Fermoy 2-14 Charleville 1-16

In the corridor at Ruislip following Saturday’s qualifier, Antrim boss Liam Bradley was conducting a television interview when referee Pádraig Hughes peered around the corner.

EVEN the most rural of parishes has its GAA pub, a local hostelry where players past, present and future meet, an informal community centre where supporters of all generations congregate after victory and defeat to mourn or to celebrate as the occasion demands.

“ALL for one and one for all,” the motto coined by Alexandre Dumas for his fictional Three Musketeers; it could instead have been coined for the very real hurling warriors of Effin.

EVERYTHING you want in a team – any team – Effin have it, and not for the first time in the last two all-conquering seasons, they showed it again yesterday.

THE hurlers of Effin have come a very long way in a very short time. Last year the small rural Limerick outfit claimed their first adult county title with junior hurling championship success.

A GARDA superintendent has denied claims they did not carry out an investigation into the death of Evelyn Joel.

OVER the past five years they have watched neighbours either side of the Cork-Limerick border rise to senior stardom.

KIERAN O’BRIEN will return to the nursery where he learned his trade tomorrow night when high-flying DART Killester put their unbeaten NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague record on the line at Neptune Stadium.

MOYCULLEN shocked the home town favourites to capture the U20 Men’s National Cup title with a stunning display Saturday.

ABRAKEBABRA Tigers claimed their second trophy of the season and what coach Dave Falvey hopes is the second leg of the treble, when they beat Mustang Sallys on Tuesday to clinch the Southern Conference and a place in the semi-finals of the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague.

The final weekend of the Nivea For Men SuperLeague Northern and Southern Conferences has arrived.

A mother-of-four died trying to save her young daughter from a devastating house fire at their family home in Co Wexford, neighbours said today.

There are three second-round games in the SuperLeague National Cup this weekend with a place in the quarter-finals of the competition at stake.