Limerick 1-23 Tipperary 2-14: After giving a post-match TV interview, Limerick captain Declan Hannon was jumped on by a group of celebrating supporters.

WELL, we can talk about it now; even in the carefully-considered company of Declan Kidney, the possibility of an Irish Grand Slam for the first time since 1948 is an acceptable topic for discussion.

NOW can our title claims be taken seriously? … Kelly, shut your big fat gob.

I UNDERSTAND that literally tens of letters have flooded into the Irish Examiner, expressing ineffable joy at the news that the paper’s soccer correspondent is alive and well and back on terra firma after Monday evening’s heart-stopping mid-air drama which one newspaper dubbed ‘Stan’s jet terror’.

RTÉ analyst Martin Carney has called for legislation to curb the use of hand passes in modern football.