Limerick GAA vice-chairman Pat Heffernan says he feels like he has been “kicked in the pants” after fellow officers decided not to back his recommendation that Tom Ryan be installed as the county’s new intermediate hurling team manager.

Former Limerick senior hurling manager Tom Ryan has accused Shannonside officials of “character assassination” as they prepare to overrule his proposed appointment as the county’s new intermediate hurling team boss.

Donal O'Grady and TJ Ryan are back in charge of the Limerick senior hurling panel, having been ratified at a special County Board meeting in Claughaun tonight.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

Limerick will swiftly begin their search for a new senior hurling manager after Corkman John Allen decided to step down from the position following a two-year stint in charge.

There’s a perception abroad that the powerbase of Limerick football is towards the west.

The battle for supremacy in the six-team Group A in the Dr Harty Cup should become clearer following today’s round of games.

They might have won an All-Ireland title after Sunday’s final replay win over Dublin, but for some of the Tipperary minor side the celebrations have had to be cut short.

OLLIE BAKER is set to follow his former Clare All-Ireland-winning teammates Davy Fitzgerald and Anthony Daly into inter-county senior management, after being recommended by an Offaly County Board appointments committee to succeed Joe Dooley as the county’s new manager.

NEWCASTLE WEST are the first side to book a spot in the semi-finals of the Limerick SFC.

A FOUR goal blast from John Fitzgibbon saw Adare book their place in the Limerick SHC quarter-finals and lay down a marker to all contenders in the remaining eight.

CHAMPIONS Kilmallock have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Limerick senior hurling championship after defeating Garryspillane in a repeat of the 2005 final.

OUR LADY’S, Templemore assured themselves of a place in the knock out stages of the Dr Harty Cup with a 2-19 to 2-13 victory over St. Caimin’s at Claughaun yesterday.

Justin McCarthy's future as Limerick Senior Hurling manager is in doubt, after last night's appointment of a three-man committee to pick the Shannonsiders' next boss.

JUSTIN McCARTHY’S position as Limerick hurling boss is in fresh doubt after county board chiefs appointed a high-powered three-man committee to pick the next senior team manager.

GAA president Christy Cooney has urged the exiled Limerick hurlers to show responsibility and iron out their differences with the county's senior hurling manager Justin McCarthy.

ERICH SEGAL died recently, classics professor and author of ‘Love Story’.

THERE was no cheering in Claughaun GAA hall on Tuesday evening as the result of the ballot was read out. There was not a single whoop nor holler as the final tally was announced, an emphatic 83/47 win for the county board and for Justin McCarthy and his management team.

Despite calls from Limerick County Board chairman Liam Lenihan last night urging players from the 2009 panel to "put their differences behind them", it is unlikely that the bulk of those players will return under Justin McCarthy.

IT’S make your mind up time in Limerick hurling, says former player Brian Geary, breaking his silence on the crisis that has split the county for the past five months.

The Limerick County Board have said last night they are willing to fund the services of a professional mediator in the Limerick hurling dispute in a meeting club delegates at Claughaun last night.

A LONG and detailed debate but still no resolution to the Limerick hurling crisis – that was the outcome of last night’s monthly county board meeting in Claughaun.

The 24 members of the 2009 Limerick senior hurling panel, who are refusing to play under current manager Justin McCarthy, have issued a statement in which they accuse the Limerick County Board and the senior management team of using underhand tactics in an attempt to end the ongoing impasse.

James O'Brien, who was among the players to withdraw from the Limerick hurling panel late last year, has become the first of those players to rejoin Justin McCarthy's squad.

IT WAS like old times at Claughaun yesterday as Thurles CBS held out for a thrilling one-point victory over St Flannan’s in a superb Harty Cup quarter-final clash before a huge crowd.

The Limerick hurling saga is set to drag on for another week following the postponement of tonight's specially-convened Limerick County Board AGM and the first County Board meeting of the year.

THE death has occurred of former Limerick inter-county dual player Danny Fitzgerald.

THE Limerick hurling saga is set to drag on after tonight’s specially-convened County Board AGM and the first county board meeting of the year were both postponed due to the adverse weather conditions.

Justin McCarthy held onto his position as Limerick hurling manager last night after winning a dramatic vote of confidence at a specially convened Co Board meeting in Claughaun.

JUSTIN McCARTHY held onto his position as Limerick hurling manager last night after winning a dramatic vote of confidence at a specially convened county board meeting in Claughaun.

THE Limerick hurling crisis is expected to come to a conclusion tonight when club delegates discuss the ongoing saga at a county board meeting in Claughaun.

The Limerick hurling crisis looks set to drag on for another few weeks after last night’s meeting of the county board in Ballyagran decided that the club delegates of the players affected would meet with the county board at 8pm on Saturday, December 12, in Claughaun clubhouse.

THE Limerick hurling crisis looks set to drag on for another few weeks after last night’s meeting of the county board in Ballyagran decided that the club delegates of the players affected would meet with the county board at 8pm on Saturday, December 12, in Claughaun clubhouse.

Limerick 0-16 UL 2-14, Claughaun

WEXFORD senior hurling manager John Meyler and his backroom team have been sensationally sacked by the county board.

AN ISPCA inspector prevented youths tossing two kittens into a Hallowe’en bonfire.

Two GAA matches have fallen foul of today's storms.

Bishopstown (Cork) 2-17 Claughaun (Limerick) 1-15

DEFENDING champions Midleton CBS have a must-win game with Our Lady’s in the Credit Union Dr Harty Cup at New Inn today (1.30pm).

THE GAA have almost guaranteed themselves two packed houses at Croke Park on the one weekend and gate receipts of well over €3.5 million with the decision to play Dublin and Mayo’s All-Ireland football quarter-final ties on different days next month.

THE dates and venues for the semi-finals of the Credit Union Dr Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí have been announced.