On the eve of the final round of the NHL, who are the brightest sparks in the class and who are the must-try-harders? Firm but fair as ever, our headmaster Enda McEvoy does his ritual

A man who ordered two grenades off the dark net has been jailed for three years and six months for IRA membership.

Just as he’s on the precipice of winning his first-ever All Ireland at the 10th attempt, Canning is also on the verge of going his first-ever championship without scoring a goal.

As Galway v Tipperary games go, Anthony Daly felt yesterday’s was on another level.

David Burke doesn’t do clichés.

Uncle Mo and Ian — a little bit of literary licence is required with Ian, who I’ll get to later — are two impostors that will have a bearing on the semi-final tomorrow, writes Donal O’Grady.

Michael Ryan says he and his Tipperary management team have found fate “to be fickle” this year and believes it has replenished the group’s appetite to retain their All-Ireland title.

One of the more delightful pageants of Irish broadcasting is the Monday hurling draw on Morning Ireland, writes Eimear Ryan.

Former All-Star goalkeeper Darren Gleeson is expected to fend off the challenge of Daragh Mooney and start for Tipperary in Saturday’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship quarter-final against Clare.

Tipperary look to have ended Ger Cunningham’s reign as Dublin senior hurling team manager.

All-Ireland winning Tipperary goalkeeper Darren Gleeson has admitted obtaining by deception €10,000 from an elderly man over four years ago.

Kieran Kingston mentioned on these pages last week the Cork management wanted a performance that would make them proud. After 20 minutes in Semple Stadium on Sunday, that had been achieved.

Cork 0-26 Tipperary 3-16: Fittingly, this NHL clash between Cork and Tipperary was resolved by the game’s dominant personality deep in injury-time, with the result on the line.

GAA Interprovincial hurling final

I was 23 when first nominated for an All-Star, the Sparrow, Ger O’Loughlin, and myself heading to the Burlington together for one of the biggest nights in the GAA calendar.

All 15 of Tipperary’s All- Ireland winning side have been nominated for All-Stars, the first time in over 20 years an entire hurling team have been honoured.

Darren Gleeson has thanked Michael Ryan for sticking with him as Tipperary’s first-choice goalkeeper despite his advancing years.

Tipperary 2-29 Kilkenny 2-20: Just how “bloody arrogant” can you get? On the Irish Examiner podcast this past week, former Offaly hurler Daithí Regan mentioned how Tipperary aren’t lacking in the confidence department. After being under Kilkenny’s thumb these last five seasons, they had been given every reason to keep their optimism in check but then they produce a meteoric performance like this and combust any sense of inferiority. Indian sign? What Indian sign?

After 15 minutes, I looked at the scoreboard and it was five points each. It struck me as strange because Tipp had looked far the better team from the start.

No need to wait until tonight, our hurling analyst predicts the All-Ireland hurling final line-ups.

An All-Ireland hurling final... scratch that, a Kilkenny- Tipperary All-Ireland final not selling out?

It’s a long time since a Tipperary defensive unit went through Munster SHC campaign intact, even a successful one at that.

Tipperary 5-19 Waterford 0-13: Wind has never won a match but it is blowing strongly in Tipperary hurling’s favour now after they subjected Waterford to a second 21-point Munster final tanking in the space of five years.

The loss of John O’Dwyer to an early red card didn’t deter Tipperary from confirming a second successive Munster final date with Waterford.

Tipperary 0-22 Cork 0-13: It was Darren Gleeson who rifled the first shot across the Cork bows yesterday.

Dual star Seamus Kennedy is primed to make his senior hurling debut for Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster quarter-final against Cork at Semple Stadium.

Tipperary hurler Darren Gleeson faces an “indefinite” ban from working in a senior role in a financial services advisory firm, the Central Bank has disclosed.

This weekend only five hurling managers of the 10 involved will really feel the pressure, writes Donal O’Grady.