remarkable comeback by All-Ireland champions Portumna and send them into the semi-finals of the Galway SHC.

Goals from Joe Canning and young Ronan O’Meara saw Portumna past Athenry and set up a rematch of last year’s Galway SHC final with Loughrea at the quarter- final stage.

Galway SHC: Galway hurlers have suffered a huge blow with experienced attacker Niall Healy set to miss all of the Leinster championship campaign with a serious knee injury.

Galway 3-16 Tipperary 1-19

Milford 0-6 Ardrahan 0-5

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see the wood from the trees, to stand back far enough to see where and why a problem exists.

AIB All-Ireland club camogie champions Milford kept their hopes of a two-in-a-row alive but only just, as they edged a very tight encounter with Eoghan Rua at Donaghmore Ashbourne by 1-10 to 0-8.

Portumna 1-15 Ardrahan 1-14

Reigning All-Ireland champions St Thomas remain on course to retain their crown after surviving a do-or-die group clash with the 2011 winners Clarinbridge last evening.

Conor Cooney got defending All-Ireland champions St Thomas’ Galway SHC campaign back on track with their first win of the group stages over Killimordaly.

Joe Canning hit the winning points as Portumna dealt a severe blow to All-Ireland club hurling champions St Thomas’ defence of their Galway title.

London 1-16 Meath 1-14

Thirteen minutes. Tops.

It’s the taboo word within the club game.

Loughrea, winners in 2006 and runners-up in two of the last three finals, booked their place in the Galway SHC semi-finals with a 2-10 to 1-13 win over neighbours and arch-rivals Mullagh yesterday.

There’s always been an elitism in Galway hurling that influenced the way the county used to play.

Tipperary have named an unchanged starting side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Kilkenny, but the major talking point is the inclusion of Toomevara’s John O’Brien at full-forward. O’Brien’s brother Thomas passed away earlier this week.

It says something when just over three months into the year, Finian Hanley admits he’s enjoying his football more than ever.

The Tipperary senior hurling team to play Cork in the Allianz NHL Division 1A clash at Semple Stadium on Sunday shows four changes from the team which started in last weekend’s drawn game with Dublin.