Darragh O’Sullivan didn’t have much joy against Clare opposition during his Ballygunner playing days. He’s hoping for better luck now that he’s traded the jersey for the bainisteoir’s bib.

Barring a replay, tomorrow may well prove Paudie O’Sullivan’s final outing in the Imokilly colours.

I just love to take short breaks in Ireland. This time it was west Clare. There’s much to be excited about.

Player development will rank above winning for new Cork U20 hurling boss Pat Ryan, who will take the job for the next two seasons.

The outstanding Tramore course once again proved a happy hunting ground for Limerick Golf Club over the weekend when they pulled off a highly impressive double in the Munster finals of the AIG Irish Senior Cup-Barton Shield and so qualified for the national finals to take place at Westport on September 20-22.

Making the right choice that will have lasting value when investing in a new set of dining chairs takes planning and consideration of both practical and aesthetic needs, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

It now seems with every week that the GAA are being given more reason to cut down on the numbers populating the sidelines.

Head high tackles are what the GAA have been keen to crack down on this summer but the application of the rule regarding them over the weekend left a lot to be desired.

When Dublin, trailing by three points, were awarded a free deep into injury-time at Parnell Park and centre-back Sean Moran strode forward, the mind was drawn back to Croke Park last year.

Summer is almost upon us but forgive me if I’m not of a sunny disposition. The standard of hurling refereeing is slipping and I fear it could have a major bearing on what we see in the coming weeks.

Laura encouraged people to ‘live the best life you possibly can’

In a town like Tralee and a county like Kerry, mention or sight of a football is never far away.

Growing demand for corporate finance for residential, hotel and office developments in Cork and Munster is a sign of continuing good times ahead.

Tralee is buzzing for hoops. The Complex is gripped by Saturday night fever. Even football people are backing the basketball team in their droves and they’re not just following the Star. First cousins Darren and Fergal O’Sullivan are important figures in the Tralee success story. Ahead of tonight’s National Cup semi-final with Pyrobel Killester at the Mardyke Arena, they explain how a town became united behind the Warriors

Séamus Harnedy and his Imokilly teammates had just seen off UCC in their Cork SHC semi-final when they sat down to find out their final opponents.

YESTERDAY’S events in Thurles told us more about a man who wasn’t on the field than one who was. If anybody was in doubt about the Westmeath man taking charge of the All-Ireland final, they aren’t now.

What an amazing spectacle in Thurles yesterday and James McGrath can believe he contributed to it, writes Brian Gavin.

Yesterday was a day for hurling referees to step up to the mark and both James McGrath and Fergal Horgan did just that, in Semple Stadium and Croke Park.

It gives me no satisfaction criticising hurling referees but after the provincial round robins finished up yesterday, the standard is not at the level it should be.

Of the three games I took in over the weekend, the toughest to referee was clearly the one in Salthill.

One of the tactical moves of the year?

John Coleman on the pressure facing All-Ireland final referee Fergal Horgan.

A cancer survivor who was once told she had just six months to live is celebrating her miraculous recovery by embarking on a punishing 480km charity walk.

Ronan O’Gara’s eldest kids almost stole the show after watching their father receive the Freedom of Cork.

A final year student at UCD came home to a revamp Dermot Bannon may or may not have been proud of recently.

Have you ever found yourself wondering, how many cups of tea are consumed per episode? or how were the households found?

Leaving the best till last.

Perception and reality. Those uncomfortable bed-fellows can be mistaken as the same regarding Waterford hurling at the moment.

Sean Purcell was only a spectator as Roscommon swept through the divisions over the past two years but now he is an integral part of the side which is taking the country by storm.

Clare 1-19 Limerick 0-18: All gory, no glory in Ennis as a wretch of a Division 1B “final” saw Clare ascend to Division 1A 12 months after they fell out of it, leaving Limerick marooned in the second tier of the competition for a seventh season.

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan has warned that Tipperary will be “very keen” to make up for their late defeat to Kilkenny in the last round of NHL games.

There are are Mondays and there are Mondays, writes Colm O’Regan.

Walk in the shoes of Ursula Clarke, a clinical nurse specialist in respiratory medicine at Mayo University Hospital. 

It may all end tomorrow in a Cork football final at Páirc Uí Rinn, an odd setting for a stellar Kerry career to finish. Tomás Ó Sé’s achievements are among the most storied in the GAA, but beyond that bristling ball of fire with No 5 on his back is an intriguing and engaging character — at least to those who truly know him.