Eoghan Cormican

Galway hurling manager Micheál Donoghue has said there are “too many loopholes” in the black card rule.

Brian Dowling, who was unsuccessful in his bid to become the new Kilkenny hurling manager , will remain on as Kildare boss.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has said that his Dublin counterpart, Ger Brennan, “is playing the game” with his comment that all the pressure is on Kerry, the champions, going in to Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final.

A review of Cork hurling was called for at Tuesday evening's Cork County Board meeting.

Colm Lyons of Cork will referee the Galway-Limerick All-Ireland SHC final on Sunday week, July 19.

Such a consistent set of throws Nicola Tuthill has never before put together. And yet as she walked out of the hammer circle after her sixth and final attempt, the hometown athlete wore a slight shade of disappointment.

In his Irish Examiner column on Monday, Anthony Daly perfectly articulated the consensus view emerging from the key moment in the Clare-Limerick hurling semi-final a day earlier.