More energy, better composure and a ferocious work-rate were the three vital ingredients that helped Mayo to get back to winning ways in the National League against Kerry last weekend.

Cork GAA is pleased to announce that two ticket packages will be available for the opening rounds of the County Senior, Premier Intermediate and Intermediate Hurling and Football Championships. The move follows a review of ticket pricing by a sub-committee of the County Board Executive and it is envisaged that further packages will be rolled out when the county championships resume in August.

Cork will oppose the Club Players’ Association motion on the recording of votes at this weekend’s annual Congress.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Britain and the United States of widening divisions between Iraq’s Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, saying Washington was “the cause of the problem” in the war-torn country.