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St Patrick’s Day: spectators at last year’s Dublin parade. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty
St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend

The forecast may not be great for this year’s St Patrick’s Day, but there are lots of events and other attractions, many indoors, to keep you entertai(...)

Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald celebrates the league final replay win. “There were no scores between ourselves and Waterford got easily.” Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Davy Fitzgerald expecting a huge challenge from Waterford

Davy Fitzgerald grimaces when he hears, once again, the opinion that game one of what has become a series between Clare and Waterford was not the pre(...)

Antrim’s Darragh McGuinness breaks the hurl of Clare’s Gearoid O’Connell at Semple Stadium. Photograph: Cathal Noonan / Inpho
Clare boss O’Connor demands more from under-21 hurlers

Antrim 1-10 Clare 4-28 Clare demolished Antrim by 27 points in Saturday’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final but joint-manager(...)

Andrew Kenny of Wexford celebrates after the final whistle against Galway at Semple Stadium. Photograph: Cathal Noonan / Inpho
Doyle and Wexford not prepared to settle for second best

Galway 1-19 Wexford 1-21 Wexford manager JJ Doyle insists the Model County will start as rank outsiders against under-21 hurling champions Clar(...)

Conor Lehane: the Cork star turned in a superb o performance for Midleton in the Cork county final win over Sarsfields. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho
Midleton aiming to halt Banner momentum

Onwards towards Christmas and the sorting of the All-Ireland club championships continues thick and fast. Few sports competitions offer such novel pai(...)

Clare’s Tony Kelly: honoured on the treble last Friday evening when he collected the Young Hurler and Hurler of the Year awards, along with a coveted All Star gong. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Fitzgerald backed to keep lid on hype

Clare star Tony Kelly has backed manager Davy Fitzgerald to ensure feet stay firmly on the ground following the hype that has swept through the Banner(...)

Former Ireland rugby manager Eddie O’Sullivan is among the initial set of inductees.
Limerick university honours its top sporting figures
  • Sport
  • September 29, 2013, 19:03

KATHRYN HAYESAsports hall of fame honouring some of the University of Limerick’s most high profile graduates and members of staff was unveiled at the (...)

Cork’s goalkeeper Anthony Nash shakes hands with Patrick O’Connor of Clare after the drawn game. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
History teaches us to expect the unexpected as Clare and Cork lock horns again
  • Hurling
  • September 28, 2013, 01:00

When Cork and Clare clash in this evening’s All-Ireland final replay, it will be the sixth time the sides have met in competition this year. The playe(...)

Clare’s Aaron Cunningham is helpedfrom the field after sustaining a hamstring injury in their win over Galway at Semple Stadium. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Clare to meet Antrim in U21 hurling final

Clare and Antrim will contest the Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling championship final at Semple Stadium on September 14th.Antrim stunned Wexf(...)