
Gardai aim urgent warning at GAA supporters in pursuit of tickets for All-Ireland hurling final
Tipperary and Cork people will be particularly desperate to snag a spot in Croke Park for Sunday's showpiece since
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Once again the Rebel army will be on show on All-Ireland final Sunday
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The old-fashioned way of chancing your arm
As the days tick by and those still hunting a ticket get increasingly desperate, they are increasingly likely to fall victim to scam artists.
On Monday Gardai issued a warning to fans around how to spot if a prospective seller is illegitimate.
The bottom line a spokesperson said was that tickets are ONLY available to buy through GAA clubs with some draws taking place later this week.
They are not on general sale so if you're not being prompted to go through an avenue like
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In addition to that, there was also the usual reminder that SafeTix scanning will be in place at the
Screenshots of e-tickets will not allow you to gain access to GAA headquarters.
Tickets need to be either transferred using the Ticketmaster transfer function or printed as PDF tickets. Again, screen grabs will not suffice under any circumstances.
The Rebels are strong favourites to end a 20-year drought for the senior men's hurlers. But write off the Premier at your peril as they've already defied the odds to get this far.
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On Tuesday Tipp boss Liam Cahill acknowledged nothing floats his boat
The manager's plea for patience fell on deaf ears. Transition phase or not, being in All-Ireland contention is expected in
'Easiest interview I've ever had' jokes RTE GAA host after pundits go back and forth before Meath vs Donegal
And the Premier chief admitted: 'Yes, there was not much of a ship sticking out of the water and it didn't look like it was going to come back up any time soon.'
Finishing third in Munster and advancing to the All-Ireland series represented progress this summer.
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But Tipperary went full steam ahead by
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Proving those 2024 naysayers wrong has been a motivating factor.
Cahill — who was appointed in July 2022 — said: 'To keep proving people wrong is a key driver for me personally and it is a key driver for all the players in the dressing room.
"You don't take it personally — you should never do that — but it does hurt when your good name is questioned.
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"I know it's only sport and it's probably a bit dramatic to reference your name, but your identity and what you stand for . . .
'When you look in at a team that don't reflect what you really want to go after and what you prepare for, it does hurt you as a manager and it does leave you with evenings of looking out the back door or looking up at the ceiling.'
Cahill's credentials were questioned after the
He said: 'You can't get too sensitive over these things. You have to understand that these questions have to be asked too when the performances aren't there.
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'Referencing the question after the Clare game, it probably was warranted at the time but it's a tougher question when it comes from one of your own.
'The reality is the county board had given me a three-year term to try and fix this thing the best I could.'

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Extra.ie
14 minutes ago
- Extra.ie
Even in rival Youghal they'll belt out the Killeagh song if Cork topple Tipp today
Kingfishr's surprise hit of the summer, Killeagh, will be sung 'everywhere' around Cork if the Rebels win the All-Ireland hurling final today – though one club mainstay has admitted she can't resist 'rubbing it in' over Killeagh's nearest rivals. The east Cork village and hurling club has been immortalised in Kingfishr's ubiquitous folk track, which has spent the last 18 weeks in the Irish top 10 charts and was used in RTÉ's ads for today's decider against Tipperary. Written for Kingfishr bass player Eoin Fitzgibbon's home parish and former team, the song features references to local places including Killeagh's GAA grounds, Páirc Uí Chinnéide. Helen Kennedy, at the Pairc Uí Chinnéide, Killeagh GAA Grounds, Killeagh, Co. Cork. Helen Kennedy is the grandmother to Charlotte, 4 years old, Hugo, 6 years old, and Poppy, 2 years old. Pic: Seán Dwyer Helen Kennedy, whose brother-in-law Robert 'Danno' Kennedy the pitch is named after, said 'everybody's talking about' the song in the village of around 900 people. 'I've seen it everywhere,' she told 'In fact, it's on the television nearly every night. I've seen videos of people singing it…' The veteran club member said locals don't talk about Kingfishr. 'Instead, we say young Fitzgibbons – Ger Fitzgibbons's son,' she explained. 