Early goals from Rena Buckley and Aileen Buckley proved crucial as Donoughmore managed to withstand the intentions of a brave Navan O’Mahonys in a thrilling All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship Semi-Final.

Rena Buckley is well used to busy weekends inside the whitewash, but she’d have been forgiven for thinking, when hanging up the red jersey, that the days of playing two games in the space of 24 hours were behind her.

Some years ago the accompanying headline was the title of an essay that appeared on the Leaving Certificate English paper.

Some of Ireland’s top sportspeople have come together to call for greater promotion of women’s sport.

One of the country’s most decorated sports stars talks to Donal O’Keeffe about life off the pitch — and what it feels like to be a modern-day work of art.

All-Ireland winning manager Paudie Murray hopes that camogie bosses will act on the feedback they received at the weekend’s specially convened ‘Feedback Forum’ in Dublin.

There is unanimous agreement amongst Cork clubs to significantly reduce the number of teams competing in the county senior hurling and football championships.

Cork GAA will host a youth health forum as a first step in tackling the pressure on development squad players.

Nine points from Chloe Foxe propelled St Martin’s to the final of the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship as a result of a 0-11 to 0-5 win over Inniscarra at WIT Carriganore.

The next step for Cairde Chorcaí is the building of a global network of supporters to boost investment in Cork GAA at elite and grassroots level.

Dual star Briege Corkery will be hoping to extend her own record All-Ireland medal haul after confirming she will be available to Cork camogie boss Paudie Murray in 2019.

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Cork dual star Rena Buckley has revealed a shocking story about the perception of women's sport.

When Ephie Fitzgerald agreed to take on the job of Cork ladies football manager in January of 2016, he had more than one person tell him the role was “a poisoned chalice”.

By now it’s among the reliable All-Ireland final traditions that somehow never die. Camogie’s answer to Up for the Match — the annual audit of how things stand with coverage of women’s sport.

The camogie and ladies football All-Ireland semi-finals will take place on the same day, potentially placing dual players in yet another dilemma.

“There’s more flexibility in terms of going to weddings and important things like that. I can’t say I’ve met everyone loads in the last couple of months but at the same time, I’ve a little more flexibility.”

This week I’m sharing a workout you can do anywhere, anytime and with no equipment whatsoever. For my recipe, it’s hazelnut energy balls and a delicious olive tapenade.

Cork captain Ciara O’Sullivan will lead the Rebels against Kerry as they bid to reclaim the Munster title at Cork IT. The Mourneabbey forward is gunning for her eighth Munster medal to match her tally of eight All-Irelands.

Cork dual players Hannah Looney and Libby Coppinger are facing the prospect of playing two championship games on the one day, unless the Camogie Association and Munster LGFA reach a compromise.

There was additional focus on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship underway with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening.

A LOT of eyes were on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship under way with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium.

Julia White was Cork’s All-Ireland hero as she scored the winning point in last September’s camogie final. Having just returned from a series of injuries in time for the semi-final, she’s hoping this weekend for a first All-Ireland series start since 2015.

It was a full day of Irish for around half the 55,000 Junior Certificate students taking the subject at higher level yesterday.

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Modest to the end.

Former Cork ladies football-winning manager and current Cork senior football selector Eamonn Ryan has paid tribute to retiring legend Rena Buckley, describing her as an excellent role model for young people who showed it is possible to be successful in both study and in sport, while also having a good life socially.

“I wouldn’t like to count all the All-Ireland medals in this room,” remarked Joan O’Flynn, Camogie Association chief executive, as she began proceedings at a lunch honouring Rena Buckley’s record-breaking career at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

Hortazelda Stadium in Madrid was an unlikely microcosm of the camogie world in 2017.

Horse sports received plenty of recognition at the RTÉ Sports Awards on Saturday night, but it was James McClean who collected the top award.

City Hall in Cork was lit up in green last night as the city’s soccer champs chase a potential double in the FAI Cup final this weekend.

The position of Dublin hurling manager remains vacant after no white smoke emerged from last night’s county board meeting.

There have been calls to name Cork’s newest bridge after a woman, and for the public to have a say.

THE couple standing in front of me both wore red coats against the blustery evening. No accident, I’m sure; even their terrier sported a red and white collar. 

They christened a bridge after Christy and bored a tunnel in the name of Jack, so surely it’s time to re-name the Inniscarra Dam in honour of the local legend, the most decorated player in GAA history?

Cork camogie keeper Aoife Murray described Sunday’s one-point win in the All-Ireland senior final as “the best drug ever — if you could bottle it we’d be very rich people”.

Therese O’Callaghan looks at the five things we learned from yesterday’s All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final.

The drama came late in Croke Park yesterday, the old promise issued by B-movie producers coming back into vogue at the very end of this camogie All-Ireland senior camogie final.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

It was a moment made for A Season of Sundays. After Cork got over the line against Galway in the All-Ireland camogie semi-final, a heartbroken Aoife Donohue knelt crumpled on the pitch.