Tipperary chairman John Devane has confirmed the county will be voting against the proposed second-tier championship structure at Special Congress on Saturday week.

Eoghan Cormican Tipp chairman wants later start to championship

Tens of thousands of Tipperary supporters turned out at Semple Stadium tonight, to welcome home the Tipperary Senior Hurling team who won the All-Ireland Championship yesterday, after defeating Kilkenny in the decider at Croke Park.

Tipperary GAA chiefs were forced to cancel a recruitment course for new referees in Thurles last night due to a lack of numbers.

Waterford manager Páraic Fanning has said the fixtures pile-up caused by yesterday’s Division 1A and 1B postponements strengthens his belief that Croke Park bosses have to change the GAA calendar.

The Tipperary County Board will shortly form a committee to look into possibly amending the parish rule after a motion was passed at their annual convention on Monday evening.

As he takes the call in the office of his Toyota dealership in Clonmel, John Kennedy looks at the framed photograph of Clonoulty-Rossmore’s 1997 senior county-winning team. The win, over Mullinahone, doubled the two-time All-Ireland SHC winner’s county senior medal haul, following the 1989 success against Holycross-Ballycahill.

From Tony Brennan to Declan Ryan, Clonoulty-Rossmore has produced players who made indelible impressions on Tipperary hurling.

Clare and Tipperary are set to clash over the schedule of next year’s Munster senior hurling championship.

As expected the well-flagged appointment of Liam Sheedy as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team was ratified last night by Tipperary GAA board.

It was “madness” to think the Allianz Hurling League could be successfully run off across nine weekends, according to Tipperary chairman John Devane.

Tipperary County Board will participate in the GAA’s new corporate trustee entity after secretary Tim Floyd, affected by a club’s decision to default on a loan, saw his personal credit rating downgraded.

Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford will oppose the Club Players’ Association motion to make all delegates accountable for their votes at Congress.

Outgoing Tipperary GAA chairman Michael Bourke says the GAA should have taken their revamp of the fixtures schedule one code at a time.

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A post mortem is expected to be carried out today on the body of well-known Limerick criminal defence solicitor John Devane.

A man charged with falsely imprisoning the son of a post mistress and demanding a ransom for his safe return, has been refused bail.

Limerick man, Ger Dundon, has been refused bail having appeared in court today charged with multiple counts of dangerous driving.

The Tipperary County GAA Board managed to stay in the black this year, despite spending almost €1.1m on team expenses as the Premier went all the way to All-Ireland senior and minor hurling glory and an historic senior football semi-final.

A man jumped out the window of Mayorstone Garda Station in Limerick while he was talking with his solicitor in an interview room, a court heard.

A woman who was to face trial for the murder of a father of three in Limerick was found dead yesterday morning.

A woman who was to face trial for the murder of a father of three in Limerick was found dead today.

A man charged with murdering another man in a “frenzied” knife attempted to flee Limerick District court yesterday morning.

A couple who were harassed by ‘a neighbour from hell’ over six years have stated that “justice wasn’t served” after the man was given a suspended sentence.

A man has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious harm to two pensioners, one of whom lost his leg, following a hit and run incident outside a pitch and putt course in Co Clare.

A woman was yesterday charged at Limerick District Court with the murder of a pensioner on November 10, 2013.

A 24-year-old Limerick motorist with cumulative driving bans totalling 93 years has clocked up a further 40 years of disqualifications at Limerick District Court.

Bail was yesterday refused for a Limerick man who, it was claimed, made full and frank admissions of being the driver of a car which struck three elderly men in Parteen village last Thursday while being pursued by gardaí.

A Limerick man who was extradited from Bulgaria to face charges of threatening to kill a key State witness has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court.

A Limerick man extradited from Bulgaria to face charges of threatening to kill a key State witness, has been granted bail, despite strenuous Garda objection.

A retired detective garda who was part of the investigation team that helped secure John Dundon's conviction for the murder of Shane Geoghegan, has said the controversy surrounding recordings of phone calls has been blown out of all proportion.

A solicitor is to seek a review of John Dundon's conviction for murdering Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan in light of revelations that gardaí were recording phone calls in and out of garda stations.

An inquest into the death of Shane Geoghegan is to due to open at Limerick Coroners Court today.

Ruairí Gleeson was the hero for Kildangan as the North champions swept past Clonoulty-Rossmore in the replay of the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Dolla on Saturday, winning by 3-13 to 2-13.

The low-profile former Mr Big of the McCarthy-Dundon gang, who was responsible for one of its most notorious murders, now runs a drugs operation in Limerick and Cork with a well-known former businessman, it has emerged.

John Dundon’s solicitor said they would be lodging an appeal to the murder conviction in which they would put forward new evidence showing his innocence.

Limerick crime boss John Dundon should be at least 50 by the time he is freed having received a life sentence for the murder of innocent man Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity which shocked the nation.

The solicitor for Limerick crime boss John Dundon says his client may appeal after being found guilty of murder today.

The sizzling temperatures raised the temperature at Limerick District Court yesterday.

Brendan Nix told the court that a member of the Dundon family contacted John Devane solicitors on Tuesday and asked the Limerick firm to come on record for the accused man.

A hospital consultant could find no reason why an illiterate prisoner due to defend himself at a murder trial fainted and cut his head in a cell, a court has heard.

Gardaí had to use pepper spray and handcuffs to restrain a Cork auctioneer who turned violent at a Limerick auction after he failed to secure a number of items he had bid for.

A judge refused to strike out an assault charge when a solicitor claimed his client had been prejudicially affected by media coverage.