KILKENNY SHC FINAL:

THE Powers of Carrickshock are no strangers to All-Ireland finals but Sunday’s events in Croke Park will be extra special even by their dizzyingly high standards.

THAT’S a painful story. I went on playing wing-back, held down the position all through the league of 1986, met Westmeath in the quarter-final when they had a good team — the Kilcoynes, Mick and David.

A GROUP working with brain injury victims has strongly urged the health authorities to accept a multi-million euro offer of medical equipment.