Detectives hope to speak soon to an Irish J1 student who was beaten and left for dead in a San Diego alley.

While the proposed changes to the county junior hurling championship were the source of much debate at last night’s Cork County Board meeting, a decision was put back until the next gathering.

So, Axel Foley, how was it for you yesterday during the ritual hush for that final conversion in Killaloe?

Members of the public who are planning to travel to Anthony Foley’s funeral should allow plenty of time for the journey as huge crowds are expected to flock to the church to pay their final respects to the rugby legend.

Anthony Cunningham’s future as Galway hurling manager is to be resolved on Monday night.

Galway County Board officials are hoping the possibility of alterations to Anthony Cunningham’s backroom team will appease the players and persuade them to get behind the manager.

In Nowlan Park two weeks ago, there was a sense in the air that you could nearly touch, that Kilkennyism, that fireproof security in themselves and their team, an attitude that said, ‘Ah, they’re all on about Tipperary, Galway and Waterford, it doesn’t matter who we’ve lost, we’ll take down any one of them’.

Galway hurling selector Damien Curley believes his side are a different animal this term and they cannot wait to take on the reigning All-Ireland champions in Croke Park.

Joe Canning landed a free from 110 yards to complete a remarkable comeback by All-Ireland champions Portumna and send them into the semi-finals of the Galway SHC.

The starting of races in Ireland, which has long been a bone of contention, reached farcical proportions for the opening Maiden Hurdle at Tramore yesterday.

Looked at in isolation, Galway’s feat in winning back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 1987-88 represented a major leap forward for a county more used to feeding off scraps from hurling’s elite.

Ground hurling and urban development.

Three teenagers killed in a New Year’s Eve car crash will be buried today.

Three teenagers killed in a New Year’s Eve car crash were waked in their family homes today as separate funerals were planned for tomorrow.

There was a dramatic twist in the election of the Galway hurling manager last night when Mattie Murphy was chosen by the seven-man committee but then rejected by the hurling board that had set up the committee.