Niamh Lillis did not begin the year as Tipperary manager but she was a key member of Bill Mullaney’s backroom staff so there was no way the ambition would alter when she took over the hot seat after Mullaney stood down for health reasons early in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.

Tipperary's experience of knockout camogie showed as they ground out victory in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Quarter-Final at Semple Stadium.

It wasn’t pretty but Tipperary manager Niamh Lillis was pleased that her charges hit the last five points to register a hard-fought 0-15 to 0-11 win over Meath in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship at Donaghmore-Ashbourne on Saturday.

Kilkenny were irresistible as they confirmed their place in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Semi-Finals on August 17 with a 4-23 to 1-13 triumph over Limerick at the John Lockes grounds in Callan.

Galway have one foot in the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship after yesterday’s 2-12 to 1-10 triumph over Limerick at Kenny Park.

Cork, Waterford and Tipperary all secured their progression to the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship this afternoon when they secured home wins at the expense of Meath, Clare and Dublin respectively.

Fourteen years after making her debut for Tipperary, Mary Ryan is still one of the Premiers’ prime performers, as illustrated by another tour de force that earned the pocket rocket player-of-the-match honours in her side’s 2-12 to 1-7 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship triumph over Clare in Sixmilebridge on Saturday.

All-Ireland champions Cork provided a coolly efficient performance as they dismantled Dublin by 2-20 to 0-9 to record a third win from as many games in Group 2 of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.

There were no upsets in this afternoon’s Liberty Insurance senior camogie championship, though underdogs Waterford, Offaly and Wexford made life difficult for the winners across the three games that were contested.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork survived an extremely stern examination from Tipperary at The Ragg.

All-Ireland champions Cork were the big winners at the Camogie All-Stars Awards, sponsored by Liberty Insurance, on Saturday night.

Dublin's Premier Junior manager Shane Plowman joins Paudie Murray (Cork) and Angela Downey (Kilkenny) as the nominees for Manager of the Year.

The scoreline does not reflect the magnificent efforts of Tipperary in the first half but it does showcase once more the ability of All-Ireland senior camogie champions Cork to produce a performance in a pressure situation.

Cathal Murray is looking forward to a “winner-takes-all” clash with Kilkenny on July 21 as a key indicator to whether or not Galway are All-Ireland challengers this year.

CORK rubber-stamped their place in the semi-finals of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship as Group 2 winners with a hard-earned victory over Offaly, while Wexford took a big step towards securing a place in the quarters by holding off Tipperary.

Another weekend, another classic pairing of Munster teams, writes Eimear Ryan. 

Kerry’s David Moran has been named the 2015 Munster GAA footballer of the year.

Tipperary’s John O’Dwyer has been named the 2015 Munster GAA hurler of the year. The 24-year old will be honoured at the provincial council’s annual awards gala dinner in Dromoland Castle this Saturday.

All-Ireland senior champions Cork produced a power-packed second half performance to return to the semi-finals after a 2-17 to 0-10 victory over Tipperary in Thurles on Saturday.

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Munster Senior Camogie final

Limerick remain top of the Division One Group One table with a comprehensive 12-point victory over Wexford in Bruff yesterday.

Cork 1-10 Clare 0-6: Cork have enjoyed countless close tussles with Clare in the past few seasons and it was more of the same for the All-Ireland champions at the Cork Camogie Grounds on Saturday. Paudie Murray’s side lost to the Bannerwomen in the semi-final of last year’s league but on this occasion, they held the upper hand to bag a first-round win.

Camogie: Waterford IT were crowned queens of third level camogie after a thrilling Centenary Ashbourne Cup final victory over the University of Limerick at DCU yesterday.

Camogie: Wexford look like they’re a team on a mission this year and they hit Cork with a sensational first-half blitz to inch closer to a place in the semi-final of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final-

Clare made it two out of two in the Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie Championship holding off Offaly by 1-10 to 1-8 in a titanic battle in Birr on Saturday.

Camogie League Division 1 champions Cork were held to a draw after a magnificent clash with Tipperary at The Ragg.

University of Limerick finally ended Waterford Institute of Technology’s long reign as Ashbourne Cup champions, having a point to spare after a hard-fought final at Queen’s University.

Wexford maintained their good start to the All-Ireland senior championship and gained some measure of revenge for their league final defeat by overcoming Cork 0-14 to 0-9 in their second round tie at Bellefield.

Wexford may have been without their Oulart-The-Ballagh contingent as they got the defence of their Irish Daily Star National Camogie League Division 1 title under way in Enniscorthy today, but it made no difference, as they steamrollered Offaly 5-17 to 1-9.

A powerful second-half performance booked Offaly's place in the All-Ireland junior camogie championship final as the Faithful County beat Waterford 1-14 to 1-3 at Leahy Park in Cashel today.