Newly crowned All-Ireland champions Kerry and Cork are set to be seeded in opposite sides of the semi-finals in the 2026 Munster senior football championship.
These days the last Sunday in July means that the Sam Maguire Cup is up for grabs at Croke Park and the famous Dublin stadium is set to be a sea of green and gold, with some alternate blue and white sprinkled around its green patch in the middle come 3.30pm this afternoon.
It was death by a thousand cuts for Waterford in the end, with substitute Orlaith Mullins's goal and two points in injury time a final flourish for Cork.
Kate Carey finished with an impressive tally of 2-3 at Grant Heating St Brendan's Park in Birr as Cork comprehensively defeated Dublin to claim their 13th ZuCar All-Ireland U18 'A' Ladies Football Championship crown.
John Mullane thinks the Cork players and management will regret the decision not to have a homecoming after their All-Ireland SHC final defeat to Tipperary.
Cork's failure to get to grips with Tipperary's use of Bryan O'Mara as a sweeper was one of the most disappointing aspects of their All-Ireland SHC final defeat, according to Donal Óg Cusack.
If Cork defeat Tipperary in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final, they will hold the national hurling league, Munster championship and All-Ireland crowns all at the same time.
The 2025 All-Ireland senior hurling championship is set to come to its conclusion this weekend as Cork face Tipperary at Croke Park for the right to take home the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
Shane McGrath sees an upset in this Sunday's All-Ireland senior hurling championship final if the game's close by the time Tipperary "start unleashing their bench" against Cork at Croke Park.
Cork selector Wayne Sherlock says the Rebels will have to be at their best to see off Tipperary on Sunday and end their county's 20-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
Cork great Jimmy Barry-Murphy says the Rebels have "a huge incentive" to defeat Tipperary in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final after losing out on the same stage to Clare 12 months ago.
All-Ireland senior football championship semi-final weekend is upon us as the race for the Sam Maguire Cup gets set to dwindle down to two teams by Sunday evening.