Liam Sheedy was ebullient about his Tipperary team when talking on local radio this week. “We feel we pushed a bit of energy back in by taking a little bit of a break in the early part after the Laois match so preparations have gone extremely well and I honestly can’t wait to get out on this pitch next Sunday.”

It’s March 10 last, a wind- assisted Wexford have outscored his team by 12 points in the second half to make the league knockout stages, and to make matters worse, Conor Delaney has been red carded in the closing stages.

Derek McGrath’s musings on the weekend’s hurling.

A 26-year-old man who was seriously ill with a diabetes-related condition signed himself out of hospital against medical advice and was found dead at home hours later, an inquest has heard.

Galway advanced to the semi-finals of the Allianz League thanks to an impressive display in the second-half when they were playing against the wind at Pearse Stadium.

Far more satisfying for Limerick than the two points banked was the manner in which they ground out the county’s first top-flight league win since 2009.

It’s getting on for three weeks since Wexford let a second straight Leinster final appearance slip through their fingers and Rory O’Connor still can’t shake the sense of annoyance that came with their defeat to Kilkenny.

Kilkenny 0-22 Wexford 1-18

I’m led to believe Stephen Cluxton had blood in his mouth following that first-half clash with James McGivney, so the conspiracy theorists won’t be happy.

A stunning second-half comeback by Kilkenny this evening saw them exact revenge on Wexford for last year’s Leinster semi-final defeat.

Tipperary 3-21 Wexford 1-21: Tipperary were forced to withstand a late Wexford rally as Patrick Maher’s injury time goal sealed victory for the home side.

Wexford 0-21 Cork 1-14: Wexford’s late burst won yesterday’s Allianz League 1A clash with Cork at Wexford Park - roared on by a 7,300 attendance, the home side should have been far more comfortable in the closing stages, having bossed the second half from start to finish.

Walsh Cup final: Wexford 1-24 Kilkenny 1-24 (After extra-time: Wexford win 3-2 after free-taking competition): There was silverware to show for their efforts, but Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald sounded a note of caution after Saturday’s dramatic Walsh Cup final win over Kilkenny.

Davy Fitzgerald believes he’s way ahead of schedule with the Wexford hurlers yet has described talk of winning the Leinster or All-Ireland titles in 2018 as “a load of rubbish”.

Before the 2013 Leinster final, we were listening to a standard backing track in Dublin.

Tipp rely on Seamus Callanan and John McGrath to create goal chances out of nothing, writes Donal O’Grady.

This afternoon’s five-point win over Offaly at O’Connor Park won’t be remembered as one of the better Wexford performances during this year’s Allianz NHL Division 1B campaign.

Wexford 1-17 Dublin 0-17: Three late unanswered points handed Wexford a deserved victory over Dublin in this Walsh Cup game played at Hollymount last night.

An inquest jury has been told to disregard a high alcohol level detected in a blood sample from a 17-year-old killed in a crash, which also killed a woman and her unborn daughter, as it was an “impossible” level.

Dublin, Galway, Offaly and Wexford are through to next Sunday's Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-finals.

The family of a businessman who left a suicide note telling of his desperation at being pursued over an unpaid €31m bank debt can continue to plead his case that he was not personally liable for the money, the High Court has ruled.

The sun shone but there had been a significant breeze all day. 

He’s spent the greater portion of his life in Cork, even winning an All-Ireland in the blood and bandage, but John Meyler knows they’ll never allow him to be a Rebel.

Wexford 1-24 Westmeath 1-16: This was not a performance to overly worry Kilkenny but then it is highly unlikely Wexford were ever going to reveal too much of themselves in a Leinster quarter-final tie in Mullingar.

England footballer Adam Johnson, 27, walked with his partner into Peterlee Magistrates’ Court where he faced three offences of sexual activity with a girl under 16 and one of grooming.

Moves by Nama to press legal action against a widow whose husband took his own life have been roundly condemned by TDs.

A personal feud that erupted in 2005 ended with Shane Rossiter being shot dead outside a house in October 2012, an inquest has heard

A father of two who was beaten to death after an argument suffered 31 fractures to his ribs as well as a broken collarbone and breastbone, an inquest heard yesterday.

A 14-year-old boy saw his father being "cut open" with a meat-cleaver as they sat in their van waiting for his mother to come out of a shop, an inquest heard.

A friend of well-known horse breeder Lucy Stack and her trainer husband, James ‘Fozzy’ Stack, found her body in her bedroom after Mr Stack asked the friend to check on her, an inquest heard yesterday.

ALL-IRELAND U21 HC SEMI-FINAL:

WEXFORD v LIMERICK

By Peter O'Dwyer

ALL-IRELAND SHC ROUND 2:

Liam Dunne insisted that there was no panic in the Wexford ranks when Waterford came from seven points down to lead during the second half of this evening’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship qualifier at Nowlan Park.

Liam Dunne’s Wexford are on the march.

Wexford 2-25 Clare 2-22 (after extra-time)

Wexford 2-25 Clare 2-22 (after extra-time)

Come at the king, you best not miss.

Clare 2-25 Wexford 2-25

Two really entertaining games in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday and, thanks to the timing, I was able to get to both, though the extra-time in Ennis put real pressure on heading to Thurles.