Every three minutes someone in Ireland receives a diagnosis of cancer, according to the National Cancer Registry of Ireland, becoming one of the 40,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed each year, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

Every three minutes someone in Ireland receives a diagnosis of cancer, according to the National Cancer Registry of Ireland, becoming one of the 40,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed each year.

Former Waterford manager Derek McGrath has rejected claims that the county’s senior hurling team are in crisis.

Michael Walsh’s appearance in the All-Ireland semi-final of 2017 was, including replays, his 12th on that stage.

One cannot but be struck by hurling’s ability to evoke a reversal of fortunes, not to mention opinions.

Waterford 1-20 Cork 1-23: So foolish we were to think Waterford would go gently into the night.

Derek McGrath will take time to reflect before making a call on whether or not he’ll remain on as Waterford manager.

Hours after Sunday’s latest Munster SHC draw, Michael ‘Brick’ Walsh thumbed a message on the Waterford WhatsApp players group. Nodding to his fumble that led to Patrick Maher’s first goal, he claimed responsibility for the draw but vowed to make amends against Limerick this Sunday and encouraged his team-mates to look ahead to the game.

Derek McGrath is discussing the sanctity of the dressing room. It couldn’t be more important now as seemingly everyone but John Mullane has them down to be also-rans in Munster this year.

The Ardmore brothers don't like the Déise approach under Derek McGrath.

Seamus Prendergast was up front about his distaste for Waterford’s ‘defensive’ style of hurling under Derek McGrath when asked for his thoughts late last year.

Michael “Brick” Walsh is set to line out for a 16th season with Waterford in 2018, Austin Gleeson has revealed.

Noel Connors has known Derek McGrath long enough not to try and guilt-trip him, but the Passage man believes Waterford hurling will suffer should he step down.

As David Burke was finishing his speech last Sunday, I was making my way along the Hogan Stand touchline for a piece with RTÉ when I felt this urge to go over to the devastated Waterford players and management still out on the field, says Tony Browne.

In a TV interview afterwards, David Burke spoke about an incident midway through the second half, where he shouted to Joe Canning, Conor Cooney, and Joseph Cooney.

Cork ran riot at times against Tipp but Waterford will question how much Tipp really tested them, writes Anthony Daly.

Tipp and Wexford are the only teams whose form-lines have been ultra-consistent so far but February can do that to you, says Anthony Daly.

Jamie Barron admits inter-county players’ career paths are dictated by their hurling aspirations. The in-form Waterford midfielder makes no secret of the fact hurlers are choosing occupations to complement what they hope to achieve in county colours.

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan has warned that Tipperary will be “very keen” to make up for their late defeat to Kilkenny in the last round of NHL games.

In our weekly 'Getting To Know You' feature, Waterford hurler Noel Connors talks Netflix, movies, food and endorses the great GAA love affair with Marty Morrissey.

Star Wars Episode VII is still tearing it up at the box office, with the global total now over $1.8 billion.Quite naturally, anticipation is already high for the sequel, and now we're going to have to wait a bit longer for it.

May I say through the medium of your paper - congratulations to the Waterford hurling team who played some great games in 2015 with such a youthful team blended with the experience of men like Connors, Moran, Shanahan and the “Brick” Walsh.

We've just heard that a new Star Wars film is about to start shooting in Ireland. That's right, a new and different movie.

When Waterford’s senior hurling management visited the Kilkenny dressing-room last Sunday they came away with a fresh appreciation for their opponents, and their physical presence in particular.

To say Fintan O’Connor is your conventional inter-county hurling selector wouldn’t just be inaccurate: it would be wrong.

Cork PIHC: Tracton 1-17 Courcey Rovers 1-11

A Dublin company executive and a Brazilian woman, who directed one of the most sophisticated prostitution operations of its kind in the Mid-West region, yesterday walked free from court.

Tracton 0-18 Kilworth 1-10: Tracton outscored Kilworth by 10 points to two in the second half of this Cork Premier IHC tie to secure victory at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Before yesterday’s Munster hurling semi-final began, the mood and atmosphere around this Cork team reminded me of 2003, when they met Clare in Thurles.

To me, Derek McGrath has been manager of the year to date.

Austin Gleeson has an appointment with an exam paper tomorrow morning, so the Waterford defender may have to put celebrating the county’s NHL title win on hold for a few days.

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan says Cork have “ten good forwards looking for six positions” ahead of Sunday’s NHL final.

Waterford defender Noel Connors says promotion is not yet a consideration for the team despite Derek McGrath’s side sitting top of Division 1B.

Within weeks of being released from sentences totalling 16 years for killing and raping a young Cork beautician and robbing an elderly couple at their rural post office, a Cork criminal violently robbed a Limerick shop manager, a court heard.

Waterford SFC final: The best footballers in Waterford will be on show tomorrow when Stradbally and The Nire collide for the seventh time in 13 years at Fraher Field.

Kerry 3-9 Wicklow 0-7

Blarney 1-16 Tracton 0-15

More residents in a privately built housing estate in Limerick will receive letters today informing them that they do not own their front driveway due to a mapping error seven years ago.

Kerry minor boss Ian Brick believes the county’s minor hurlers must become a permanent fixture in the Munster championship.