“When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I see over the bed post is a blue and gold string. So you can imagine what it’s like in my house, can’t you?”

We’re still punch drunk from the latest round of Galway hurling cliche bingo… consistency.... never know which Galway will turn up… can they put two performances back to back… where should they play Joe Canning?

ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINAL RESULT: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18

National Director of Hurling Paudie Butler has revealed that GAA chiefs are formulating a plan to create a new hurling province involving the seven lower tier counties in Connacht, Ulster and Leinster, which would see them withdraw from the National Hurling Leagues in favour of extended club competitions.

SEÁN KELLY has fully backed the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) and insisted yesterday it was the mechanisms of the entire appeal structure, rather than the DRA itself, that required review.