AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final - Ruairi Og, Cushendall (Antrim) 3-12 Sarsfields (Galway) 1-6: Earlier this year, when Neil McManus and his girlfriend sat down to book their flights to Asia for the beginning of a six-month round the world trip, they picked May as their travel date.

Neil McManus knows it’s high time Cushendall’s litany of hard luck stories ended on All-Ireland semi-final day.

Glen Rovers 0-18 Midleton 1-12: The last time Glen Rovers reached consecutive Cork SHC finals was at the end of the 1980s, when a loss in ’88 to St Finbarr’s was followed in ’89 with victory over Sarsfields.

Glen Rovers 1-22, Newtownshandrum 2-12

A last-gasp Paul Murray point pinched victory for Cappoquin over local rivals Lismore at Ballyduff last night (2-16 to 2-15). It represented an amazing turnaround for Ger Manley’s men after their 23-point defeat to Mount Sion last weekend.

De La Salle 2-12  Tallow 1-15

Glanbia’s new chief executive Siobhan Talbot saw her basic salary increase by 16%, last year, although her overall remuneration remained flat due to a lowering in her pension contribution and other benefits.

Glen Rovers 3-15 Erin’s Own 0-18

Cork 1-18 Waterford 0-9

Siobhan Talbot is set to succeed John Moloney as group managing director of Glanbia, at the end of this year — becoming the first woman to head up a major Irish food company.

Pallasgreen (Limerick) 2-8 Ballinameela (Waterford) 2-7

De La Salle 1-21 Dungarvan 0-12

The novel southside derby in today’s Dublin SHC final ended in a 2-10 to 0-9 victory for Kilmacud Crokes over Cuala at Parnell Park.

De La Salle 0-18 Mount Sion 2-8

We heard, last year, from former Kilkenny hurler Brian Phelan one theory on Brian Cody’s ability to keep the hunger from seeping out of his group.

A magnificent contest between two outstanding teams, a game to grace any venue and any occasion as an ultra-talented St Patrick’s of Ballyragget overcame the powerful challenge of Cork champions Charleville in this All-Ireland club JHC final in Croke Park on Saturday evening.

BALLYRAGGET were pushed all the way by a battling Ballygar side in an absorbing All-Ireland semi-final clash at Nenagh on Sunday.

A ROUSING second-half recovery wasn’t enough to rescue Waterford champions Ballinameela in yesterday’s Munster Club JHC semi-final in Cappamore as their hosts had already done the damage before the break.

REIGNING Waterford SHC champions De La Salle needed an injury-time point to salvage a draw, 1-13 apiece, against Foumilewater in a thrilling group championship game at Dungarvan yesterday.

London 0-13 Waterford 1-17

Cillian O'Keeffe and Paul Whyte have been named in the Waterford attack for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against London.

Cork 5-17 Waterford 2-8

"I’M not ruling out Kilkenny,” says Eddie Keher. “But…”

THIS one-sided Leinster Schools Senior Cup final ended in a victory for tournament favourites Clongowes Wood College, who retained their title with a scintillating display of power and precision at the RDS yesterday.

THERE may be a tendency in the GAA to liberally bestow classic status on games, but the rush to throw garlands on this All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final is wholly justified.

Clarinbridge (Galway) 3-22 De La Salle (Waterford) 1-27

RURAL entrepreneurs and farmers from Monaghan have been urged to submit their inspiring business ideas for the 2010/11 JFC Innovation Awards, with a prize fund worth €44,000.

De La Salle (Waterford) 0-9 Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 0-8

DE LA SALLE boss Michael Ryan says his charges’ close shave against Cork’s Sarsfields is an invaluable wake-up call for Sunday’s Munster Club senior hurling final clash against Thurles Sarsfields at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

PADRAIC MAHER admits his Thurles Sarsfields side are still driven by the disappointment of last year’s Munster club exit to Newtownshandrum.

CORK are chasing their 13th Munster intermediate hurling crown when they take on Waterford in tonight’s decider at Fraher Field, Dungarvan at 7.30pm, a repeat of last year’s final encounter in Páirc Uí Chaoimh when Cork enjoyed a 5-24 to 3-9 triumph.

THE 2010 Waterford senior hurling championship kicks off tomorrow with eight teams in group stage action.

DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Glen Rovers, takes over the full back slot left vacant by the injury to Eoin Cadogan for Cork’s last game in the preliminary rounds of the Allianz NHL against Galway at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

THE cyber age’s bid to spread its message into a pristine landscape has perished between a rock and a hard place in a Bronze Age valley.

Test your hurley and wind up for a good one. The explosion in scores from sideline cuts intrigued MICHAEL MOYNIHAN so he placed the sliotar carefully and invited a few experts to have a go

JOE JORDAN of Blarney makes his senior debut as Cork take on All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Allianz NHL at Nowlan Park in Denis Walsh’s first match in charge on Sunday.

VETERAN Tony Browne is set to return to action for Waterford hurlers in Sunday’s Allianz NHL with Galway in Dungarvan.

THE GAA dual player may be considered a dying breed but Brian Fox is doing his best to buck that trend. Three months into the season and the Éire Óg-Annacarty man has been dividing his time in a three-way fashion.

JIMMY Barry-Murphy’s late father, John Barry, or John B as he was affectionately known in his club St Finbarr’s, had a saying when describing heavy defeats suffered by his club: “They were too numerous for us.”

IT’S BEEN a tough few months for wasteful spenders, and the backlash against squandermania continued in Croke Park yesterday.

BY any yardstick, De La Salle’s qualification for today’s AIB All-Ireland club hurling final is a monumental achievement given that they were intermediate 10 years ago.

De La Salle 1-21 Cushendall 1-19, Parnell Park (after extra-time)