THE final whistle had barely sounded on Saturday, even in the first game, when the speculation had already started.

JOHN ALLEN has only one immediate target for his team, to regain the Munster hurling title, though the popular Cork manager hopes the provincial championship is not devalued by the new championship system.

Liverpool 0 Graz AK 1

FURTHER details of the controversial sacking of Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan are expected this week when Sports Minister John O’Donoghue receives an urgent report on the matter.

Kilkenny 4-16 Galway 1-21

WE'VE got into a mad sequence, have you noticed? Something goes wrong. Let's say it's a surgeon who whips out women's wombs. Hundreds of them. He gets nailed. Eventually. But a single nailing is never enough.

Fulham 1 Newcastle 3

I HOPE you had a good New Year’s Eve.

FOR those who enjoy a gamble, you could do worse than putting a few quid on a draw in Newbridge tomorrow. At 13/2, it looks like the bet of the weekend, better value than Bolton inflicting another defeat on Leeds.

SUPERQUINN chief executive designate Simon Burke has completed his whistle-stop tour of the group’s retail outlets, which were barely profitable last year.

IRELAND will seek to silence critics of manager Mick McCarthy by extending his remarkable record of never having lost a competitive match at Lansdowne Road when they face Switzerland in the European Championship at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30pm).

RANGERS and rivals Celtic are close to resolving their dispute with the 10 other clubs in the Scottish premier league (SPL), according to Rangers chairman John McLelland.

Portlaoise 0-8 Crossmaglen 0-7

St. Josephs (Borrisoleigh) 0-15 Farranferris 0-8

Man Utd 0 Lille 0

Can EPA be sure about accident despite delay in getting to the site, writes Political Reporter Mary Dundon.

CREDIT UNIONS and banks are to be forced to blow the whistle on customers they suspect of cheating on their taxes.