Mental fortitude. That’s their secret. Or part of it, at least.

Cork selector Con O’Sullivan walked over to Rhona Ní Bhuachalla before she made her way out onto the pitch for the second-half.

You know the rivalry-but-not-actually a rivalry that exists, or did exist, between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova?

Cork 3-17 Cavan 1-3: As impressive as a second-half tally of 3-10 was in seeing off Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final in Birr on Saturday, Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald was just as impressed with the defending which held their opponents scoreless after the break.

Cork’s quest for a sixth successive TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC title remains on track after a superior second-half performance saw off Cavan in Birr early this afternoon.

Cork 1-10 Mayo 0-10: Ephie Fitzgerald admitted that collecting his first piece of silverware as Cork ladies senior football team manager on Saturday came as a huge relief.

Ephie Fitzgerald collected his first piece of silverware as Cork ladies senior football team manager this evening – as the Rebelettes powered to a fourth successive Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 title.

 AT 12.20pm today, Valerie Mulcahy will take to the podium.

The experienced physio at the centre of last weekend’s stretcher saga in Clare has rejected county board claims that a stretcher was available for fractured ankle victim Conor Cleary.

The gates of Cusack Park could be reopened later this month to stage the third round of Clare SHC games.

Cork 7-22 Meath 0-3: TG4 All-Ireland champions Cork went goal crazy yesterday, hammering Meath by 40 points in a massively one-sided qualifier.

Kerry 2-13 Cork 2-4: Even Kerry captain Cáit Lynch was surprised at the Kingdom’s nine-point victory over All-Ireland champions Cork in Saturday’s Munster SFC Championship final in Mallow, but there’s no question they deserved their 16th provincial title.

CORK 3-8 GALWAY 1-14: Nollaig Cleary turned to a friend during the first-half of this National League decider and wondered if Cork had always employed such a defensive approach.

Lorna Joyce’s late point salvaged a replay for Galway in this afternoon’s enthralling Tesco Ladies National Football League Division 1 final at Parnell Park.

Ladies Football: Cork 1-13 Kerry 1-12

Shoulders stooped, heads gazed firmly on the floor. The Cork dressing room stood eerily quiet, a picture of despondency.

Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12

Eamonn Ryan’s philosophy is more straightforward than you’d imagine for a manager who has orchestrated nine All-Ireland final victories in 10 years.

Cork’s dominance of women’s football moved into the realm of fairytale yesterday as they overturned a 10-point second-half deficit to claim an incredible ninth All-Ireland title in 10 years at Croke Park.

Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12

Cork boss Eamonn Ryan claimed he was "very nervous" before his team demolished Armagh by 14 points in Saturday’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford.

Geraldine O’Flynn defines herself by the scores missed, rather than those tallied.

Cork 1-19 Dublin 2-12

Cork 1-19 Dublin 2-12

Kerry 3-10 Cork 3-08

Cork 4-12 Laois 2-08

Peter Clarke’s Mayo squeezed into the top four in Division 1 of the Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League yesterday.

Goalkeeper Linda Martin was among the goalscorers as Monaghan made it five wins from five outings in Division 1 of the Ladies NFL yesterday.

Cork 6-13 Dublin 2-08

Monaghan 1-12 Cork 0-11

Cork 2-15 Monaghan 0-12

Cork 2-15 Monaghan 0-12

A hat-trick of goals from corner-forward Cathriona McConnell was key as Monaghan beat Mayo by 4-15 to 2-14 to set up a repeat of last year’s final in this year’s TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-finals.

Cork and Monaghan will contest the Bord Gáis Ladies National Football League Division 1 final on May 12 — a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland senior final.

ACE forward Sinead Ahern scored 0-5 as Dublin maintained their 100% start to the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 campaign.

Ace forward Sinead Ahern scored 0-5 as Dublin maintained their 100% start to the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 campaign today.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork dominated the O’Neills/TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football All Stars at a gala function at the CityWest Hotel on Saturday night.

All Ireland winners Cork have collected six All-Star awards at the 2011 O'Neills/TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football All Star Awards at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, while beaten finalists Monaghan gained some consolation by claiming four awards.

THEY got knocked down but they got up again. Cork reclaimed the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park yesterday just over a year after a quarter-final defeat to Tyrone loosened their grip on a trophy that had come to feel like something of a birthright.

Cork 2-7 Monaghan 0-11

Cork 4-10 Laois 1-6

CORK will face Laois in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final following their excellent come-from-behind victory over champions Dublin in Saturday’s quarter-final at Birr.

Cork 2-14 Dublin 3-10

CORK won their eighth successive Munster Ladies’ SFC title on Saturday, with a nine-point win over Kerry in Dr Crokes, Killarney.