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Pressure: Ciarán Sheehan is ready to step up again in 2011 SPORTSFILE PRECOCIOUS Cork footballer Ciarán Sheehan says there is little chance of him or any of the other young players in the current panel letting their recent successes go to their heads. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IF YOU haven't seen Ross Munnelly in action already this year, then you'll probably be rubbing your eyes when he runs on to the field for Laois's Leinster quarter-final against Dublin on Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MEATH manager Seamus McEnaney is learning the hard way that when you manage a county team other than your own, the line between messiah and pariah is a fine one. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARMAGH captain Ciarán McKeever doesn't care if 'puke football' sickens fans as long as it wins matches. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WEXFORD goalkeeping legend, Damien Fitzhenry, reckons the Leinster Championship will put Munster hurling in the shade this year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HAD YOU paid good money to watch the Leinster Minor Football Championship match between Laois and Louth in O'Moore Park last Saturday then you surely would have regretted your financial investment. Louth were victorious, but such was the poor quality of the match, it's debatable whether there were any real winners. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOUTH'S keener edge in attack was the decisive factor against Laois in a poor tie. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CORK hurling is dying a death of a thousand cuts, and another sore lick was sustained last Sunday when they meekly exited the Munster Minor Hurling Championship after a 10-point beating at the hands of Tipperary. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THIS is the one day in the GAA calendar when the hurling teams who are more used to supporting roles have the centre stage all to themselves. But unfortunately no-one is in the auditorium. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE GAA plan to turn Croke Park into the number one tourist destination in Ireland. Our national games have never before been aggressively marketed as a tourist attraction, but according to Croke Park stadium director, Peter McKenna, that's about to change. 'We're developing a dedicated programme that will attract tourists coming into this city,' he said. 'If you go to New York you go to see a baseball game or an ice hockey game. If you visit Thailand you go see the kick-boxing. If you visit Spain you might watch bull-fighting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Harlequins 20 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

UCD 2 Drogheda United 1 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Limerick 4-12 Clare 2-13 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE language he used might have been unsavoury, but when Eddie O'Connor had a lash at GAA president Christy Cooney and Croke Park officialdom in general last week he spoke for a sizeable disaffected rump of the association. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAST weekend's GAA annual Congress once again proved that democracy doesn't always work as some daft motions were passed and sensible ones binned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte's assertion this week that it was highly unlikely any team outside of Division 1 of the Allianz Football League would win the All-Ireland Championship put a few noses out of joint in his own county and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GOING into tomorrow's final round of matches, four teams — Clare, Antrim, Carlow and Laois — still have a mathematical chance of joining Limerick in the Division 2 NHL final. However, it will require a couple of unexpected results to prevent Clare claiming that berth. They are level on points with Antrim but enjoy a much better scoring difference so if they beat Carlow today in Ennis they will definitely progress. And even if they lose they will still be through as long as Limerick beat Antrim. The Shannonsiders have won all six of their matches so far, but Antrim are bringing them up to Loughgiel for tomorrow's game where they are always doubly difficult to beat, so Clare would do well not to count on Limerick doing them any favours. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRIAN CODY paid Dublin hurling a huge compliment when he exchanged angry words with Anthony Daly on the sideline near the end of the last Saturday's drawn NHL tie between Kilkenny and Dublin. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LEINSTER U21 FC [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BETTER late than never. This was Dublin's least impressive performance of the League so far but they still won and are through to the League final which counts as a good evening's work. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE might be a healthy compliment of NHL fixtures on the slate tomorrow, but the most relevant game of hurling you can catch this weekend is today's Dr Croke Cup Final between St Kieran's of Kilkenny and Ard Scoil Rís of Limerick. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WITH the ink barely dry on the recently ratified five-year agreement between the GAA and the GPA, their cosy new relationship is already faced with a potentially divisive stress-test. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LEINSTER U21 FC SEMI-FINAL [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TYRONE 1-12 LAOIS 0-11 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR the last five years the GAA's national hurling coordinator, Paudie Butler, has probably been the association's hardest working employee, and definitely its most passionate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ireland 16 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Donegal 0-15 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT IS a comparison that will irk the vast majority of GAA fans, but in one way at least the All-Ireland Championships are starting to resemble the Premier League in England. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LEINSTER U21 FC [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NO-ONE should be surprised by the Irish team's miserable performance at the European Athletic Indoor Championships in Paris. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ONE of the most memorable TV advertisements of 2010 was that Fáilte Ireland montage with the song Remember When by Heathers as the backing track. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WALSH CUP SH FINAL [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT IS time the GAA gave individual clubs the right to rent out their grounds to other sports. Whether or not to allow 'foreign sports' to be played on GAA pitches is no longer a point of principle — it's becoming a simple necessity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LEINSTER UNDER 21 FC [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PERHAPS the most depressing barometer of the state of the nation is the live transfer list on the GAA's official website. Every day it grows longer as more young footballers and hurlers leave this country and the very lifeblood of the association drains away. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RoscoMMon star Donie shine says his injured thumb has healed sufficiently to allow him to return to full-contact training next week. The ace free-taker has been sidelined for the past three weeks after dislocating and fracturing a thumb against Galway in the FBD League in January. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DCU 2-14 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LIT 1-15 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HE MIGHT have won a bronze medal at the european Championships last year, but Irish amateur lightweight champion eric Donovan reckons retaining his national title is the most important challenge of his career to date. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CUP holders NUIG staged a dramatic recovery mission at Mobhi Road as they remain in the competition until Tuesday at least. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WALSH CUP [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

St Pat's-MD 2-22 UUJ 0-10 St Pat's-Mater Dei were ver y convincing victors over a game but limited University Ulster Jordanstown in yesterday's Fitzgibbon Cup round-robin tie. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WALSH CUP [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WALSH CUP antrim 3-12 Westmeath 2-11 PJ o'coNNEll came off the bench in the second half to inspire Antrim to a hard-fought victory over Westmeath yesterday in a tight Walsh cup first-round tie. o'connell scored the crucial goal with 10 minutes to play and landed another four points before the final whistle to make the game safe for Antrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]