Form is clearly temporary in hurling. If the bookmakers are to believed, the 100% 2019 Munster SHC record Tipperary bring to Limerick on Sunday is of no consequence and will be broken.

Do you have everything ready for the busy season ahead?

If John Evans didn’t know he achieved something special with Ardfinnan, he realised it when a one-armed Babs Keating, the club’s most famous son, channeled his inner David Pleat and invaded the Holycross pitch after the club’s county semi-final win over Loughmore-Castleiney.

Kieran Kingston finds the role of spectator a tricky one.

By his own admission Kieran Kingston finds the role of spectator a tricky one.

American actress and singer Mandy Moore has visited Ireland while tracing her family tree for a popular TV show.

Cathal Barrett will do “whatever it takes” to regain his place on the Tipperary hurling panel, his club’s chairman, Tom O’Dwyer said, after the Holycross-Ballycahill player was dropped from the county set-up for disciplinary reasons.

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

Legendary Tipperary hurler Michael Maher, whose death has occurred, was the last surviving member of the fearsome full-back line famously known as ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, having been predeceased by Kieran Carey and John Doyle.

Tipperary’s All-Star defender Cathal Barrett believes that a Galway move south to join Munster would be a major setback to Leinster and the overall balance of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship.

It’s the morning of the 1916 All-Ireland hurling final. The Tipperary hurlers are in Dublin — they walk down the quays and turn left onto Sackville Street.

Ray Ryan finds tea and coffee specialists feature prominently among participants in the FoodService Academy programme. 

A host of Fine Gael TDs have spoken out strongly against the party doing a post-election deal with Independent TD Michael Lowry in order to form a Government, saying it would do enormous damage to the party.

Tipperary minor manager Liam Cahill believes underage hurling in the county requires greater support from the County Board.

Baby Faith Lanphier died at Cork University Maternity Hospital when she was only five days old. Her death left her devastated parents looking for answers.

After 33 years in the senior grade, Boherlahan-Dualla are relegated to intermediate for next year, following their 3-20 to 1-12 defeat by Moyne-Templetuohy in the relegation play-off at Holycross.

Cork hurlers are set to lose the services of a third player this season as Jamie Coughlan considers spending the rest of the summer in the US.

Match of the day in a busy weekend of divisional senior hurling championship games was the Mid Tipp clash of county champions, Thurles Sarsfields and divisional title-holders, Drom-Inch at Holycross yesterday.

Preparations for the trial of Independent TD Michael Lowry on tax charges should not be suspended because of his impending legal bid to stop the tax case going ahead, the President of the High Court said yesterday.

The DPP is to challenge a stay imposed on criminal proceedings against former minister Michael Lowry for alleged tax offences.

The case against former government minister Michael Lowry for alleged tax offences has been adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Independent TD Michael Lowry was yesterday granted permission by the High Court to bring a challenge aimed at preventing his trial before Dublin Circuit Court on alleged tax offences from going ahead.

An attempt by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to stop his trial on alleged tax offences is due to go before the High Court today.

Court told manner in which letter was revealed is prejudicial

High Court challenge sought over claims of incorrect tax returns

Point-To-Point: "Once a good horse, always a good horse".

Former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry has failed in his attempt to have a trial relating to alleged Revenue offences stopped in the circuit court.

The Golden Vale Foxhounds point-to-point took place at Glenbane outside Holycross on Saturday and the Pat Doyle-trained Indy Five made amends for his unfortunate final fence mishap when well in command at Rathcannon last month by landing the opening four-year-old maiden-

TIPPERARY SHC FINAL:

The circuit court will resume consideration next month of an application by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to have four summonses relating to the alleged filing of incorrect tax returns struck out.

KNOCKAINEY WALK, CO. LIMERICK

In Tipperary in recent times, there was a crude saying that if you wanted to find good hurlers in Holycross-Ballycahill you had to dig.

Seamus Hickey, Shane Dowling, Conor Lehane, Mark Ellis and Pat Horgan would seem to be the only genuine All Star contenders outside of Saturday’s All-Ireland replay finalists. So, if the best team this year were to be picked from Kilkenny and Tipperary, what would it look like? John Fogarty pulls out his teamsheet.

And… Breathe. The neutrals may welcome another shot at an All-Ireland hurling final after that stunning draw but can the locals in Kilkenny and Tipperary bear it? Will their hearts be able for that sort of tension again?

1. Callanan coming of age