Founder and chief executive of Nemeton TV Irial Mac Murchú, county secretary Pat Flynn, and vice-chairman Sean Michael O’Regan will also sit on the panel.

Former Waterford boss Derek McGrath has admitted he wants to manage his county again at some stage but stated it’s unlikely to be for 2020.

Jack O’Connor is the front-runner to replace Cian O’Neill as Kildare senior football manager.

Waterford are looking for a new hurling boss after they announced that Páraic Fanning is stepping down.

The 28-year-old announced his retirement from the squad on Monday night, ending a ten-year run with the county senior side.

The throb and womp from the Marquee provided the mood music, literally, on Saturday night to the end of an odd week in the hurling championship.

A strange week ended at around 20 to nine on Saturday night for the Waterford hurlers, and with it their season.

On Saturday, the Cork supporters club, Cairde Chorcaí, had a Q&A for premium patrons, mostly Cork supporters, prior to the senior game.

It is three weeks since Cork’s impressive performance against Limerick. A three-week break is a week too long and much of the momentum from that victory is lost.

Plans to increase Walsh Park’s capacity to 16,000 remain on course despite neither of Waterford’s two home games in the Munster senior hurling championship this summer selling out.

Hurling again dominated proceedings last weekend. Not for the last time this season the incredible spectacle of the sport was there for all to see.

The All-Ireland champions’ defence is up and running at the second time of asking but if it’s a story you want then let’s start with a woeful Waterford side that finished with 14 men.

Ireland South may remain a debatable constituency but no recounts were needed in this corner of the province yesterday.

Limerick's summer looks a good deal brighter after this afternoon's Munster Championship duties in Walsh Park but the real story was the manner in which Waterford's descended from gloomy into pitch black.

Former Waterford selector Dan Shanahan says the Déise players must lift a downbeat county against Limerick in Walsh Park tomorrow.

Waterford stalwart Michael “Brick” Walsh is expected to make his 75th Championship appearance as a starter in Sunday’s do-or-die Munster SHC clash with Limerick.

The Shannonsiders were overturned by Cork in their opening game in the Gaelic Grounds after winning both of their home games in Munster last year.

When you watch a match back for a second time, you become aware of a million more nuggets of information you might have missed while witnessing a contest in real-time.

One cannot but be struck by hurling’s ability to evoke a reversal of fortunes, not to mention opinions.

Another afternoon of liquid wristwork and fluid movement from Tipperary yesterday put Waterford to the sword with commendable economy.

Waterford manager Paraic Fanning said his side’s burst after half-time “got them back into the game” before Tipperary took over in the third quarter.

Summer hurling’s opening weekend threw up killer lines.

Waterford boss Paraic Fanning says matching Tipperary’s intensity is the first item on his side’s agenda in tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash in Semple Stadium.

John Meyler has reacted to Cork’s defeat to Tipperary by making four changes for tomorrow’s Munster SHC Round 2 in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Waterford manager Páraic Fanning is adamant their Munster championship campaign is far from over, even though the Déise will likely need points from their remaining three games to finish in the top three.

You have to take some things on the chin.

A Shane O’Donnell and Tony Kelly-led Clare spoiled Waterford’s Munster championship homecoming to leave the Déise playing a dangerous game of catch-up in the coming weeks.

Last night in Youghal could have been 2002, or 2004. Or 2007. Or 2010. Cork and Waterford were facing off in hurling once again, with all the chips on the table.

If Derek McGrath came equipped with a fuel gauge then the red warning light would have been flashing at a worrying rate by the time he finally stepped away from his role as Waterford hurling manager after five years last summer.

The GAA’s decision to ban all foreign training camps from next year on has been branded as “nonsense” by Waterford hurling manager Paraic Fanning.

The Munster Council is confident that Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be fit for purpose for the opening round of the Munster senior hurling championship between Cork and Tipperary on May 12.

Waterford hurling manager Páraic Fanning said yesterday he would have been “very disappointed, gutted really” if his side had been denied the opportunity to play their homes games in the Munster SHC in Walsh Park.

At the tender age of 23, Dr Tom Devine bid farewell to inter-county hurling. It had been on the cards.

Three stunning saves from Shaun O’Brien and 11 Jack Fagan points saw De La Salle come from seven points down to edge Lismore 2-21 to 1-18 in a thriller at Fraher Field yesterday.

A league final in keeping with the league itself, then.

Following in the footsteps of the ultra-dominant Kilkenny teams of this decade and last, Limerick secured national league silverware seven months after claiming Liam MacCarthy.

Waterford made it to Sunday's Allianz Hurling League final the hard way.

Waterford midfielder Jamie Barron has challenged his colleagues to cast off their nearly men status and to start delivering in major finals.

Not exactly get out of jail but Waterford gave Galway the slip thanks to a slack second-half from the Tribesmen in Nowlan Park.

Micheál Donoghue believes Joe Canning should have been awarded a free before he picked up the injury that saw him stretchered off in the closing minutes of yesterday’s Allianz League semi-final.

Here’s one thing you knew about Páraic Fanning. He’s Mount Sion and Déise hurling royalty.

You might be wondering when Pauric Mahony, arguably the best in the business with the exception of Patrick Horgan, will return to free-taking duties for Waterford.

David Clifford is in line to make his first start for Kerry this season as he is named in the full-forward line in tomorrow’s final round Division 1 game in Roscommon.