Eoin Roche News Today

By Perri Williams IN the U16s it was twins Rachael and Ronan Keaney (Newbridge) that lined up with medals in mind. Rachael who won the recent Leinster Schools…

An attendance of 16,274 saw Derek Lyng’s side defeat Cork by 0-21 to 1-17.

It’s a really big weekend for the Cork hurlers as a week after the other 4 counties, they get their Munster Championship campaign underway on Sunday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Forget Corkness, Pat Ryan wants more hardness when his side face Waterford on Sunday (Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 4pm).

Who has played the most? Who has scored the most? And who has learned the most from the league group stage?

Three talking points ahead of the weekend’s Allianz Hurling League action.

In all there are 10 semi-finals across the 5 grades in the Co-Op Superstores County Hurling Championships and for good measure a few East Cork derbies thrown into the mix, add in camogie, Ladies Football and Rebel Óg Finals on Monday night and it really i...

The calculators have been put away until next year - from here on in it’s winner takes all, and on the day at that - bar the finals - so there’s no room for error as the business end of the season gets underway.

Now that the semi-final pairings in a number of hurling championships are now known, a few more issues will be resolved this weekend with vital games in both codes.

Number of large repair and maintenance projects completed in recent weeks