Dublin IT 2-11 St Mary’s, Belfast 1-13

THREE sporting cheers for satellite and cable networks, and for the internet. Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final will be seen by millions worldwide.

Kildare 3-16 Roscommon 3-17

Seamus Hayes, Clare Champion sports editor, on the heady Ger Loughnane days, email disasters and poorly planned media days.

This Sigerson Cup tie at Gurteen Ennis was as one-sided as the scoreline suggests.

WATERFORD manager John Owens vowed to get over the loss of the O’Gorman brothers and set a Munster final as a target for his players following yesterday’s loss to IT Tralee at Carriganore.

AIDAN MURPHY won a place in the Munster senior quarter-final when he beat Edmund Sexton by almost a bowl at Baile Bhuirne on Monday evening.

BANDON’S dreams of a famous double have been shattered by yesterday’s narrow loss to Dunmurry in the semi-final of the Bulmers Barton Shield at Castlebar. So now, they switch their attentions to the Irish Senior Cup, in which they meet Co Sligo in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

IT has to be said that in the world of GAA broadcasting the late Michael O’Hehir left behind a distinguished pair of shoes. O’Hehir was a special fragment of our summer Sundays for what seemed like forever.

A CHURCH worker, described by a psychiatrist as suffering from erotomania, sent inappropriate gifts, including a Valentine’s Day card, to the local parish priest, as well as declaring her love for him.