'And his grandfather – I remember the night the cup came to Killeagh, he danced down the street to the bus. These were dedicated GAA people, even with so little.' Kingfishr. Pic: File The volunteer continued that she 'just can't believe how popular' the song, which has more than 16 million plays on Spotify, has become. She said: 'I think it's wonderful. And I think there's a lot of credit due to the other boys [in Kingfishr, who are from Limerick] who agreed to play it and it has taken off.' Ms Kennedy agrees with a take she read online that the song is relatable to 'every village in Ireland'. Helen Kennedy, at the Pairc Uí Chinnéide, Killeagh GAA Grounds, Killeagh, Co. Cork. Pic: Seán Dwyer 'It is, because villages are different from towns and cities,' she explained. 'I suppose we just don't have other facilities like they do, and all the kids go to the hurling field.' The song has even been readily belted out by supporters from other Cork clubs, possibly helped by Killeagh's underdog status – they have never won a senior championship and are 'not doing very well at the moment'. But there remains a 'next-door-neighbour hurling rivalry' with nearby Youghal. 'I be saying to my little grandson, 'That's your granduncle [in the song] – Páirc Uí Chinnéide!' Ms Kennedy laughed. 'And of course his father's from Youghal and I know it's driving him simple. I just love rubbing it in. They love to have one up on me whenever they can.' But even in Youghal, they are singing the catchy ballad, 'and if Cork wins it'll be sung everywhere', Ms Kennedy said. Killeagh's current home, officially opened in 1996, was named in honour of the man who 'was so dedicated he put his own money in to keep the club going' and offered his own fields as sporting pitches, clearing cattle off before matches'. 'It was usually my late husband and my brother-in-law's land that the matches were played on,' Ms Kennedy recalled. 'I remember when I was a child – nobody told me I was going to be his sister-in-law then – going to a match above in Kennedy field. 'And the older fellas would tell you they'd have to take the cow sh*t off the field and then they'd play the match.' The long-serving club member continued that the 'proud people' of Killeagh are 'very proud of our youth', who have 'served us well' and kept the GAA grounds busy generation after generation. 'Every kid went to the hurling field, and that's why Páirc Uí Chinnéide means so much to everybody,' she said. 'And now there's children coming in from other countries and going to the schools and learning to hurl and play with the children here, which I think is lovely to see.'


Irish Independent
32 minutes ago
- Irish Independent
Residents of Cork-Tipperary border show true colours as local rivalry heads for Croke Park turf
Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final between Cork and Tipperary might be taking place in one of Europe's most impressive stadiums, TV channels and column inches filled with analysis of the big match, and thousands are due to tune in across the world, but… 'This is where you'll get the real story here now!' Emmett Allen says with a big, broad, welcoming smile, gesturing to one of the delivery men, dropping off goods to his garage-come-corner shop in Araglen. 'This is a nephew of one of the coaches, now, he'll give you the inside track!'. Kevin O'Rourke is, in fact, the nephew of Dónal, AKA Ducky, coach of Cork hurlers, and a man that Pat Ryan has said has done a 'fantastic job' with his group of players over this championship. 'I'm getting plagued with tickets, it's hard to get any work done this week!' 'Dónal has been coming here right throughout the winter, so we've been getting the inside track in here all along!' Emmett says. He's one of the very many characters, passing in and out of this tiny yet throbbing heartbeat of one of a few parishes caught in the crossfire ahead of Sunday's enormous hurling clash. Two customers, who live 10 minutes away but are situated on the Waterford side of this three-county conglomerate, are rolling their eyes and bracing themselves for the inevitable exercise in brave face come Sunday, when once again their more storied neighbours are standing on the steps of the Hogan Stand. 'I don't care which one wins, to be honest,' one of them says, 'I'm sitting on the fence,'. Figuratively, and almost quite literally. 'The border has been a great addition to the sport this week,' says Emmett, who is the current occupier of the shop his Dad first opened over four decades ago. 'There's great rivalry in the three counties, even great banter, and hopefully the best team win on Sunday. 'I have Rebel blood, Cork born and bred,' says Emmett, who will be heading to Croke Park on Sunday with his daughter Niamh, hoping she will finally see the Rebels lift Liam MacCarthy in the flesh for her first ever time in three decades on the planet. 'I've offered my stand ticket to be with her on the terrace this Sunday, and it would be brilliant for her to finally see Cork win an All-Ireland. 