Corkery nominated for sportswoman award

Cork dual star Briege Corkery is amongst the nominees for the Irish Times/Vhi Healthcare Sportswoman of the Year award for 2006.

Corkery, the overall winner for 2005, received the monthly gong for September of this year after she starred for Cork's senior camogie and Ladies football teams as they secured the county's second successive All-Ireland senior double.