A last-gasp Paul Murray point pinched victory for Cappoquin over local rivals Lismore at Ballyduff last night (2-16 to 2-15). It represented an amazing turnaround for Ger Manley’s men after their 23-point defeat to Mount Sion last weekend.

De La Salle 2-12  Tallow 1-15

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan says Cork have “ten good forwards looking for six positions” ahead of Sunday’s NHL final.

Austin Gleeson is a doubt for Waterford’s Division 1B opener away to Limerick on Saturday. 

Beale 0-11 Listowel Emmets 0-10: Beale ended a 25 year famine when they defeated champions Listowel Emmets in Saturday’s North Kerry SFC final at O’Rahilly Park, Ballylongford.

Waterford manager Derek McGrath believes goalkeepers will still retain an advantage from penalties — even when the proposal from the Hurling 2020 report to have a one-against-one situation is on trial during pre-season competition.

State funding for daily flights between Kerry and Dublin, which had been due to end in November, will continue until February 2015.

Jim McGuinness admits he had to reverse his training methods to cut out the number of injuries which plagued Donegal’s 2013 campaign.

Waterford hurler Eddie Barrett will be out of action for two months due to a serious knee injury.

"The future is now!", so said Waterford manager Derek McGrath after this, his first championship game at the helm, having witnessed several debutants perform superbly well in Semple Stadium yesterday.

Cork and Waterford to renew rivalry as Munster championship gets underway tomorrow.

Cork v Waterford is the classic modern hurling rivalry but it’s hard to see past the Rebels tomorrow.

Waterford 6-23 Offaly 0-14

The south of the country braced for more heavy rain and possible flooding last night, but the public proved that teeming rain can be overcome — especially if you bring your wellies.

The organisers of Ireland’s longest-running agriculture show have their fingers crossed for an extended heat-wave ahead of what’s poised to be an historic event for them.

More than 40,000 people are expected to attend two of the big summer shows due in Cork in the coming weeks.

County Board Chairman Patrick O’Sullivan told club delegates at last night’s re-arranged County Committee meeting that the lands at Currans would be purchased within the next two weeks.

Kerry hurling star Mikey Boyle has been handed a 48-week ban following an incident in a club football game.

The Waterford hurlers face into the new season without their two first choice midfielders from last summer's Championship, Stephen Molumphy and Philip Mahony.

I left home at 11am yesterday morning, in heavy rain, heading for Cork and the thought hit me — what were the Munster Council thinking when they fixed this game for a place that is neither here nor there for either Thurles Sars or for De La Salle?

The first title John Mullane ever won with De La Salle was a Waterford senior hurling championship medal, in 2008.

De La Salle 1-21 Dungarvan 0-12

De La Salle 0-24 Lismore 4-11

Dogs might have to be kept on a lead but a cow, a calf, a horse, and a pony were let loose in a city park yesterday to help launch the 171st Cork Summer Show.

ALTHOUGH Passage bagged a brace of goals in the closing seven minutes of their Waterford SHC quarter-final against holders De La Salle at Walsh Park on Saturday, the 2-18 to 3-12 scoreline doesn’t nearly mirror the measure of the champions’ dominance.

IT WAS one of those crisp evenings we’ve had all this week: clear skies, not a hint of moisture in the air and temperatures in the red zone.

DEREK MCGRATH may be just 34 but he has already enjoyed an impressive coaching career.

DE LA SALLE by a point.

THEY say you can take a white horse anywhere, but it seems Midleton horse trainer Dan Rohan can take his bay mare anywhere and win.

CORK-based alternative energy company, Kedco has made the switch to public ownership, with its shares beginning trading on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) this morning.

LOCAL businessman, Eddie Barrett, yesterday called on everyone to “pull together” in the wake of Kerry County Council’s decision not to grant full planning permission for a new development at Ballybeggan Park in Tralee.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in Tralee to ensure horseracing continues in the town, following the recent decision to sell off the local Ballybeggan Park Racecourse for €47.5 million.

The Government must get tough on property cowboys by introducing minimum qualifications for auctioneers, estate agents demanded today.

EASED out of church hands in the 1990s, the Old Presbytery is a Dingle peninsula delight.

A SIXTH former IAVI president, John P Younge, has joined the Real Estate Alliance - making for a heavy ‘chain gang’ presence on the week-old property alliance.

AUCTIONEERS dislike property booms as much as the next person, contrary to popular belief, and all of the Kerry agents interviewed for the year’s review expressed satisfaction with 2002’s steady market.

Tommy Barker reports on a property sure to attract interest due to its old-fashioned price tag,