John Fogarty

4 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Tickets for the All-Ireland senior hurling championship semi-final between Cork and Dublin have been snapped up after going on sale this afternoon on Ticketmaster. Tickets went on sale at 12pm but just after 2pm there was no ticket availability left on the website. This will be the eighth game in a row that the Cork hurlers have sold out, dating back to the thrilling semi-final win over Limerick last year.

5 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

In this great football championship, there is no time to cherish just how brilliant these games have been. Galway will move on quickly because they have to. Down will be thanked for playing their part in the second gem in the space of seven days but they will be soon forgotten and this will simply be filed on the growing pile of thrillers this competition has produced. The intense schedule of the championship gives us such small periods to anticipate but reflect too.

5 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

All-Ireland senior semi-final ticket prices have increased for the second year in a row. Stand tickets, starting with Saturday and Sunday week’s hurling last four games, are priced at €60, €5 more than last year’s figure. The same €5 increase applies to discounted student and old age pensioner stand tickets, which are now €55 in the Cusack and Davin Stands. Admission to Hill 16 remains €40 as was the case last year. Entry for a juvenile (U16s) for the Cusack and Davin Stands is €10.

5 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Shane Walsh is again an injury worry for Pádraic Joyce ahead of Galway’s forthcoming All-Ireland quarter-final after damaging his shoulder in Newry. Walsh picked up the problem in winning a two-point free off Peter Fegan in the 30th minute of this preliminary quarter-final win over Down. He went down again in the 62nd minute before sending over a two-pointer off his left foot to bring his personal total to 1-7, his last act before being replaced.

5 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Conor Laverty bemoaned Derek O’Mahoney’s decision to allow Shane Walsh’s goal as his player Patrick McCarthy went down with a head injury. The first-half score was allowed to stand even though Down’s McCarthy had to go off with a bloody nose in the lead-up to it. As per rule, play should have stopped for McCarthy to receive treatment. Laverty and a member of his management team made their feelings known to O’Mahoney about the incident at half-time.