Eamonn Meskell is focused on the positives ahead of Sunday’s Munster SHC clash between Limerick and Tipperary. The way he sees it, they’ve got plenty to lean on.

Arrabawn is predicting a milk price of 28cpl this year, a projection likely to see other co-ops rapidly follow its 1.95c March price cut to 32.5c per litre.

THE Ireland U18 schools’ side let an interval lead slip yesterday as they suffered defeat by Australia in Coolock in their season opener.

John Allen has succeeded fellow Corkman Donal O'Grady as manager of the Limerick senior hurlers, it has been announced.

FIVE years after departing Cork, John Allen is back in inter-county management.

“THE famine is over, let the feast begin,” rejoiced team captain Kieran Bermingham after his fledgling north city Limerick club, set up in 1968, won a first county senior hurling title with a comprehensive victory over Ahane at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

EMMETS and Ahane will meet on Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds at 7.45pm after their Limerick SHC semi-final ended level yesterday, with neither side grabbing the initiative in a scoreless final 10 minutes.

THE National Parks and Wildlife Service has said it hoped for “positive engagement” from the jarveys regarding the use of dung catchers.

A CONTROVERSIAL deer fencing project is “absolutely essential” to ensure the future survival of oakwoods in Killarney National Park, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) insisted yesterday.

A HUGE bird of prey extinct in Cork and Kerry for about 100 years may be reintroduced to Killarney National Park.

Ireland is now better prepared to deal with an outbreak of bird flu following the testing of a contingency plan on a farm in Co Limerick today.

THE protected Irish red deer species is to be added to the hunting list - if they stray outside Killarney National Park.

ALL-ACTION Ahane signalled that they are ready to re-claim the Limerick SHC title from Adare with an electrifying performance in dispensing with the challenge of one of the championship favourites Kilmallock 5-12 to 1-6 at Caherconlish last evening.

DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN, who recently announced he was quitting football to concentrate on hurling, will miss Cork’s Allianz NHL clash with Wexford at Wexford Park on Sunday because of a groin injury.

NEW Limerick senior hurling team manager Dave Keane and his selectors Dave Punch and John Meskell are delighted that the long-serving Stephen Donogh and Ciaran Carey, as well as Joe Quaid, have pledged themselves for another 12 months at least.

Adare 0-14 Ahane 0-12