Cork’s junior football and intermediate hurling managers have criticised plans to abolish the championships from next year.

John Fogarty sees Kilkenny and Tipperary renewing rivalries at the head of a competitive Division 1A

You could call it a failure, Eamon O’Shea’s time as manager of Tipperary, if you consider the outcome the only important part of any process. He wouldn’t see it like that, though he wishes he could have done just a little bit more.

This time it wasn’t different.

All-Ireland fever has gripped Co Galway for the last two weeks since Anthony Cunningham’s troops wrapped up their place in today’s hurling decider.

A summer entertainment has been observing Dónal Óg Cusack and Liam Sheedy conduct an Open University course ‘How To Beat Kilkenny’ on The Sunday Game.

Galway 1-19 Wexford 1-21

Kilkenny v Galway in Thurles this Sunday in the second of the two All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-finals (Clare v Antrim 4pm, Kilkenny vGalway 6pm) — a prelude to what might happen on September 9 in Croke Park, the big one?

In the pursuit of excellence, sportspeople make extraordinary sacrifices.

It says something when just over three months into the year, Finian Hanley admits he’s enjoying his football more than ever.

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

WHEN France won football’s World Cup in 1998 with a sprinkling of Arsenal players, an English tabloid famously produced the headline: Arsenal 3 Brazil 0.

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.

CONFUSION reigned at the end of normal time in this absorbing All-Ireland MHC semi-final but ultimately it was Galway who reacted better to the surprise of the additional 20 minutes.

GALWAY are without defender Darragh Burke for tomorrow’s All-Ireland MHC semi-final against Clare as the St Thomas player has been ruled out with a broken thumb.

GALWAY’S minor hurlers blitzed Antrim with three goals in less than five minutes during the opening half of this lopsided All-Ireland quarter-final at Parnell Park on Saturday.

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí he was with a married woman on the night of the alleged murder the Central Criminal Court heard today.

GALWAY’S excellence on the national minor hurling stage manifested itself once more in yesterday’s ESB All-Ireland MHC final.

LAST year’s heartbreaking All-Ireland minor final reversal still grates amongst the Galway hurling fraternity. But they have the opportunity for redemption in tomorrow afternoon’s decider in Croke Park.

Galway 2-22 Waterford 1-18, Croke Park

A 28-year-old man who refused to give gardaí any details about the heroin valued at more than €1m found in his car has been jailed for 10 years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

COURCEY ROVERS retained their intermediate status following a workmanlike victory over Delanys in the Evening Echo Cork Co IFC relegation play-off (first round) at Belgooly on Saturday.

A Dublin man accused of murder is currently serving thirteen years in prison, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard evidence from forensic scientists in relation to samples of blood taken from the scene of an alleged murder.