Update 1.14pm: Calls are being made for increased safety measures at a Dublin railway track following the death of a three-year-old and his father yesterday.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Loughrea 1-12 Turloughmore 0-07

Sure, there was a huge degree of personal satisfaction involved in watching Galway’s march to an All-Ireland senior hurling final but Mattie Murphy is not one to go shouting about his contribution from the rooftops.

Galway manager Mattie Murphy certainly knows a thing or two about minor hurling and reckons the Tribesmen’s true worth will be revealed in next month’s fascinating All-Ireland semi-final encounter with Tipperary.

RECENT seasons have been defined by the inconsistency of Galway senior hurling sides in the white heat of championship.

Galway 1-21 Dublin 1-12

GALWAY minor boss Mattie Murphy has rewarded Dean Higgins and Jack Carr for their dazzling showings when introduced as substitutes in their semi-final win over Clare, by naming them in his starting 15 for tomorrow afternoon’s All-Ireland final against Dublin.

LOUGHREA’S St Brigid’s completed a stunning year at All-Ireland vocational hurling level when their senior side pipped Roscrea CC by two points in a thrilling SAHC final in Semple Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

TIPPERARY and Kilkenny meet in another All-Ireland decider after the Premier County came good in extra-time to book a place in the Vocational Schools SHC final.

Mountbellew-Moylough will enter the Galway Senior Football Championship final tomorrow as outsiders with many pundits, when they face reigning champions, Corofin in Tuam Stadium at 4pm.

Richie Connor has quit as Offaly senior football manager with immediate effect after the Walsh Island native tendered his resignation with the Offaly GAA County Board this morning.

AMORPHOUS was a new one on Mary Sweeney. She had seen planners use many descriptions before but this one necessitated consulting a dictionary.

A professor is suing James Joyce’s estate for refusing to give her permission to use copyrighted material about the Ulysses author and his daughter on her scholarly website.

COLD-CALLING by direct marketers may enrage many householders but fewer than one in 10 have availed of steps to stop their phone line being targeted.

IRISH legislation which forces telecommunications companies to retain data on all calls, emails and text messages for three years is illegal, according to Europe’s Data Protection officer.

ADARE is adding new icing to the multi-million euro business which makes it the wedding capital of the country.

FOUR companies accused of sending unsolicited text messages face prosecution later this year as data protection officials report a large increase in the number of complaints.

Donegal 1-11 Tyrone 0-9

BEAUTIFUL memories of a fun-loving girl who was stabbed to death at her home in Rochestown, Cork, were recalled at her first anniversary Mass yesterday.

A sister of assassinated US President John Kennedy had been admitted to hospital with a broken leg after a head-on car collision.