'I had Seamus Harnedy in there the last week; he was probably out with Mike Fitzgerald to get hurleys. There's a great buzz, and we do stir the aul' pot from time to time, throw in the spanner and get the boys going in all three counties!' he says, with a cheeky grin on his face, as the Cork GAA flag flies proudly outside. 'It goes on all through the year, you could be down the pub, and even some of the lads got up early in the morning to put up colours on the Tipperary side, and then the Cork lads as well. 'This is the man you need to talk to here now, he's a Tipperary man,' Emmett says, interrupting his train of thought, as another delivery comes to the door, along with a few more customers, picking up lotto tickets, cuts of beef, and the gossip ahead of Sunday's final. Michael Hoolihan is a Grangemockler man, but very briefly crosses into the Rebel County on one of his weekly runs, as he tries to keep a low profile behind enemy lines. I suggest calling in sick should Cork win at Croker. 'Ah, no, we couldn't be doing that!' he says, 'You have to take it on the chin like a man. They're a very young team, and Cork are definitely underdogs. If Tipp start like they did against Kilkenny the game will be over, Cork have a lot more goals in them than Kilkenny!' Michael is also one of the lucky few with a ticket, but has a quick request for Emmett as he goes out the door. 'Do you know anyone who would swap a stand ticket for two terrace tickets? 'TWO terraces, for ONE? That now would be very hard,' he responds, as Michael packs up to head back into more familiar territory. With Michael, I too head out the door and take a quick trip back along the road to Kilworth, a commuter village on the outskirts of Fermoy. 'The Village Inn' also has both Cork and Tipperary flags hanging out the window, as I enter to investigate. Tom O'Brien's mother, Chrissy, is behind the counter, whose late husband, Mick, is the reason behind the Premier flag. 'My father is from Ballyporeen,' explains Tom, a village just across the border further north, whose claim to fame is being the birthplace of Ronald Regan's great-grandfather. Regan himself visited the village on his Presidential visit in 1984. 'He took over the pub in 1976 and passed away in 2012, so we have the flag up in his memory', said Tom, who only took over the pub himself three years ago. 'We have a good few Tipperary fans now that would stop off in the pub on the way back from Páirc Uí Chaoimh with my Dad's roots, so we have great craic in fairness now between the two sets of fans. 'There's been serious craic and banter around this week now. It's the only thing people are talking about, the match, and getting tickets. The world could be falling around us, and that's still all they'd be talking about!' The day is soft, but nonetheless people are in good spirits. I cross a young man selling bunting, flags, and the ubiquitous 'hats, scarves, and headbands,' on the main street of Mitchelstown. Once a bottleneck for traffic heading up to Dublin, now anticipating a mass exodus on Sunday from those on either side of the nearby county bounds. 'I'm down here from Galway since last Monday week,' says Calvin Ward. 'There's great craic here now in fairness, I'd say we're selling 50/50 Cork and Tipp,' he says, as another interested customer comes over and picks up a large flag, destined for display outside a nearby house, 'Up Tipp' is shouted in the background. 'I'm a Galway man myself, but I'll be selling here until late Saturday evening.' And for Sunday? 'Oh, I'm staying in Cork, so hopefully Cork wins!' Half-and-half jerseys are also being sold in the town, a bright idea by local sports store 'ID Sports', which has leveraged its own manufacturing facility to churn out the special edition jerseys right in time for the big match. 'It's been absolutely crazy, the buzz around town has been absolutely unreal,' says manager Vicki Murphy, whose own sister has postponed flights home to Australia to get to the match. 'The fact that we just got these made up last week, and they hit our store on Monday, and we've had massive interest. 'It's absolutely brilliant, and it's great for the town as well, the fact that we're smack bang in the middle – we also share a border with Limerick, but we won't say anything about that! 'The All-Ireland is a different ball game, people literally have goosebumps talking about it. It is a friendly rivalry, I'm firmly rooted like an aul chestnut tree in the Cork camp, but the half and half jerseys have taken off, especially with the kids being caught in the middle, trying to plamás one child and then the other! 'My nephew is 100% Tipp, and he even asked me to make him a birthday cake the other day. Of course, he wanted Tipp colours! 'I said to him, 'my house will go up in flames, I can't have Tipperary on my table!', but sure he was delighted. 'You even pass people in the shop and you give them an aul 'Up Cork!' and then they shout back 'Gowan the Prem!', it's just brilliant!'


