Tadhg Coakley on all things new at Páirc Ui Chaoimh Saturday night

In a historic day at Páirc Ui Chaoimh the Cork ladies footballers got the defence of their Lidl Ladies National Football League title off to a winning start.

Cork ladies football manager Ephie Fitzgerald says he has a fire in his belly again as he sets about plotting a return to the top for his side.

Dublin’s Siobhán McGrath was named as the 2019 TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year at Saturday’s All-Star banquet in Dublin.

Sinéad Aherne scored 1-3 as champions Dublin advanced to the TG4 All-Ireland Championship senior final after seeing off the challenge of their great rivals Cork.

Niamh Cotter led the way as Cork beat Tyrone to bounce back from last weekend’s shock defeat to Armagh and advance to the TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

Last week’s triumph over Kerry and this 13-point win means Galway will top Group 3

The outstanding Orla Finn scored 0-12 at TEG Cusack Park in Mullingar as Cork kickstarted their All-Ireland SFC Group 1 campaign with a convincing win over Cavan.

Full forward Saoirse Noonan fired 2-3 from play in Fraher Field as the Rebelettes captured back-to-back TG4 Munster Ladies SFC titles and their 13th in total.

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Finn scored five points in the league final win over Galway as the Rebelettes before putting up a personal tally of 0-11 in a big win over Waterford in the Munster Championship.

When management consultant Stephen Covey wrote the international bestselling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he could have devoted a chapter to Cork Gaelic footballer Orla Finn.

Cork eased past Kerry to reach the TG4 Munster senior ladies football final in a game they controlled from start to finish at Pairc Ui Rinn.

Cork secured an impressive win in their opening game of the TG4 Munster SFC as they defeated Waterford 3-22 to 0-7 in their round two clash played at CIT on Sunday evening.

A dominant second-half showing delivered Cork ladies football a 12th Division 1 league crown.

The LGFA's new Live Stream video service from the Lidl National League served up an epic encounter between Cork and Dublin at the weekend.

Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald believes his young side have the potential to return to past glories, as they clung on for an inspirational victory over champions Dublin in the Lidl National Football League Division 1 semi-final yesterday.

Orla Finn starred with 13 points in the sun as Cork knocked reigning Lidl National Football League Division 1 champions Dublin off their perch, and booked their place in the final with victory at Nowlan Park.

Dublin boss Mick Bohan has rung the changes as the champions prepare for Sunday’s Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 semi-final clash with Cork at Nowlan Park.

Galway secured their place in the Lidl National Football League Division 1 semi-finals after round five of the competition, while Dublin, Donegal, Cork and Mayo can still earn a semi-final spot after the weekend’s results.

Cork delivered their best performance of the season so far as they brushed aside Donegal in their Lidl NFL Division 1 clash at Pairc Ui Rinn.

Galway and Donegal continue to light up the Lidl National Football League as the top flight’s runaway leaders both maintained their perfect starts to the season.

Cork ignited their hopes of reaching the Lidl National Football League Division 1 semi-final after they soundly defeated Monaghan at a sodden Inniskeen.

The result may be a setback from a Cork perspective, but in the greater scheme of things, a significant step forward in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday as Cork’s ladies footballers got to share the stage with their male counterparts for the first time.

Dublin manager Mick Bohan praised his squad’s experienced players as they got back to winning ways in their Lidl NFL clash with Tipperary.

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The approach of the Dublin ladies in 2018 was different to previous years.

ET tu ladies? It wasn’t so comprehensive at Croke Park yesterday that this Dublin team is an empty-your-wallet shoo-in for All-Ireland domination for decades to come, like Gavin’s galacticos.

Cork’s perfect All-Ireland final record is no more. It was inevitable that defeat would eventually darken our door some September Sunday - you were just hoping it wouldn’t be yesterday, writes Valerie Mulcahy

Libby Coppinger shone as the 2016 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football champions Cork moved one step closer to another decider with a big win over Westmeath at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

Cork’s Orla Finn is relishing the start of the knockout section of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Championship as the Rebels face Westmeath in Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds at 4.45pm on Monday.

Cork 5-15 Kerry 2-10 

Cork 2-12 Tipperary 1-10: Relief was the chief emotion in the Cork camp in Ardfinnan at 3.30pm on Saturday after two first-half goals sent them on their way to a battling win over Tipperary.

Mayo are through to a first Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final since 2016 after ending Cork’s six-in-a-row dreams. they will meet Dublin in the final.

Galway boss Stephen Glennon is keeping his team grounded despite victory over All-Ireland champions Dublin in yesterday’s Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 tie at Abbotstown.

Ephie Fitzgerald’s 2016 team claimed bragging rights in sweltering 37C conditions.

John Divilly pick out the key takeaways from the weekend’s football action.

Dunboyne 2-13 Kinsale 2-12: A 54th-minute point from midfielder Dee Blayney was the difference at Parnell Park yesterday, when Dunboyne claimed their first-ever LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship title in a dramatic encounter against Kinsale.

Dee Blayney’s 54th-minute point proved the winner as Meath’s Dunboyne captured the All-Ireland intermediate ladies club football championship at Parnell Park today.

A “rollercoaster” journey which has brought the town together “like I’ve never seen it before”.

Carnacon and Mourneabbey will contest the All-Ireland ladies senior club football final at Parnell Park on December 3.

Following a record-breaking season of ladies football championship action, the 45 nominees for the 2017 TG4 All-Star team have been revealed.

Staunton ends Cork’s seven-year streak