A man who sexually abused his two young nieces after asking them to play games of “nerves” or “tickles” has been sentenced to eight years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Clarinbridge (Galway) 3-22 De La Salle (Waterford) 1-27

TWELVE times a winner herself over the course of a glittering career shared with her twin sister, Ann Downey’s delight in taking Kilkenny back to the Gala All-Ireland senior camogie final after a lapse of seven years is tempered by the awareness of what her young team faces on September 13.

Cork 2-10 Galway 1-08

Cork will have experience on their side this weekend when they contest their ninth Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie final in 10 years.

There are two fixtures this weekend in the Camogie National League.

Kinvara's Colm Callanan has beaten off competition from Aidan Ryan to start as Galway's goalkeeper in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Laois (Portlaoise, throw-in 7pm).

Experienced goalkeeper Liam Donoghue has surprisingly been dropped from the Galway panel for this year's hurling championship.

Dublin 2-7 Galway 1-8, Parnell Park

Galway manager Ger Loughnane has shown his hand for Sunday's NHL Division 1B encounter against Antrim at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 2.30pm).

Leinster 1-23 Connacht 0-17

Kilkenny 2-22 Galway 3-14

Galway manager Conor Hayes has made three changes to his side for tomorrow evening's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final with Kilkenny (Semple Stadium, throw-in 6pm).

Waterford 1-25 Galway 2-20,

Galway manager Conor Hayes has made two changes in personnel and a number of positional switches for tomorrow's NHL Division 1B clash with Limerick (Pearse Stadium, throw-in 2.30pm).

BRIAN MURPHY and Tom Kenny are to return to the Cork team for Sunday’s Allianz NHL clash with Waterford at Pairc Uí Rinn.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork and runners-up Galway dominate the nominations for the 2005 Vodafone Allstar hurling team, sharing 22 nominations between them.

I don’t get it, and I never have. The difference between victory and defeat, especially on a big day, is huge, but the margin is often very slim.

WITH so much attention being focussed on Cork’s puck-out problems all year, Michael Moynihan ran the rule over both goalkeeper’s performances yesterday.

Champions Cork hold a two-point lead at half-time in today’s 117th Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, which is being watched by a sell-out 82,300 Croke Park crowd.

LIAM Donoghue might never have made it to the top in hurling if he hadn’t been patient, if he wasn’t prepared to keep up his standard at club level and wait for the opportunity to make the goalkeeping position on the Galway hurling team his own.

THEY obviously knew something the rest of us didn’t in Galway last week.

Limerick 2-14 Galway 1-18

Laois 2-11 Galway 2-22

MORE than a decade after watching twin brother Michael establish himself on the Galway hurling team, Liam Donoghue is all the more conscious of making the most of his time at the top level.

Wexford 2-10 Galway 0-19

CLARE manager Anthony Daly is expecting a Waterford backlash when the side’s clash in the NHL next weekend.

Galway 0-18 Waterford 0-11

Kilkenny 4-16 Galway 1-21

Galway 1-10 Kilkenny 4-20

Galway 2-15 Waterford 1-13

Galway 2-15 Waterford 1-13

Tipperary 2-15 Galway 2-13

Galway 3-13 Cork 1-15

Munster 1-16, Connacht 1-20

Galway 1-15

Galway 1-15

Galway 3-10

THE Limerick hurling selectors sprung two surprises when they named their team last night to play Offaly in a crucial Division 1A League game at Kilmallock on Sunday.