I’VE become a creature of routine; a routine that’s been shaped and formed by living in the same house, with the same people, for a long, long time.

DONEGAL captain Michael Murphy insists there are no outstanding issues between himself and Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney.

WEXFORD have upped their campaign to introduce the clock/hooter motion to the GAA.

FOR Pat Gilroy’s Dubs it was Corduff.

FOR the first time since 2003, Castlehaven will contest a Cork SFC final, bridging that eight year gap in dazzling fashion at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night.

THEIR progress this season has taken many by surprise, including some in their own camp, but UCC have gained confidence throughout the SFC and that was reflected in their controlled display to overcome Avondhu in Saturday night’s semi-final tie in Páirc Uí Rinn.

ST MARTIN’S (Muckalee) and James Stephens eased into the Kilkenny SHC semi-finals yesterday, but league kings and championship favourites Ballyhale Shamrocks and neighbours and fierce rivals Carrickshock must meet again after a thrilling draw.

NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew hailed the men asked to plug the gap left by Andy Carroll after seeing Demba Ba plunder a hat-trick against Blackburn on Saturday.

DEFYING US and Israeli opposition, Palestinians asked the United Nations yesterday to accept them as a member state, sidestepping nearly two decades of failed negotiations in the hope this dramatic move on the world stage would re-energise their quest for an independent homeland.

FOR some it’s a match to get out of the way, for others it could be the entirety of their World Cup campaign.

THE nights are drawing in on us, you’ll notice, ahead of another winter, like the cinema lights dimming before a movie.

THE All-Ireland football final. 82,300 spectators. The final whistle.

JOY for Na Piarsaigh yesterday as they booked their place in the Limerick SHC final with a rousing win over Patrickswell at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday, shrugging off the loss of David Breen to a red card and ending the game five points ahead.

AUSTRALIA captain James Horwill says his side can improve after opening their World Cup campaign with a 32-6 win over Italy at North Harbour Stadium.

COURTNEY LAWES’ World Cup could be curtailed if Argentina cite the second row following England’s victory yesterday.

GALWAY UNITED registered their first point since April, but manager Sean Connor is still on the verge of leaving Terryland.

MORE than the luxury hotels, upmarket stores, eye-popping skyscrapers, top-of-the-range cars and crippling prices, perhaps the most dramatic measure of how much Russia has changed over the past 20 years is that Moscow is a tough place for an atheist like myself to be these days.

LONG before the final whistle signalled Kilkenny’s victory in last Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final, Wexford camogie captain Ursula Jacob could see that Brian Cody’s team had one huge advantage over Tipperary.

THE difference between Tipperary and Kilkenny?

THE Thurles man who was in Hill 16 is still shook after it, worse than when they took pavlova off the menu in Hayes.