An inspirational couple in their 80s hope to cross the finish line of their last ever marathon hand-in-hand in Cork on Monday.

It comes as a bit of a shock when Ronnie Quinn jokes by email that when he takes the phone call from the Irish Examiner, his English will have a “strong Julio Iglesias accent”.

It mightn’t be the public’s competition anymore but the Interprovincial series certainly remains one for the players, says Donncha O’Connor.

In the basement of a Yonkers pub, aspiring hurling coaches from the New York area gathered around coffee cups and notepads early last Saturday morning.

THE concept of the coaching course has been propelled to a new dimension with the establishment of the GAA’s first centre of excellence for coaching in Galway.

AOIFE Murray was the name on nearly everybody’s lips afterwards, not surprising because she had such a major influence on the outcome after having, by her own admission, messed up in the first half.