The Cork hurlers may have struggled to get goals last season, but their county board has, of late, developed a happy knack of hitting the target.

Cork GAA chairperson Tracey Kennedy has strongly defended the appointment of Donal Óg Cusack as Cork minor hurling manager, insisting the All-Ireland winner was subjected to a rigorous appointment process.

Former Cork captain Shane O’Neill believes the proposed minor hurling management team of Dónal Óg Cusack, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, and Tom Kelly can only inspire the players in 2020.

The craic started early this weekend. Long before a sliotar was pucked in Croke Park, there was pulling and hooking and sideline cutting aplenty around the capital.

After more than eight years of this column, the arse long torn out of it, maybe it’s time to start taking requests.

Liam Sheedy admits Tipperary’s Championship preparations this year were greatly helped by taking a dimmer approach to April’s club month.

Dónal Óg Cusack has expressed an interest in being the new Cork hurling manager.

Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Former Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack caused a bit of a stir on social media after describing people who criticise managerial tactics as showing "part of the last remnants of British culture on these islands".

Cork great Brian Corcoran has identified an apparent lack of belief in the county’s flagship senior team and suggested it stems from a

On June 17, 2012, Waterford goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe (affectionately known as Soky) spotted an opportunity.

Tadhg Furlong wouldn’t usually be of a mind to do much the day after a game.

Cork are Cork. Or are they?

It’s now three years since Dónal Óg Cusack eviscerated his County Board on ‘The Sunday Game’ over the shambolic recent record of Cork hurling at all levels. At the time, it was hard to argue with him as the numbers spoke for themselves.

Anthony Nash knows there have been questions and conspiracy theories.

This year’s All-Ireland camogie final, in which Julia White played a game-changing cameo, had the quality of an inspirational sports movie.

Shane O’Donnell has praised the “absolutely fantastic” influence of former Clare coach Donal Óg Cusack.

The kind of premeditated manipulation practised with great skill by sex offenders also works on the friends, priests and TDs who are so often called on to write references, writes Clodagh Finn

Dónal Óg Cusack will be in the Clare dugout at the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh when the Banner take on Tipperary in the All-Ireland quarter-final, but he hasn’t yet set foot in the revamped stadium. 

The consensus was almost instant a couple of Saturdays ago.

Former GPA chairman Dónal Óg Cusack has said he hopes the new Club Players Association puts the promotion of hurling at the top of their agenda.

An elegant playmaker, Paddy Kelly has retired from Gaelic football with one All-Ireland senior medal. But he wanted more and rather than look back, he is angry about Cork’s future and what he sees as apathy engulfing the county...

Newly appointed Clare joint-manager Donal Moloney has hinted at a return to the uninhibited style of hurling which delivered the county three consecutive All-Ireland U21 titles.

Seán Potts has had a front row seat for the GPA’s journey from the margins to a seat at the table in Croke Park. There’s been setbacks, turbulent episodes and cheap shots along the way — and there’s probably more to come. But he’s saying farewell to an established inter-county players’ voice now...

Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 2-17

Former Clare hurling manager Ger Loughnane believes the current Kilkenny team should not be winning All-Irelands and wouldn’t be but for Brian Cody, who he describes as an “extraordinary person”.

Division 1B was hardly a stroll for Clare this season but John Conlon is looking forward to more high stakes games in the top flight next season.

Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill has given players the ultimatum of picking hurling or football this year but not both.

Kilkenny’s former All-Ireland winning captain Eddie O’Connor has openly questioned Tipperary’s “bottle” ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A crunch between the counties at Nowlan Park.

All winter we’ve waited for the man. The January competitions provided a temporary fix, but that was solely for the hopelessly addicted. This weekend it’s the real stuff, the pure drop, that hits the streets at last. The man has come around.