Offaly 0-12 Wexford 2-15: One of hurling’s longest unbeaten runs came crashing down yesterday afternoon in O’Connor Park as Wexford overcame dismal conditions and some incredibly errant shooting to record a 2-15 to 0-12 win over Offaly and move to the top of the Division 1B table.

Two of the last six All-Ireland Club hurling finalists will meet at the semi-final stages of the Offaly SHC next month after Kilcormac-Killoughey and Coolderry both eased through their quarter-final ties this weekend.

Dublin County Board have expressed their determination to crown Anthony Daly’s successor by the end of this month.

It’s black, it’s white, and it’s fast becoming an epidemic that threatens to engulf the whole of the hurling world — it’s the Cúltec hurley.

ALMOST 9,000 insurance claims have been made against local authorities since 2005 on foot of pothole damage to vehicles with councils forking out €1.2 million to successful claimants.

SURELY in a hurling community as small as Offaly, where national success was unheard of until 1981, the current success of all-conquering Birr enjoys countywide support?