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1. Tipperary v Cork – Munster SHC quarter-final It’s Tipp against Cork again in the Munster senior hurling championship. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO For the second successive year, Tipp and Cork will battle it out at the quarter-final stage in Munster. There’s now a huge incentive for Cork chiefs to get Páirc Uí Chaoimh ready in…

Kerry 2-17 Cork 0-11 AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE football crowd gathered in Killarney this afternoon for the latest demonstration of Kerry’s superiority in Munster. Kerry’s Paul Geaney and Cork’s Kieran Histon. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Free from the crowd restrictions that have hampered the GAA inter-county scene over the past two years, there was a spike in…

St Joseph’s Tulla 0-20 De La Salle 1-13 Páraic McMahon reports from the Mallow GAA Complex A SPIRITED SHOWING from the East Clare school in which they bossed the first and final quarter was sufficient to see St Joseph’s Tulla progress to the Dr Harty Cup decider for the first time at the expense of…

1.  Competing at the Saudi International can’t seriously be construed as professional golfers endorsing the regime or its practices, but it lays bare a reality that is no less dispiriting for being commonplace: that so many elite players can’t or won’t see beyond the perimeter of their wallets, that they consciously choose to ignore what…

THERE’S A REAL new chapter feel on Leeside. Shane Ronayne is in the hot-seat, having taken over from Ephie Fitzgerald in September. New Cork boss Shane Ronayne. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO Ronayne, a renowned coach and All-Ireland winner with both Tipperary and Mourneabbey, landed the job after a year with the Waterford men’s footballers, while Fitzgerald…

TIPPERARY GREAT PADRAIC Maher has announced his retirement from hurling on medical grounds at the age of 32. The three-time All-Ireland winner and six-time All-Star released a heartfelt statement through Tipperary GAA this morning, which begins: “It is not the end I would have wished for, but the time has come for me to announce…

AT ONE STAGE earlier in her teenage years, Erika O’Shea quit football. Though only momentarily, it all could have been so different. The Cork star is still only 19, but is now a 2021 All-Star and a key member of the Rebels defence after two stunning seasons with the senior side. She’s also a talented…

IT’S ONLY THE second round of the league, but already Dublin’s clash with Kerry on Saturday night has taken on major significance.  For both counties, a failure to win their opening game of Division 1 leaves obvious room for improvement.  Kerry stuttered to a draw with Kildare in Newbridge yesterday, going the last 16 minutes…

THE RETURN OF inter-county hurling action and some big football games dominate this week’s GAA TV coverage.  RTÉ’s live game next Saturday sees Kerry and Dublin face off in Tralee while BBC Northern Ireland are live-streaming the clash of Down and Galway. Click Here: Advertisement TG4′s GAA BEO coverage on Sunday features the hurlers of…

Kilkerrin-Clonberne players celebrate at the final whistle. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO THE EMOTION ON show at the final whistle said it all; St Brendan’s Park erupting as Kilkerrin-Clonberne were crowned All-Ireland senior club champions for the first time. Amidst the madness and the heartwarming celebratory scenes, one moment stood out. Click Here: Willie Ward and his…