St Pat’s Maghera 2-14 Summerhill, Sligo 3-10: St. Pat’s Maghera are through to the Hogan Cup final after staging a late comeback to edge past a devastated Summerhill College Sligo team at Brewster Park in Enniskillen yesterday afternoon.

Na Piarsaigh boss Shane O’Neill paid a warm tribute to Thurles Sarsfields after the game.

Niall Cahill need only drive through the main gates of Thurles CBS to see the ripples of excitement created by their spring adventure.

Cratloe (Clare) 1-18 Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 0-14

Tired limbs and bruised bodies will emerge through the tunnel at Cusack Park tomorrow afternoon, hurlers from both sides carried by the big M: momentum.

Thurles Sarsfields 2-22 Loughmore-Castleiney 3-11

Hot metal, cool stools, fluttering butterflies and expensive wild leather furniture, crafted by hand. All part of this week’s list from Esther N McCarthy.

This week Esther N McCarthy concentrates on items that are actually good for us - like juicers that won’t live in the back of the cupboard and sandwich boxes made for healthy midday breaks.

The glory days of Newmarket on Fergus may be in the distant past but their achievements of yesteryear still demand huge respect from those who know their Clare hurling.

Multi-stem casserole dish by Orla Kiely is earthenware — dishwasher and microwave safe.

IT WAS off-hand comment and revelation, both at the same time.

TIPPERARY defender Declan Fanning last night announced his retirement from intercounty hurling.

THURLES SARS retained their Tipperary senior hurling title in dull and damp Semple Stadium yesterday, capping off a superb year for their four Tipperary All-Ireland-winning stars, but only after a testing final few minutes against a young Clonoulty-Rossmore side that will surely come again.

WRETCHED conditions for hurling in Newtownshandrum last night but for UCC there was cause to cheer as they collected honours in the Ulster Bank Higher Education Division 1 Hurling League final.

PADDY McCORMACK still reflects on last year’s All-Ireland camogie final and thinks not so much about how Cork snatched victory from Tipperary but why they were able to manage it.

Tipperary will boast a settled side for Sunday's Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie final against reigning champions Cork (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

Influential centre back Ciara Gaynor has decided to end her six-year involvement with the Tipperary senior camogie team.

Tipperary manager Paddy McCormack is backing his camogie stars after a late lapse saw them overhauled by Cork in yesterday's All-Ireland senior final at Croke Park.

IT MAY be the end of the road for Tipperary captain Deirdre Hughes who as good as announced her retirement from inter-county activity after yesterday’s All-Ireland final.

Tipperary 1-13 Cork 1-17

All-Ireland camogie champions Tipperary have made a number of changes to their side for Sunday's Foras na Gaeilge decider against Cork (Croke Park, throw-in 3.15pm).

AXED Tipperary hurling manager Ken Hogan asked for one more year in charge to develop the young talent in the county.

County Carlow 20 Dublin University 10

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WITH the All-Ireland colleges title safely tucked away in St Kieran’s, Brother Damien is hoping he can steer Kilkenny to victory in tomorrow’s MHC final against Galway.

Toomevara 3-19 Thurles Sarsfields 3-16

FOUR final defeats in a row aren’t exactly exciting credentials, but Thurles Sarsfields carry that burden into tomorrow’s Tipperary SHC final against Toomevara in Semple Stadium.

OFFALY football captain Cathal Daly revealed yesterday that the furore over the sacking of manager Paul O’Kelly is “far from done and dusted.”

TOMORROW’S clash of Galway and Tipperary in the first of the All-Ireland MHC semi-finals will be their fourth meeting this year.

THE Galway team to play Tipperary in Sunday’s All-Ireland MHC semi-final, shows three changes from the side that defeated Antrim last time out.

TIPPERARY are chasing a hat-trick of titles when they play Cork in the Munster MHC final at Semple Stadium tomorrow (1.15 pm). The defending champions have made

DEFENDING champions Tipperary have left a vacancy at corner forward for tonight’s Munster MHC semi-final against Limerick as they wait for fitness reports on two players who are in line for the position.

The management team which brought Tipperary's minor hurlers to the All-Ireland Final in 2002 have been re-appointed to the position for the coming year following a meeting of the Tipperary County GAA Board.

NICKY ENGLISH’S successor as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team will not be appointed for several weeks.

A decision is to be made next week on the heir to the Tipperary senior hurling management throne vacated by former boss Nicky English.

Discussions on the future of Tipperary senior hurling boss Nicky English will take place on Tuesday evening next at the monthly meeting of Co Tipperary GAA Board.

TIPPERARY have not allowed the John Boland affair to deflect their attention from tomorrow’s All-Ireland MHC final against Kilkenny.

TIPPERARY camogie boss Michael Cleary is regarded as favourite to take over as manager of the Premier County’s senior hurling team should Nicky English depart after his four-year stint.