By Cian O’Connell Tradition counts down by the banks of the Lee. Four of the five most prolific winners of the Cork SHC will convene at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh for Sunday’s semi-final double header. Blackrock versus Midleton is followed by the meeting of Sarsfields and St Finbarr’s. The Rockies,

By Cian O’Connell Two Clare Senior Championship finals are imminent for Éire Óg, Ennis. The hurlers face Cloney-Quin in an eagerly anticipated decider at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg on Sunday, while the footballers clash with Doora-Barefield in the football showpiece the following week. It is busy, but chairperson Brian Howard

By John Harrington Oran go into Sunday’s Kepak Roscommon SHC Final as significant underdogs against a Four Roads team hunting a three-in-a-row, but that’s not something that will unnerve them. The last time they reached a county final back in 2016 it was a nine-in-a-row chasing Four Roads team who

By Cian O’Connell Gaelic Football is always on the agenda for Mark Bates. A team to mind, a training session to organise, a meeting to plan and plot for the future. Bates wouldn’t have it any other way. On Sunday, Bates manages Courtwood, who face an accomplished St Joseph’s outfit