St. Joseph’s, Miltown 0-13 Cooraclare 0-9: St. Joseph’s, Miltown bridged a 25 gap when capturing the Clare senior football championship title, defeating Cooraclare by four points at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

Tipperary 0-16 Clare 2-9: Brendan Martin shattered Clare’s dreams of a first Electric Ireland Munster Minor football final appearance in 21 years at Semple Stadium last night.

Clare 2-11 Limerick 0-5: Clare qualified for a semi-final spot in the Munster MFC against Tipperary on May 13 after ousting Limerick at Cusack Park, Ennis last evening.

KERRY 0-14 CLARE 0-3: In a lifeless encounter in front of 1,962 souls, Kerry were erratic in front of goal, error-prone and lazy in the tackle.

Galway 1-10 Kerry 1-13

Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League Division 2 final

Galway 1-7 Kerry 1-13

Kerry boss William O’Sullivan is confident his team can negotiate the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final hurdle at the third time of asking.

Two of the four TG4 All-Ireland ladies SFC semi-finalists were decided on Saturday as Kerry and Connacht champions Galway advanced to the last four.

Connacht champions Galway cruised into the last four of the 2012 TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship following a 12-point victory against Clare at St Brendan’s Park, Birr, on Saturday afternoon.

Galway came from ten points down to stun Mayo in yesterday’s Connacht Ladies SFC final at McHale Park in Castlebar.

Cora Staunton destroyed Galway to ensure Mayo made an immediate return to the top flight after the Division 2 Bord Gáis Energy league final at Parnell Park on Saturday.

Mayo 4-17 Galway 2-7

GALWAY’S Joe Bergin has urged the GAA to shut off the loophole that could see a Connacht county left without a second chance in the Championship.