"Scatty as hell" was how the family of Cork camogie powerhouse Briege Corkery described her last night after she left her handbag behind her in the train station having doled out autographs and hugs.

Employing Sgt Maurice McCabe’s talents for the betterment of the Gardaí would show that a genuine effort is being made to change the culture within the force, writes Michael Clifford

If weekend reports that gardaí are still cancelling penalty points for law-breaking  drivers are true, and there is absolutely no reason to imagine that they are not, then our police force has become a sorry, dysfunctional and, though it is tragic and frightening to have to use these descriptions, a corrupt and out-of-control force.

Cork manager Paudie Murray claimed he said "very little" to his team at half-time yesterday, when they were five points down to Kilkenny.

An emotional day ended an emotional year for the Cork camogie team yesterday in Croke Park.

They haven’t gone away, you know. Clare’s exit from the senior championship may have been premature, but the county’s younger band of hurlers did not lie down after that disappointment and ended the year in spectacular fashion on Saturday night. 

Wexford manager JJ Doyle found ways of easing the pain of defeat at Semple Stadium.

Saturday began with the Spanish press full of tributes to Real Madrid club captain Iker Casillas on completing 15 years as a first-team player at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu — with over 700 games for the club, and an enviable trophy haul including three Champions Leagues, five La Liga titles and two Copas del Rey.

West Brom 0 Everton 2

Na Piarsaigh 3-15 Newtownshandrum 0-14

"Let’s have some new clichés," film producer Samuel Goldwyn once demanded.

National Geographic has dubbed the spectacle of an All-Ireland final as the experience of a lifetime.

The Comeragh mountain range in Co Waterford is an area of spectacular natural beauty, a relatively undiscovered gem that is home to stunning glacial lakes, picturesque waterfalls and hidden caverns.

The outrage bus doesn’t discriminate. It takes all comers.

Jockeys in the totepool Supporting The Sport You Love Handicap at Epsom yesterday escaped punishment despite the runners completing the full five furlongs after a false start had been called.

Limerick is expecting a Sam bonanza from Saturday’s All-Ireland senior football semi-final battle between Mayo and Kerry, which will reignite in the Treaty City.

Galway 1-19 Wexford 1-21

The quarter-final pairings for the Clare SFC were finalised at the weekend.

Killeagh 1-18 Courcey Rovers 0-16

So it’s business as usual, as in business unusual, across the Irish Sea, the fledgling new Premier League season having already sent the back pages into overdrive with LVG’s nightmare start at Old Trafford, Liverpool prepared to swap frying pan for fire as Balotelli replaces Suarez and, simply stinking the whole place out, the Malky Mackay scandal.