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Irish Examiner
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Stand ticket for Limerick-Cork Munster SHC final set at €50
Tickets for Saturday week's Munster SHC final have been priced at €50 for stand, €40 for the terrace, and €10 for U16s. As usual, €5 concession for students and OAPs is also available for the Limerick-Cork decider in TUS Gaelic Grounds, which is certain to be a sell-out with all tickets being distributed via the participating county board and season ticket holders. There is a €5 increase on stand, terrace and juvenile price points from last year's final between Limerick and Clare in Thurles. In line with the rises for round-robin tickets, it is the second jump in two years. In 2023, stand admission was €40 and terrace €30 for the Limerick-Clare clash at this year's venue. Unconsolidated attendances for the 10 round-robin games in Munster this year were 285,417, almost 15,000 more than last year's record figure of 270,750. With the Gaelic Grounds capacity currently just over 42,000, Munster GAA is expected to report another record-breaking crowd and gate receipt year for the competition. A total of 315,898 attended last year's 11 matches. The €50 stand charge to the hurling final is €20 more than what it cost to sit in Fitzgerald Stadium for the Kerry-Clare provincial senior football showdown last month. Meanwhile, there is already strong take-up among clubs for the free ticket initiative for U14s attending Sunday week's Leinster SHC and Joe McDonagh Cup final double-header in Croke Park. At the weekend, the Leinster Council announced they were making available 20,000 free tickets available for children to the Galway-Kilkenny and Kildare-Laois double-header. Thousands have already applied for the initiative where a minimum of 10 children will be allowed take in the games gratis providing they are accompanied by at least two supervising adults. Adult stand tickets are priced at €40 and €30 for Hill 16. Regular juvenile admission is €8. Read More Seánie McGrath: The Cork dressing room should be ravenous for Munster medals
Irish Examiner
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Tipperary v Waterford: What time, what channel and all you need to know about the Munster hurling clash
Tipperary and Waterford go head-to-head in the Munster SHC this weekend with Tipp looking for their first win over Waterford in the championship since the 2019 Munster round robin. Tipp are currently sitting in third place on three points from three games with Waterford just a point and a place behind following their opening two rounds. It is Waterford's first road trip in this year's campaign with their first two games at home in Walsh Park. The Premier county had a convincing win over Clare last weekend with Waterford hoping to put their loss to Limerick behind them to get back to winning ways. Here is all you need to know. Where and when is it on? The game take place at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles on Sunday May with a 2pm throw-in. Where can I watch the game? The game will be live on RTÉ 2 with coverage starting at 1.30pm. Who's the ref? Sean Stack will be the man in charge of the game. What can I read about and listen to on Our reporters will be building up to the final throughout the weekend and previewing the game ahead of Sunday's throw-in. Read More Seánie McGrath: Cian Lynch is a genius, Darragh Fitzgibbon is close to joining him Listen to Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan, Mark Landers and Liam Sheedy on this weeks episode of Dalo's Hurling Show.
