All-Ireland final preview special featuring Barry Cahill, Paul Clarke and Eugene Lavin.

It’s the morning of the 1916 All-Ireland hurling final. The Tipperary hurlers are in Dublin — they walk down the quays and turn left onto Sackville Street.

These three contests could decide the destination of the Liam MacCarthy Cup...

Michael Moynihan looks at the old and new factors in today’s meeting of these storied rivals...

Captaining Tipperary means facing up to searching questions on and off the field. Brendan Maher has been doing that all year, and when you ask him if the Premier County’s record against Kilkenny is something he’s conscious of, he doesn’t back down at all.

He’s more of an iceman on the field but off it Paul Murphy would be closer to an icebreaker.

Irish Examiner Sport continues its extensive build-up to Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final with a bumper edition podcast.

Peter McNamara teases out the opinions of Evening Echo GAA writers Rory Noonan and Éamonn Murphy as the trio look ahead to the Allianz National Hurling League.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

It’s the biggest game of the summer so far. Are you going? Pass the time until throw in with all our pre-match analysis and interviews in one handy place.

Kildare 0-19 Dublin 0-24: Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup final: For the second time in five years, Jason Ryan was left to rue the red card extra-time rule against Dublin, as the Dubs took full advantage of replacing dismissed Michael Darragh Macauley in the additional periods at Newbridge yesterday

Dublin ended Kildare’s recent dominance of the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup at the end of a hugely entertaining game that needed extra time to produce a definitive result.

Aghabullogue 1-19 Dromina 0-17

University of Limerick 1-20 Waterford 0-18

On a weekend that provided more than its fair share of drama, only three of the quarter-finalists have been confirmed after the penultimate round of games in the group stage of the title race.

The tie of the Waterford championship weekend lived up to expectations with Dungarvan and Abbeyside finishing level after a thrilling spectacle at Fraher Field on Saturday evening.

TIPPERARY U21 boss Ken Hogan feels greater consideration should be given to the scheduling of the Munster hurling championships, as his charges prepare to face Waterford in tonight’s provincial quarter-final — just three days after the county senior side defeated Cork.

CORK made the perfect start to this competitive senior hurling tournament game in Clashmore last night — but it was Waterford’s powerhouse finish that ensured them the perfect result.

Waterford 0-18 Cork 0-17

TWO happy managers after this Allianz NHL round three game in floodlit Semple Stadium on Saturday evening with both Declan Ryan and Davy Fitzgerald lauding their players.

Tipperary 1-20 Waterford 0-18

A POWERFUL second-half display saw Clare claim a first ESB Munster minor hurling championship crown since 1989 at Semple Stadium yesterday.

IT MAY not have quite measured up to their classic drawn game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, but Waterford and Cork still served up another compelling hour’s hurling in an action-packed Munster minor hurling championship semi-final replay before 4,000 at Walsh Park last night.

ALTHOUGH the game itself never bettered mediocrity, defending champions Waterford were the clear masters of this first round Munster MHC game at Walsh Park last night.

A STRONG second-half was enough to see Nenagh CBS upset the odds and surge past Waterford’s De La Salle in an entertaining Harty Cup quarter-final in Clonmel yesterday.

LIMERICK boss Ger Hegarty has made two changes for tonight’s crucial Munster MHC play-off with Waterford at the Gaelic Grounds, 6.30pm.

The names of the two Northern Ireland men who died after being caught in an avalanche while climbing in the Scottish Highlands have been released.

SUNDAY’S WELL all but secured their senior status with a 28-21 triumph over relegation-threatened Waterpark in the All-Ireland League Division Three at Musgrave Park yesterday.

A NEW course being offered at the University of Limerick (UL) is geared towards helping hospital managers cut costs.

THE country’s remaining sub-post offices could face extinction because more and more social welfare payments are being processed through banks, Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) president Joe McArdle has said.

JUSTIFIED, a leading candidate for the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy, has been ruled of a possible engagement at Fairyhouse this weekend.

Justified, a leading candidate for the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy, has been ruled of a possible engagement at Fairyhouse this weekend.

A GROUP of Irish bachelors who went to the Philippines in search of wives returned home yesterday with the mission partly accomplished.

FEARS that more than 100 jobs were under threat following a major fire at an industrial estate in Wexford on Wednesday night have lifted after an initial assessment of the damage.

IT was clear from the moment we arrived at Shannon Town Centre on Saturday that gardaí had taken very seriously threats to pull down the airport perimeter fence.

The Germaines Hotel Single Stage Rally in Baltinglass was won by the Carlow crew of Michael Reddy/John Brophy.

THE increase in funding and the expansion of both the Young Racing and Young Rally Driver of the Year Awards is good news for motorsport.