Relegation favourites at the start of the campaign, unbeaten Fermanagh have taken another big step towards a fairytale promotion to the top flight with another low-scoring victory at Brewster Park.

When Cork football rolled out its 2024 vision document last month, it was generally applauded how pragmatic its proponents like Graham Canty were by acknowledging that Cork were now outside the top 10 teams in the country, in truth, a mid-table Division Two side, and a distant second in Munster.

Midleton CBS are into the knockout stages of this season’s Harty Cup after a convincing 2-19 to 1-10 victory over St Flannan’s at Hospital.

Cork County Board vice-chairman Kevin O’Donovan has welcomed GAA president John Horan’s plan to review underage county development squads, believing they are in danger of becoming elitist.

Take a left inside the main entrance doors of Midleton CBS and you’ll quickly stumble upon a full board of Harty Cup player profiles.

The last time Clare hosted Tipperary in a football league fixture, ‘Division 4’ ran across the top of the match programme.

‘The journey isn’t over. This is just another station on the way’

Tommy Carr’s RTÉ co-commentary on yesterday’s All-Ireland semi-final has come in for scathing criticism from a number of inter-county footballers, including Dublin’s Jack McCaffrey.

Podge Collins is in line to feature for both Clare’s footballers and hurlers this weekend after the footballers’ qualifier against Laois in Cusack was moved from Saturday to Sunday.

Clare 2-17 Kildare 1-19: The joy was evident and there were plenty celebrations but perhaps the most notable aspect of this historic victory for Clare was the absence of delirium.

Clare produced a rousing finish to beat Kildare in a high-scoring Allianz Football League Division 3 final at Croke Park.

Worcester Warriors 20 Leicester Tigers 29: There was a nice moment about an hour before kick-off at Sixways Stadium on Saturday when Donncha O’Callaghan and Geordan Murphy found themselves in the same part of the pitch as the sides limbered up for this Premiership clash.

Eddie Jones has been tasked with resurrecting England’s fortunes after the Australian last night agreed a deal to replace Stuart Lancaster.

It was a familiar post-match scene to any Munster supporter, Donncha O’Callaghan signing autographs, goofing for pictures, sharing the craic with red-jerseyed admirers.

Worcester 13 Northampton 12: It wasn’t just a new dawn for English rugby that kicked off at Sixways last night, just six days removed from the World Cup hosts’ disastrous exit. 

It has been a rollercoaster week for Donncha O’Callaghan. He playing his last game for Munster, visited south Sudan where he witnessed both joy and terror, before tearing himself away from a rugby team he loved with all of his heart to plan a new beginning in a different environment at the age of 36.

Donncha O’Callaghan will make a huge impact in the Aviva Premiership this season after his move from his beloved Munster, one of his old team-mates declared last night.

Longford 2-12 Clare 1-12

You might as well admit it. The goal made you sit up and take notice.

It is little wonder the innovation has been described as a “no brainer” by one prominent racing journalist and yet until last summer, there was no independent horse racing radio station bringing live commentary from every race in Ireland and the UK, as well as interviews and analysis.

Clare 1-16 Wexford 0-5: Allianz Football League Division 3: Promoted Clare got their Division 3 campaign off to a winning start at Miltown Malbay yesterday, easily dismissing the challenge of Wexford by 14 points.

A team from the North Monastery in Cork contests the Harty Cup quarter-final against Thurles CBS.

With 19 victories, famed Cork hurling nursery North Monastery trail only St Flannan’s College on the Dr Harty Cup roll of honour.

The quarter-final pairings for the Clare SFC were finalised at the weekend.

There are some pretty stark realities facing the Cork minor management team led by Fermoy’s Denis Ring as they start out on yet another Munster championship campaign this evening, taking on Kerry at Páirc Uí Rinn (throw-in 6.15pm).

Clare 2-13 Wicklow 1-8

Kick-off was delayed in Gloucester’s Aviva Premiership clash with Worcester at Kingsholm by half an hour after one of the crossbars was pulled down during a bizarre pre-match incident.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

So much for three days off. When Ireland returned to training camp on Thursday, the physical pain and mental anguish caused by last Sunday’s 12-6 Six Nations defeat to England was still lingering.

Here we go again.

Three of the four Clare SFC semi-finalists are now known as a result of four last-eight games played at the weekend. Holders Kilmurry-Ibrickane will face Kilrush Shamrocks, but St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield will have to wait to and see as Doonbeg and Éire Óg Ennis played out a 2-11 to 3-8 draw.

Ulster added another major piece to their set-up for next season when they announced the signing of New Zealander Mark Anscombe as head coach on a two-year contract.

FEW people are more aware of the qualities of burgeoning Na Piarsaigh and Limerick hurling star Shane Dowling than Niall Moran.

AN IMPRESSIVE Cork cruised past Clare in this Munster JFC clash at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

CLARE football boss Micheal McDermott is confident that the GAA’s Central Council will look favourably this weekend on their request to become eligible for the scheme which allows players to declare for the home county of their parents.

IN strictly hurling terms he’s had the best of a number of worlds, has Stephen Molumphy.

AFTER years of service to Limerick football on the field, Michéal Reidy tonight slips into a different role outside the white lines.