So Corofin got out of jail in their Galway SFC final against Tuam Stars last Sunday, writes Peter McNamara.

Tuam Stars manager Tommy Carton is confident his side have shown that All-Ireland champions Corofin are beatable after they needed Gary Sice’s late heroics to force a replay of the Galway SFC final in a cracking game at Tuam Stadium.

Tuam Stars manager Tommy Carton insists they have nothing to lose when they face All-Ireland champions Corofin after their outstanding Galway SFC semi-final win over Maigh Cuilinn at Pearse Stadium.

GALWAY qualified for the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Semi-Final, having survived the severest of stress tests from a vibrant Waterford at Semple Stadium.

The project evolved from co-founder Aimée Louise Carton’s experience with mental illness.

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.

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.

Ailish O’Reilly hit 1-3 while Carrie Dolan slotted eight points from placed balls as Galway assured themselves of a place in the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 semi-finals when defeating Waterford 1-14 to 1-6 at Carriganore.

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.

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.

NA PIARSAIGH (Limerick) 2-19 - CUALA (Dublin) 1-22 (after extra time): Two things you don’t often see at Croke Park; snow on St Patrick’s Day and Con O’Callaghan wasting chances for scores.

UL claimed their third Ashbourne Cup title in a row at Mallow last night, but only after a hard-fought three-point victory over arch rivals UCC.

Fiona Carton is on the Irish roller derby team competing at the World Cup this weekend. Known as ‘Malibruise Stacy’ on track, Carton took up the sport seven years ago after seeing it in a movie, writes Stephen Barry.

Clare 1-24 Waterford 0-9: A powerful second-half performance saw Clare ease into the Munster Minor Hurling Championship semi-final in front of a crowd of 1,622 at Cusack Park in Ennis last evening.

Wexford 1-17 Dublin 0-17: Three late unanswered points handed Wexford a deserved victory over Dublin in this Walsh Cup game played at Hollymount last night.

Nenagh CBS 0-20 De La Salle College 2-13 (after extra-time): Tipperary All-Ireland minor winner Jake Morris again emerged as the game changer on a gusty afternoon in Cashel yesterday.

Tipperary All Ireland minor winner Jake Morris hit three extra time points as Nenagh CBS progressed to the last four of the Harty Cup at a breezy Cashel this afternoon.

Simonstown Gaels 1-14 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 0-8: Simonstown Gaels made no mistake at the third time of asking when capturing their first ever Meath SFC title before a crowd of 6,000 at Páirc Tailteann yesterday.

A judge said yesterday that the behaviour of a 50-year-old man who followed a frightened teacher for 16km to her home at night in a “road rage” incident was “absolutely and utterly outrageous”.

Waterford 2-9 Kildare 1-5: Waterford have endured much heartbreak since making the step-up to the intermediate ranks in 2012 but after a deserved victory over a valiant Kildare unit, they will now be preparing for top flight camogie next year.

Senan Murphy, currently chief operating officer at Bank of Ireland, has been named group finance director at building materials giant, CRH.

Galway 1-20 Wexford 0-11: Holders Cork will face familiar opposition in next month’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling final after Galway cruised to a maiden Leinster title success last night.

DUBLIN 1-17 LIMERICK 1-16

Former Dublin hurling boss Humphrey Kelleher has called into question the managerial credentials of Ger Cunningham, claiming Michael Carton’s decision to quit the squad is a direct result of his manager’s actions.

They have endured a disastrous Leinster campaign and, should they lose to Laois on Saturday and bow out of the hurling championship, Dublin’s season may well be labelled one giant tragedy.

Michael Carton insists Dublin can still win this year’s All-Ireland hurling championship despite being demolished by Galway. 

Dublin edged out Tipp in an entertaining senior hurling challenge last night. 

CRH is expected to promote from within when deciding upon a new finance director later this year.

A lucky 14-man Clare somehow escaped Cusack Park with the win, largely thanks to goals from John Conlon and Tony Kelly.

CRH’s “game-changing” €6.5bn takeover of certain assets from its European peers Holcim and Lafarge will not be the limit of its acquisition spend this year, with almost €1bn being generated from operations in 2014 set to fund a good pipeline of smaller deal prospects.

If the Allianz Division 1 table was based solely on physical and hurling preparation rather than results, Dublin would still be top. 

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A: Dublin 2-20 Tipperary 0-14: What a difference six months can make.

Kerry 5-9 Meath 0-8

Laois 1-07 Maynooth 0-18: NUI Maynooth eased to a convincing eight-point win over Laois in Portarlington last night.

O’Byrne Cup

Cement giant, CRH is likely to focus more on the US in terms of future investment, but a move for some assets being offloaded as part of the Holcim-Lafarge mega-merger hasn’t been ruled out.

Leinster 1-23 Connacht 0-16