Richie Power Sr and Richie Power Jr have the distinction of being one of the father and son combinations where both parties won a senior All-Ireland. The final experiences against Tipperary were mixed, but the father passed on important lessons...

If hurling is your thing, All-Irelands measure life.

Kilkenny’s treble success in the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final at Semple Stadium on Sunday was all the more noteworthy for the reason that the county only won back-to-back titles for the first time in 1983.

AS legends go, this pair definitely fit the bill.

FINAL DEBATE: Will the Galway management pay for ditching so much experience?

THEY won by six points, I don’t think they wanted to win by any more than that”, said Tony Considine in these pages yesterday, summing up the Cats’ win over Waterford in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final.

SEVEN All-Ireland medals down. Another on the horizon. Noel Hickey of Kilkenny has put down another long season of drudgery and effort in the Kilkenny cause, sacrifice and denial.

He bounced out onto the grass in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, a twinkle in his eye: “God I always loved this pitch!” he says to Liam Fennelly, “but it also holds some bad memories, 1968 in particular. We should have had ye that year.”

IRELAND is “too small to be slow” and needs to strengthen policy and regulation if it is to increase competition, the chairman of the Competition Authority told business leaders in Waterford yesterday.

FOR the second time in 12 months Na Piarsaigh have lost a key player to Australian Rules football.

Una Caulfield, co-founder and director of Banbha Teoranta, a Dublin-based distributor of health supplements, talks to David Clerkin.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen’s first Budget will not be dramatic, a leading economist told business people in Waterford city yesterday.

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody's position could be under threat in the wake of last Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final defeat to Cork.

THE GAA is optimistic that the Government is prepared to give formal recognition to the game of hurling by grant-aiding it as a separate entity from Gaelic football.

THE largest gathering of winning All-Ireland hurling final captains will convene in Ballygarvan, Co Cork, tomorrow, when the GAA will honour all of the survivors in a fitting manner.

DON’T expect Brian Cody to say what most neutrals feel about Kilkenny, and the favouritism of his side ahead of the Guinness All-Ireland SHC final.