After two outstanding hurling semi-finals last weekend, it’s the turn of football to take centre stage at Croke Park for the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals. BBC Sport NI will have live coverage of both games on BBC iPlayer, BBC Two Northern Ireland and on the BBC Sport NI website with the possibility of an all-Ulster final on 28 July. Armagh, beaten Ulster finalists, face Kerry who knocked out Derry in the quarter finals in the first semi-final on Saturday (13 July). Sarah Mulkerrins presents the live action starting at 5pm for the 5.30pm throw-in and is joined in…

The GAA has today confirmed that Johnny Murphy will referee Clare’s All Ireland hurling final against Cork. It will be the fourth time this season that the Limerick man will be in the middle for a game involving The Banner. Murphy previously took charge of Clare’s Munster Championship win over Tipperary, All Ireland Quarter Final win against Wexford and Allianz League Division 1 success over Kilkenny. It will be the Ballylanders clubman’s first ever All Ireland decider while Galway’s Liam Gordon and Tipperary’s Michael Kennedy will be the linesmen on the day. Read More:

Johnny Murphy has been appointed to referee the All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and Clare. Murphy was always likely to emerge as a strong contender on the back of his native Limerick failing to make the decider for the first time since 2019 and he is the first referee from the county to be given the honour since Pat O’Connor in 2003. Murphy hails from the Ballylanders club and has previously taken charge of the All-Ireland minor final in 2018, All-Ireland under-20 final and Leinster hurling final in 2021 as well as last year’s All-Ireland club final. READ MORE: Cork…

Referee Johnny MurphyLimerick’s absence from an All-Ireland hurling final for the first time since 2019 has opened the way for Johnny Murphy to take charge of hurling’s biggest game for the first time.The GAA has confirmed that Murphy will be referee for Cork and Clare on Sunday week.Today’s Sports News in 90 Seconds – 11th July Murphy has made quick progress since first taking charge of a Liam MacCarthy game for the first time in 2018. He has refereed an All-Ireland minor final (2018), an U-20 final in 2021 and last year’s club final. At provincial level he was referee…

All Sport Via Limerick GAA The GAA has confirmed that Johnny Murphy from Limerick will be the referee for the 2024 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final on July 21st, between Clare and Cork, in what will be Johnny’s first Senior Final. Murphy is a member of the Ballylanders club and has also refereed the All-Ireland Minor Final in 2018, U20 All-Ireland Final in 2021, Leinster Hurling Final in 2021, and the All-Ireland Senior Club Final in 2023. In this year’s Hurling Championship, he has refereed Tipperary v Clare in the Munster Championship, two Leinster championship games between Wexford v…

Limerick referee Johnny Murphy will take charge of the 2024 All-Ireland hurling final between Clare and Cork in under a fortnight’s time. It will be a first All-Ireland senior inter-county decider for Murphy, who previously refereed the minor final in 2018, the U20 final in 2021, Leinster final in 2021, and the All-Ireland senior club final in 2023. In this year’s championhip, Murphy oversaw the Tipperary-Clare clash in the Munster championship, as well as the Clare-Wexford quarter-final in Semple Stadium. He also refereed two games in the Leinster SHC – Wexford-Dublin and Dublin-Kilkenny. This campaign is Murphy’s seventh as a…

THE absence of Limerick from the fixture for the first time since 2019 has allowed for Johnny Murphy to take charge of his first All-Ireland SHC final.Sunday week’s meeting of Cork and Clare will be refereed by the Treaty native, who was the man in the middle for the All-Ireland minor final in 2018 and the Under-20 decider in 2021.The end of Limerick’s reign of dominance gave way for Treaty man Murphy to ref his first SHC finalMurphy isn’t afraid to show a cardMurphy, who first oversaw a Liam MacCarthy Cup game in 2018, has already been appointed to four…

LIMERICK’S Johnny Murphy will referee the All-Ireland Senior Hurling final between Clare and Cork on July 21 between Cork and Clare in Croke Park at 3:30pm. This will be Murphy’s first All-Ireland decider.  The Ballylanders native has refereed the All-Ireland Minor Final in 2018, U20 All-Ireland Final in 2021, Leinster Hurling Final in 2021, and the All-Ireland Senior Club Final in 2023. Murphy has refereed four games in this year’s Championship.  The Limerick’s man umpires on the day include Micheal Meade, James Hickey and Jimmy Barry Murphy  from the Ballylanders club and Andy Dooley from Garryspillane. Liam Gordon and Michael Kennedy will…

All C103 News & Sport Pic : Getty Images Cork take on Clare at Croke Park on Sunday July 21st. Cork Chamber is calling on the people of Cork to paint the city and county red ahead of the All Ireland Hurling Final. The Cork senior hurling team bids for the title as all Ireland hurling champions on July 21st. Naoimh Frawley, Director of People, Operations and Governance said, “Ahead of the All Ireland hurling final on Sunday July 21st, we are asking all businesses to show their support for the Cork team. Fly the Cork colours, raise the flags, hang the…

The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship is back in action, with games re-commencing last weekend…Now into round two, there are some exciting clashes to look forward to. The game between Ferns and Naomh Eanna is probably the pick of them, while Oylegate’s clash against Faythe Harriers has the makings of an exciting encounter too.Here, we go through our predictions for Round 2 of the Wexford Senior hurling championship.St Annes vs Crossabeg/BallymurnCrossabeg/Ballymurn are grateful to see Oisin Foley back in action for their club team, having not featured with the Wexford Senior hurlers throughout the 2024 campaign. It may be closer than…