Laois selector Niall Corcoran insists that Dublin’s conquerors will have no problem returning to terra firma after yesterday’s shock win as they look to regroup for next weekend’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Tipperary.

Scoreboard Eddie Brennan had seen this coming.

Dublin attacker David Treacy has refused to term their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final clash with Laois a ‘banana skin’, insisting it’s a 50-50 Championship clash.

A LOT of eyes were on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship under way with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium.

Update: In a statement today the Galway Camogie Board said they did not believe Galway Camogie was best served by "indulging in a public spat with an ex-manager or his backroom team."

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Dublin defender Eoghan O’Donnell has backed Ger Cunningham to remain in charge of the county’s senior hurlers, despite their disappointing championship campaign.

Ger Cunningham wouldn’t mind having more of his panel available to him against Wexford on Saturday but he agrees it feels more like his team this year.

John Fogarty sees Kilkenny and Tipperary renewing rivalries at the head of a competitive Division 1A

Three experts address the burning hurling questions...

Denis Bastick has won All-Irelands, Leinster titles and Allianz Leagues in his decade with Dublin, but the midfielder hasn’t forgotten the low of 2009 when a season’s stint at full-back triggered a cascade of criticism in the wake of their quarter-final defeat to Kerry.

There is a loop of hurling anoraks throughout Ireland and I am cousins, never far removed, with each and every pilgrim.

DCU 1-20 St Pat’s-Mater Dei 0-11 

Ironically, one Cork goalkeeping legend may have pointed out the biggest problem facing another in Dublin.

Niall Corcoran says he and the rest of the Dublin hurlers have pledged their disastrous 2012 season will never be repeated.

On a week of anniversaries and landmark moments, the best Gaelic footballers in the country traded kick passes with the best rugby players in the world.

The post mortem will inevitably last weeks but, eventually, John McCaffrey expects Dublin to begin their preparations for 2014 with an unchanged panel and, crucially, with the same management team.

Something profound happened in the fourth minute at Croke Park on Sunday.

Dublin are set to field an unchanged team when they meet Cork in tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park.

At 8:38 yesterday morning, the phone chimed in receipt of a text from an eloquent press colleague of Dublin persuasion.

Since 2008 Niall Corcoran has soldiered with the Dublin senior hurlers and after watching his native Galway take provincial honours last year, he was delighted to secure an historic Leinster SHC success with the Dubs yesterday.

Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13

Many question marks surrounded both teams before the Leinster hurling final.

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has unsurprisingly named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against defending champions Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has resisted the temptation to tinker with his team for Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Kilkenny at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3.50pm).

David Treacy will line out at top of the left of Dublin when they take on Tipperary in tomorrow's Allianz Hurling League semi-final at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Empires rise, and empires fall.

Oulart-The Ballagh (Wexford) 1-13 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-12

Retired Wexford stalwart Darren Stamp helped Oulart-the Ballagh edge out Kilmacud Crokes in a tense AIB Leinster Club SHC quarter-final tie at Parnell Park.

Cuala and Kilmacud Crokes advanced to the Dublin SHC final after last four victories over Crumlin and Lucan Sarsfields respectively at Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon.

Dublin hurling star Niall Corcoran admits the team may have got sidetracked this season and need to mature.

Sitting on a couple of stacked pews in Cusack Park’s covered stand tunnel, John Conlon and Niall Corcoran shot the breeze.

Clare 1-16 Dublin 0-16

For Saturday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Dublin, Kilkenny have made four personnel changes to the team that won the All-Ireland SHC title last September.

Tomás Brady, Stephen Hiney and Conal Keaney will complete their recoveries from cruciate knee ligament injuries when they line out for Dublin against Laois tomorrow evening.

In the 2000 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Niall Corcoran and Damien Hayes were team-mates as Galway stormed to yet another underage title.

Peter Kelly and Paul Ryan have returned from injury to take their places in the Dublin team to face Galway in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation play-off.

AMAZING what winning an All-Ireland will do for your All Star chances.

All-Ireland SHC champions Kilkenny have unsurprisingly topped the list of nominations for the 2011 GAA-GPA Hurling All-Stars, with 14 of the side shortlisted for awards.

Dublin hurler Niall Corcoran believes that success on the provincial or All-Ireland stage for a club team from the capital is required in order to bring Dublin hurling to the next level.