The Limerick academy I was involved with for three years was about fostering a culture of doing things the right way — and not necessarily all about winning. Some people in the county had issues with me over that but I never had anyone say a single negative thing to my face, writes Anthony Daly

John Murphy can pinpoint the exact moment the penny dropped.

John Murphy is laughing. He knows how physically big this Carlow side can be considered but then he knows they could be bigger if Sean O’Brien had taken a different playing career path.

When Down hammered an ailing Kerry side in the 1991 All-Ireland semi-final, team manager Pete McGrath was greeted by a breathless and beaming county administrator Dan McCartan.

Limerick minor hurling manager Pat Donnelly says the county’s appearance in a fourth consecutive Munster minor final is proof positive that the underage academy established back in 2011 is working.

Trish Dromey profiles a Limerick manufacturer of table sauces which, despite Brexit, seeks to expand across the Irish Sea

RORY KAVANAGH’S autobiography ‘Winning’ will be on sale from October.

Mark Landers was last night confirmed as the new coach of the Cork senior hurling team.

During the summer, a highly-regarded team official from a Munster county approached this column with a query.

Proposals by the GAA’s Minor Review Work Group seek to prevent players at minor level from being burned out due to too many demands on their time.

Former All-Ireland winning managers John Allen and John O’Mahony are due to take up advisory roles with Carlow GAA next season.

In inter-county hurling, the intermediate grade serves two purposes. There is of course the provincial and All-Ireland championships and the chance to win medals in a county jersey.

Cork 4-15 Tipperary 2-08

The lot of a county intermediate manager can be a trying one.

The county boards of Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford are to be asked to seek an emergency meeting of the Munster Council with a view to reversing the decision to re-introduce seeding in the province’s senior football championship.

Munster IHC final:

A legend in GAA was honoured in Cork last night as long-serving county board secretary, Frank Murphy performed the official launch of Teddy McCarthy’s autobiography, ‘Teddy Boy’ at the Rochestown Park Hotel.

Former Meath player Liam Hayes has admitted his relationship with some of his former team-mates remains cool because of what he wrote about them during their playing days.

Furious GAA president Liam O’Neill has warned inter-county players who slandered him on Twitter that he will take action if they do so again.

Furious GAA president Liam O’Neill has warned inter-county players who slandered him on Twitter that he will take action if they do so again.

This morning's draw for the second round of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifiers provided an ironic twist as beaten Leinster semi-finalists Kildare were paired with Cavan.

Cork seek a fourth successive intermediate win over Tipperary when they clash in the curtain-raiser at Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow (2pm).

Meath’s 1949 All-Ireland-winning senior captain Brian Smyth this week enjoyed a nostalgic return to Croke Park accompanied by his fellow Skryne clubmen, including Liam Hayes and Trevor Giles, who all hold All-Ireland medals with the Royal County.

IF YOU’RE a sportswriting fan – and given what you’re holding in your hands, you probably are – you’ve noticed the recent explosion in the number and variety of Irish sports books.

Deadlock: Dublin v Meath 1991

THE sports autobiography follows a generally predictable arc — promise, achievement, graceful decline — so it’s good to come across a book that breaks out of that strait-jacket.

TIPPERARY produced a stunning final few minutes to win a thrilling Munster U17 football final at Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

JIMMY Barry Murphy officially returned to the post of Cork senior hurling manager last night, but there is doubt as to what kind of NHL he will take charge in next spring.

TV3 and its sister station 3e will broadcast English and Irish commentaries of this year’s All-Ireland minor hurling and football finals.

The tradition of live TV broadcasts of the GAA All-Ireland Minor finals in Irish will continue after an announcement by TV3 today.

UNTAINTED is the word that springs to mind when it comes to Donal Vaughan.

MAYO midfielder Aidan O’Shea thanked TV3 analyst Liam Hayes for providing his side with extra motivation to beat Roscommon.

A MASTERLY display of shooting from Eamon Brosnan earned Meelin a hugely satisfying win over Dromina in this second round contest in Kilbrin last night.

The Meath GAA Management Committee have requested that Seamus McEnaney nominates two new selectors from within the county.

SEAMUS McENANEY is expected to have just one selector, Armagh’s Paul Grimley, for Sunday week’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Kildare.

YESTERDAY Dromina, a little village in north Cork, had its day in the sun — or scouring rain, to be more precise — as the hurlers of Cork and Laois rolled in for a challenge to mark the opening of new GAA facilities.

Kerry GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

KERRY GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

Kilbrittain 2-15 Dromina 2-9

MORE than 700 gardaí have retired from the force this year and the number could swell further before the budget next month.

THE Garda Commissioner is in talks with the Justice Minister in an effort to fill senior Garda positions despite the Government ban on promotions in the force.