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A few weeks ago, Ger Cunningham detailed his own gardening misfortune. Ken Hogan is another inter-county keeper to fall victim to a lawnmower injury.

The LIT Gaelic Grounds will be filled to its 44,000 capacity in 10 days' time.

The Scotstown man was a team official on the day.

Gardaí and Cork GAA officials say they are aware of a serious incident at a Cork football league game in Mallow earlier this month in which a spectator was struck and injured.

Patrick 'Bonner' Maher will still have a role for Tipperary this year, says Eoin Kelly, despite being ruled out for the season through injury.

Tipperary defender Cathal Barrett has not yet been ruled out of the Munster final after a scan revealed he suffered a "mild hamstring tear".

Cork All-Ireland winner Diarmuid O’Sullivan believes GAA chiefs should have halted play in Sunday’s Munster SHC tie between Clare and Cork on safety grounds.

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy is confident the void left by cruciate victim Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher can be filled, even if the 29-year old had been “in full flow” this summer.

The mood of pessimism surrounding Cork football at present will suit Ronan McCarthy and his players going into Saturday’s Munster SFC final, according to Kerry manager Peter Keane.

Munster senior championship attendances are up 10% on the same period last year, despite a massive drop in crowds at the province’s football games.

Colm O’Neill has given Cork a fighting chance of beating Kerry in the Munster final, provided they have the courage to ‘‘go after Kerry and go for the jugular”.

Former Dublin forward Senan Connell has admitted Blues supporters are getting “bored” of Leinster championship games and are “just chatting after 20 minutes”.

Fenton versus Menton; it’s the midfield battle that from Meath’s perspective could make or break their challenge in Sunday’s Leinster final.

A new initiative between Mayo LGFA and Top Oil will see the county’s senior team become the first ladies inter-county panel in Ireland to have their fuel expenses completely covered.

Cork have opted to go with an unchanged side for Saturday evening’s Munster SFC final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

The injury is set to rule the Lorrha man out for the rest of the season.

Roscommon footballers Enda Smith and Tadhg O’Rourke have targeted an All-Ireland semi-final appearance following the county’s latest Connacht championship triumph.

Armagh’s Jarlath Óg Burns is back in full training and in contention to start against Monaghan in this weekend’s All-Ireland qualifier, after he collapsed in the changing rooms following their semi-final loss to Cavan on June 9.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty believes the pitch invasion before the end of Sunday’s provincial final may have been prevented if a countdown clock was utilised.

On June 17, 2012, Waterford goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe (affectionately known as Soky) spotted an opportunity.

Kerry great Tomás Ó Sé has suggested that the decision of Conor Cox to leave the Kingdom set-up to travel early in his career may have hurt his chances of making it with the county.

Tyrone great Sean Cavanagh has claimed Tiernan McCann has a reputation locally for being “too nice” and that he’ll be “gutted” with his two-match ban.

Ruairí Deane, somewhat understandably, isn’t keen to get bogged down in talk about the 2018 Munster SFC final.

The undisputed champion of the world Katie Taylor has been immortalised on the side of a pub in Dublin.

Ken Hogan, Ger Cunningham and Michael Moynihan review the weekend's hurling drama with Anthony Daly.

Clare joint-manager Donal Moloney hit out after yesterday’s game at the criticism levelled at the Banner players after recent defeats in the Munster Championship.

Micheál Donoghue has another year to run on his management deal with Galway but after this who can say what the future holds.

Our writers reflect on the weekend's GAA action.

Full forward Saoirse Noonan fired 2-3 from play in Fraher Field as the Rebelettes captured back-to-back TG4 Munster Ladies SFC titles and their 13th in total.

Clare restored pride with a battling performance but exited the Munster championship yesterday despite beating Cork in Ennis.

The difference between Galway 2017 and previous versions?

There was a time, of course, when Galway-Tipperary had a toxic edge to it. So toxic, in fact, that a man could be endangered even when mowing his lawn.

The Tipperary match-day cavalcade lost a vehicle this year. For years, Conor O’Mahony’s Skoda Superb pulled up the rear. A bad traveller, he was given special dispensation to drive, with Shane McGrath riding along for company.

Tipperary and Clare possess the best panels in this year’s championship, believes 2010 All-Ireland winning manager with the Premier, Liam Sheedy. 

Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins has made his peace after his exit from inter-county hurling, so much so he’s been able to step back in the goals

The Tipperary county board may yet turn to the CAC in their bid to have Seamus Callanan’s red card against Offaly overturned.

Mickey Harte has told the Tyrone County Board that he is not stopping any of his players conducting interviews with RTÉ.

Tony Reddin, who died on Sunday aged 95, was a Galway native who established a reputation with Tipperary as a legendary hurling goalkeeper, whose brilliance was recognised in his selection in the GAA’s ‘Team of the Century’ and then in the ‘Team of the Millennium.’

1. Callanan coming of age

Munster U21 HC semi-final

Thurles last Sunday. One new discovery. A vaccine. When the terrible pandemics look set to engulf us, someone always mixes a potion before apocalypse.