A GOOD first half paved the way for Milltown-Castlemaine to reach the Munster club IFC final at Mallow yesterday as they withstood a strong second-half Newmarket comeback.

THE head of Galway hurling wants all former county players to become ambassadors as the Tribesmen bid to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time in almost a quarter of a century next year.

For the once hurling-centric Éire Óg club, Sunday’s football finals – and the appearance of Daniel Goulding, Ciaran Sheehan and exciting minor Kevin Hallissey – offer a global platform to the strides the club has made with the big ball. Fintan O’Toole visited the Ovens-based club

Kerry manager Jack O’Connor has named a strong line-up ahead of his side’s opening Munster Senior Football Championship game on Sunday.

UP to 80 primary schools in Kerry are outside the protection of the county’s 50 to 60 km/h speed limit zones, it was disclosed yesterday.

THE GAA is facing a crisis in rural areas, one of the organisation’s leading officials has warned.