AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB JFC FINAL:

Two Mile House (Kildare) 0-13 Emyvale (Monaghan) 2-06

Waterford-based Dawn Meats has received a ringing endorsement at the recent Marks & Spencer Food Supplier Conference when it was given an award for ‘doing the right thing’.

Conor Counihan’s poker face is impervious to scrutiny but thanks to Billy Morgan this weekend we got some insight into his mindset.

Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13

Sixty-five jobs were created in Dawn Meats yesterday when a €14.5m facility was opened for production by Enda Kenny.

It’s 20 years since Clare claimed only the second Munster senior football title in the county’s history and in theinterim, provincial final appearances have been rationed to the Banner County.

The focus of the Gaelic football community was trained on Croke Park that Sunday in mid-April but a short distance south from those Division 1 league semi-finals was a game of huge significance irrespective of the lower grade.

Dawn Meats is creating 65 jobs at its new €14.5m beef processing facility in Waterford on foot of signing a €300m, five-year contact to produce 18,000 tonnes of Irish beef annually for McDonald’s Ireland.

Dawn Meats has confirmed the acquisition of West Devon Meats, a beef and lamb abattoir in the south-west of England for an undisclosed sum.

CLARE senior boss Micheal McDermott has been boosted by the presence of five members of county senior champions Kilmurry-Ibrickane in his squad for the McGrath Cup campaign which begins on Sunday against UL in Doonbeg.

FOOD group Carbery has acquired US natural essence and extract manufacturer Sensus in Hamilton, Ohio, for an undisclosed sum.

Cork 1-23 Clare 0-11

Former Kildare footballer Niall Browne will make his Munster SFC debut when he lines out for Clare against Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

THERE were few signs of celebrations amongst the local football support after Saturday’s McGrath Cup final in Dr Crokes grounds in Killarney.

McGrath Cup Final

Clare 1-10 Waterford 0-10

CLARE boss Micheál McDermott may be able to call on the services of three new recruits for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Waterford.

CLARE football boss Micheal McDermott is confident that the GAA’s Central Council will look favourably this weekend on their request to become eligible for the scheme which allows players to declare for the home county of their parents.

CLARE football chiefs will look to second generation talent to aid the county cause for the upcoming McGrath Cup and National League campaigns.

Laois chalked up their first win under new manager Liam Kearns this afternoon as they made use of a second half wind advantage to secure a 1-11 to 0-7 O'Byrne Cup first round victory over Kildare.