Irish Examiner
44 minutes ago
- Irish Examiner
Cork v Tipperary: Everything you need to about the All-Ireland hurling final
All-Ireland SHC final: Cork v Tipperary, Croke Park, 3.30pm (L. Gordon, Galway) Live RTÉ2, BBC2 Cork, who last won the All-Ireland in 2005, are bidding for their 31st title, while Tipperary, who were last successful in 2019, are seeking their 29th title. Kilkenny lead the way with 36 titles. HOW THEY GOT THERE CORK (Won 4, Drew 1, Lost 1) Munster SHC round-robin: Clare 3-21 Cork 2-24, Cork 4-27 Tipperary 0-24, Limerick 3-26 Cork 1-16, Cork 2-25 Waterford 1-22. Munster SHC final: Cork 1-30 Limerick 2-27 (after extra time, Cork won 3-2 on pens) All-Ireland SHC semi-final: Cork 7-26 Dublin 2-21 Top scorers: Patrick Horgan 3-50 (1-38 frees, 0-1 '65'); Brian Hayes 5-8; Alan Connolly 4-9; Declan Dalton 1-12 (0-4 frees); Darragh Fitzgibbon 0-14 (0-2 frees, 0-1 '65') TIPPERARY (Won 5, Drew 1, Lost 1) Munster SHC round-robin: Tipperary 2-23 Limerick 2-23, Cork 4-27 Tipperary 0-24, Tipperary 4-18 Clare 2-21, Tipperary 1-30 Waterford 1-21. All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final: Tipperary 3-32 Laois 0-18 All-Ireland SHC quarter-final: Tipperary 1-28 Galway 2-17 All-Ireland SHC semi-final: Tipperary 4-20 Kilkenny 0-30 Top scorers Jason Forde 3-43 (0-25 frees, 0-4 s/l, 1 '65'); Darragh McCarthy 1-33 (0-27 frees, 1 '65'); John McGrath 5-14; Jake Morris 0-22; Andrew Ormond 2-13. Last five Championship clashes Munster SHC 2025: Cork 4-27 Tipperary 0-24 Munster SHC 2024: Cork 4-30 Tipperary 1-21 Munster SHC 2023: Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25 Munster SHC 2022: Cork 3-30 Tipperary 1-24 All-Ireland SHC qualifier 2020: Tipperary 2-18 Cork 1-17 DID YOU KNOW *This will be their fourth meeting of the year, with Cork leading 2-1 from the previous three. Tipperary won a Division 1A Allianz League group game by four points, while Cork had ten points to spare in the League Final and won the Munster 'Round Robin' game over 14-man Tipp by 15 points. *Cork are bidding to end a 20-year wait without an All-Ireland win, having last won in 2005 when they completed a double. Their previous longest gap was 16 years between 1903 and 1919. *Tipperary won the last major clash with Cork, which was played in Croke Park. That in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final, which they won by 2-18 to 1-11. *Cork are bidding to complete and All-Ireland National League double for the first time since 1970. JOHN FOGARTY'S MATCH PREVIEW: Cork ready to earn it It may be a blueblood final but there are artisan strains to how both teams have progressed to this point. Cork, as phenomenal as they were last day out, have won just three of six SHC games in normal/extra time. Aiming for a sixth consecutive championship win, Tipperary have changed their midfield in the previous five (Willie Connors has had four different partners since the Waterford game). The chances are that pattern will end in this final seeing as Conor Stakelum performed so admirably in the semi-final but the north Cork combination they face are so comfortable playing along one another. We have seen the best of Tim O'Mahony in midfield these past couple of seasons and Darragh Fitzgibbon is again in ebullient form. As subtle as it seems, Fitzgibbon returning to midfield from centre-forward has been a key factor in Cork's recalibration following that chastening day against Limerick in May. Fitzgibbon and Shane Barrett are speed merchants but it makes sense that at least one is starting his gallops from further out the field. When Liam Cahill's former selector Pádraic Maher said in January that Tipperary's proud record of winning an All-Ireland every decade was under threat, it was because we asked him. It wasn't something he brought up unprompted but he also pointed out being written off was a good place to be. Cahill has since spoken about how motivated he and his group are when they are told there is something they cannot do. Here, they will be told they can't win because Cork will do most of the hurling. That premise may be true but as they showed against Kilkenny, Tipperary don't need to boss the ball to prosper providing they are efficient and they season those patches with goals. Tipperary will show Cork respect by virtue of their preference to man-mark rather than playing zonally. Dublin went the same way and Niall Ó Ceallacháin warned it was a risk but to go the other way, he said, would only have ensured a slow if painless death. Tipperary won't stand off their men as much as Dublin. There is a chance they match-up well against Cork's attack. They will strive to keep their half-back line connected to the full-backs. No, the question is will Cork acknowledge that Tipperary have evolved from the sides they trimmed in the Division 1 final and second round of the Munster SHC. Jake Morris deserves attention and while he might be the only forward they feel has to be tracked, how Tipperary's inside line thrived on aerial ball has to be on Pat Ryan's mind as solid as that Cork trio have been looking. Ryan and his management team have done their due diligence. Losing but learning from last year's final, their players have too. Cork to win. Not because it's their time. Not because they deserve it. Not because they are the better team and have the better bench. Because they look ready to earn it. Verdict: Cork