It’s a year which could scarcely have gone better for Eimear Scally, and it’s not even finished yet.

Cork 3-10 Galway 2-4: Eimear Scally inspired Cork to All-Ireland Minor A Ladies Football glory in Thurles.

WHEN you’re the cup minnows, and Hollywood’s just over the horizon, the road turns into a dirt-track, littered with mines and moments of dread.

Basketball: Women’s National Cup

Rising star Megan Connolly struck a hat-trick yesterday at Tallaght Stadium to help Cork’s Christ the King secure the Umbro FAI Schools Senior Girls All-Ireland Cup for the second time in three years.