City’s record goalscorer hit a quickfire double having come off the bench with 25 minutes remaining

Leading by 3-14 to 0-9 at half-time, Cork inflicted further agony on their opponents upon the restart when striking 4-5 without reply

"It was one of the best days I've had on the golf course."

Kerry had the ball in the Meath net inside the opening minute when Conway fed the inrushing Shane Nolan who blasted the ball home

Irish pair partnered for final round of US PGA as they bid to shorten the distance between them and leader Phil Mickelson (and maybe sort a Ryder Cup issue or two)

A second successive defeat on the road all but certain to end Cork’s promotion bid and, in the process, condemn the county to a relegation play-off at the beginning of next month

Since 2015 the 32-year-old is a combined 35 over par in the first round of majors

McIlroy, who won by eight shots on the Ocean Course in South Carolina in 2012, was among the early starters on Thursday and had been installed as the pre-tournament favourite

Hurling lies in the dock, various ways. For becoming tedious, most of all. My phone is littered with such messages. ‘Isn’t hurling gone awful boring?’ ‘Who’d want to go and see that?’

Byrnes clashed with Jason Flynn at the final whistle, an incident which was not seen by referee James Owens nor his officials, and the Central Competitions Control Committee proposed a penalty.

Woods underwent surgery on open fractures to his lower right leg and further injuries to his foot and ankle following a single-vehicle crash in Los Angeles in February.

As he often does, Lowry warmed up on the range and then played a practice round ahead of the PGA Championship with countryman and Ryder Cup captain Pádraig Harrington

Harrington has a lot of decisions to make over the next few months as players try to lock themselves into the nine automatic spots for the Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy will begin at the 10th just after 1.30pm Irish time alongside fellow two-time PGA champion Brooks Koepka and the champions from four years ago, Justin Thomas

The year in guff...

Three times in the first half of the Dublin-Kerry Division 1 South game in Thurles, Kerry players were not allowed to progress after being fouled and were instead awarded frees

How can you separate them, these twin pillars of Irish life that came in and took over?

Hurling is in trouble, apparently. Michael Moynihan identifies the seven deadly sins

Playing with Tiger Woods means Martin Kaymer still has fond memories of the 2012 US PGA Championship, despite missing the cut.

The four-time All-Ireland SHC final referee took exception to how Jackie Tyrrell and Ursula Jacob supported John Kiely’s comments without providing evidence