Former Waterford manager Michael Ryan has urged Derek McGrath to throw the shackles off and hit Kilkenny hard from the start in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final.

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

A decision is expected tomorrow evening on the future of Tyrone manager Mickey Harte.

Ciarán McGinley will not play for Tyrone in 2015.

Omagh/St Enda’s 1-10 Carrickmore 0-12

The battle to become Galway senior hurling manager next season has been cut to a two-horse race between current manager Anthony Cunningham and his former selector and coach Mattie Kenny.

Carrickmore qualified for a second successive Tyrone SFC final with a 2-7 to 0-11 win over Ardboe at Pomeroy last night.

Carrickmore scraped past Augher to avoid a shock in the Hunky Dorys Tyrone SFC at Dunmoyle (0-10 to 0-8).

The Cork senior hurling management have made a number of alterations to their squad for the forthcoming championship.

Clonoe 3-08 Carrickmore 0-12

Classy Clonoe O’Rahilly’s despatched champions Errigal Ciarán with a thumping semi-final win at Dungannon yesterday.

Tyrone champions Errigal Ciarán made it through to the Hunky Dorys SFC second round at the second attempt, defeating Dromore 1-13 to 1-9 in a thrilling replay at Dromore.

Cormac McGinley rescued Tyrone champions Errigal Ciaran with a 59th minute equaliser in last night’s Hunky Dorys SFC first round tie at Carrickmore, tying it up at 0-7 each.

It’s 2001 and Carrickmore are out on St Colmcille’s Park about to train ahead of their county final replay against Errigal Ciarán.

Mickey Harte last night heralded a new era for Tyrone football, confirming a major overhaul of his squad and the departure of 11 established players.

Errigal Ciaran reached their first Tyrone SFC final in six years with a 1-7 to 0-9 beat Carrickmore at Plunkett Park, but champions Dromore are facing a semi-final replay with outsiders Killyclogher.

DONEGAL county chairman PJ McGowan has warned his clubs he will segregate supporters because of continued indiscipline if the matter is not addressed.

DERRYLAUGHAN qualified for their first Tyrone SFC semi-final in 24 years with a 1-13 to 1-10 win over Moortown at Coalisland. The senior newcomers hit a purple patch in a 15 minute spell either side of half-time, hitting 1-7 without reply.

MICK O’DWYER’S managerial career has days, weeks at most, to run before it draws to an end but the Waterville man will be leaving behind at least one kindred spirit to patrol the sidelines when he enters retirement.

Following 'a robust inquiry and full investigation' into some unsavoury incidents at a Tyrone ladies football match, two men have been given lifetime bans.

A FOUR-PERSON committee has been set up to investigate the serious violence which marred the end of last Friday night’s Tyrone Ladies senior football final.

THE repeat of last year’s Ulster football final between Tyrone and Monaghan, which takes place in Omagh on Sunday, has thrown up something of a riddle.

Tyrone 2-17 Cavan 1-4

THE victorious Irish team returned on Thursday from this year’s USHA Junior Four-Wall National Championships, held at the Lattof YMCA, Des Plaines, Chicago, Illinois, with an impressive haul of eight titles.

REFEREES were kept plenty busy in the WJ Dolan Tyrone SFC quarter-finals over the weekend with eight players dismissed as Dromore, Ardboe, Clonoe and Donaghmore booked semi-final spots.

CORK’S Tony Healy cemented his place as top seed when defeating Dublin’s Eoin Kennedy to take his third consecutive senior men’s crown at the Envirogreen Resource Nationals in Kilkenny yesterday.