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Fans have been held up on their journey to Dublin

All-Ireland semi-final delayed due to traffic issues

Today's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final between Limerick and Waterford has been delayed until 5.30pm due to major delays on the M7 in Kildare.

GAA • 08 Aug 21

Shane Bennett of Waterford in action against Séamus Flanagan of Limerick

Dominant Limerick cruise into All-Ireland hurling final

Limerick took another step towards hurling immortality as they swept Waterford aside by 11 points in the All-Ireland semi-final to close in on retaining the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time.

GAA • 07 Aug 21

Neil Montgomery has scored 1-04 in 64 minutes on the field this summer

Waterford's supporting cast set for role of their lives

Waterford will be hoping that their substitute's bench can make as big an impact against favourites Limerick in today's All-Ireland hurling semi-final as they have all summer.

GAA • 07 Aug 21

Four will become two at Croke Park this weekend

All you need to know: All-Ireland hurling semi-finals

Four become two in the race for Liam MacCarthy this weekend. All the details on Limerick v Waterford and Cork v Kilkenny at Croke Park this way.

GAA • 07 Aug 21

It's a third championship meeting in nine months for Limerick and Waterford

Dónal Óg Cusack leaning towards Limerick-Kilkenny final

Two compelling All-Ireland SHC semi-finals are in store, with Dónal Óg Cusack casting an eye over the clashes of Limerick v Kilkenny and Kilkenny v Cork

GAA • 06 Aug 21

Kyle Hayes has scored two goals already in this year's championship

Hayes' 'unbelievable power' to boost Limerick - Dowling

Kyle Hayes has put in a string of impressive performances from wing-back so far this championship, and former All-Ireland winner and fellow Limerick man Shane Dowling believes there may be more goals to come.

GAA • 05 Aug 21

Seán Finn (2), Diarmaid Byrnes (5), and Willlie O'Donoghue pictured ahead of the Munster final

Limerick focussed on playing a 70-minute game - Finn

Sean Finn says Limerick are determined to avoid another slow start in Saturday's All-Ireland semi-final but insists that the reigning champions won't be overly concerned even if Waterford pull clear early on.

GAA • 03 Aug 21

Limerick and Waterford will meet in a repeat of last year's final

All-Ireland SHC semi-final line-up confirmed

Limerick and Waterford will meet in Saturday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final in a repeat of last year's decider.

GAA • 31 Jul 21

Cork players celebrate the win over Limerick

Rebels retain U-20 Munster crown with exhilarating win

Cork retained their Munster U-20 hurling crown with an exhilarating win over Limerick in Páirc Uí Chaoimh this evening.

GAA • 28 Jul 21

Gearoid Hegarty celebrates the Munster final victory over Tipperary

Limerick star Hegarty: These are the days of our lives

Gearoid Hegarty is loving life at present as Limerick await their All-Ireland semi-final opponents.

GAA • 29 Jul 21

Limerick's Megan O'Mara in action during this year's Munster championship

'One or two results went against us. What can you do?'

Limerick manager Pat Ryan has promised to extract the positives from Limerick's championship defeat to Tipperary last weekend, as well as the other gut-wrenching results that went against his charges.

GAA • 29 Jul 21

Aaron Gillane of Limerick is shown a yellow card by Paud O'Dwyer during the Munster final

Finn: Limerick got away with Munster final indiscipline

Limerick defender Sean Finn admits his team were fortunate not to have players sent off in their Munster final victory over Tipperary, and says it's important they avoid any further indiscipline this season.

Hurling • 27 Jul 21

Tipperary players watched Limerick collect the Mick Mackey Cup after a 18-point second-half swing

Maher: Tipperary want 'another crack' at Limerick

Ronan Maher admits Tipperary were devastated by their collapse in the second half of the Munster final but he insists they would fancy "another crack" at Limerick, if both sides make it to the latter stages of the All-Ireland SHC.

Hurling • 27 Jul 21

Cork goalkeeper Patrick Collins and team-mate Niall O'Leary enjoy the qualifier win over Clare

Moran: Rising Rebels may need another season

Former Limerick hurler Niall Moran says Cork's improvement at underage level and a new steely resolve bodes well for the Rebels, but thinks they are still a little short of winning an All-Ireland title in 2021.

GAA • 27 Jul 21

Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald during the closing stages of the defeat to Clare

Moran: Davy got Wexford game-plan wrong this year

Former Limerick hurler Niall Moran believes Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald got his game-plan "badly wrong" this year.

GAA • 20 Jul 21

Adam English celebrates after scoring Limerick's goal

Limerick cruise past Clare to reach Munster U20 final

Limerick reached the Munster U20 hurling final after a 1-27 to 0-17 win over Clare at LIT Gaelic Grounds.

GAA • 19 Jul 21

Aaron Gillane (l) and Seamus Flanagan were both yellow carded

Tyrrell: 'Greatest half ever' but Limerick reds missed

Nine-time All-Ireland winner Jackie Tyrrell described Limerick's comeback against Tipperary as the "greatest half of hurling" he had ever seen but was adamant that the winners should have had two players sent off.

GAA • 19 Jul 21

Flanagan's goal appeared to give Limerick some belief

Kiely: 'A little bit of restructuring' got us past Tipp

Limerick manager John Kiely says that "a little bit of restructuring" was the key to them turning around today's Munster SHC final against Tipperary.

GAA • 18 Jul 21

Peter Casey of Limerick is tackled by Barry Heffernan of Tipperary

Munster SHC final recap: Limerick champions again

Relive the action as Limerick came from 10 down at half-time to beat Tipperary in the Munster SHC final.

GAA • 18 Jul 21

Limerick are the champions of Munster again

Limerick fight back to down Tipp and retain Munster

Limerick were made to work hard for to retain their Munster SHC title but eventually overcame Tipperary by 2-29 to 3-21 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

GAA • 18 Jul 21

John McGrath of Tipperary and Limerick's Dan Morrissey during last November's provincial semi-final

Munster hurling final: All you need to know

All-Ireland champions Limerick take on Tipperary aiming to secure a first Munster SHC three in a row in 85 years.

Hurling • 17 Jul 21

Limerick's Darragh O'Donovan (L) and William O'Donoghue celebrate after their Munster SHC semi-final win against Cork

Dónal Óg Cusack: Clare to topple Wexford in huge battle

RTÉ GAA analyst Dónal Óg Cusack looks ahead to a mouthwatering weekend of hurling action.

GAA • 16 Jul 21

"If Wexford were to lose on Saturday, for the second year in a row in a qualifier, it could be bye bye time for Davy."

Kilkenny & Limerick to triumph, but all eyes on Thurles

Our columnist Shane Dowling sizes up a brilliant weekend of provincial and qualifier action - with talk of rivalries and grudge matches dominating the build-up.

GAA • 16 Jul 21

Recap: Wins for Cork and Tyrone

All too easy for Tyrone as they dump out Ulster champions Cavan while Cork finished strongly against Limerick.

GAA • 10 Jul 21

John O'Rourke bundles in the only goal of the game

Cork pull clear late on to book Munster final berth

A first-half goal from John O'Rourke helped send Cork into their fifth Munster SFC final in a row after comfortably seeing off Limerick 1-16 to 0-11 in an uninspiring semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday afternoon.

GAA • 10 Jul 21