Three new players have been called up for Cork’s challenge game against UCC tonight at the Mardyke.

Cork survived a brave fightback from Kerry to claim their ninth consecutive Munster Ladies SFC title in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

CORK manager Noel O’Connor is anxious ahead of today’s All-Ireland ladies football quarter-final with Dublin in Birr.

THE GAA has to address the issue of people being paid to manage club teams, former Clare goalkeeper Seamus Durack warned at the Bord Gais Energy-sponsored Munster GAA awards presentation on Saturday night.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork continued their dominance of ladies football with six players named on the O’Neills/TG4 All Star team at the CityWest Hotel on Saturday night.

THE Munster Council has stressed the importance of balanced development plans for GAA clubs if they wish to avoid having “fantastic facilities but limited playing resources”.

WHEN all looked lost for champions Cork in Croke Park yesterday, trailing by two points with eight minutes remaining and staring defeat in the face, the utter belief in their ability to hold on to the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies football title frustrated a Dublin team which, in truth, turned in the better performance on the day.

WHILE there were several key interventions – most notably a goal from top forward Amy O’Shea in each half – Cork’s character in the face of their biggest challenge since getting to the top in the TG4-sponsored Ladies Football All-Ireland senior championship in 2005 kept their five-in-a-row quest alive in Nenagh on Saturday.

PREDICTABLY, the plaudits which holders Cork earned from another top-class display in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC were lost in the after-shock surrounding Valerie Mulcahy’s sending-off and the speculation on how much more difficult it would be to beat Monaghan in her absence.

Cork and Mayo have named their teams for Sunday’s All-Ireland Ladies Football final.

Ireland manager Jarlath Burns has announced his squad for Tuesday's first ever ladies' International Rules Test against Australia (Breffni Park, throw-in 4.30pm).

Cork's management is banking on a settled side to collect the county's second successive TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title tomorrow afternoon.

Juliet Murphy is one of 10 Cork players included in the list of nominees for the 2005 Ladies' Football AllStar awards.

Cork 2-13 Galway 0-6

CORK, surprisingly, contest the Suzuki Ladies Football National League final in Pearse Stadium tomorrow against all-conquering Mayo, who were only allowed back into the competition at the 11th hour.

MAYO have no injury problems ahead of next Sunday’s All-Ireland U-21 FC semi-final clash with Tyrone in Sligo.