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Irish Examiner
05-07-2025
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- Irish Examiner
All-Ireland semi-final: Cork v Dublin
4:26pm: One change for Dublin, none for Cork. John Hetherton comes in for Darragh Power. That will be Hetherton moving into the edge of the square on Eoin Downey, who had his hands full with a similarly built Peter Duggan this year. Here's what Dalo and co think will happen. No votes for the Dubs 4:20pm: GAA president Jarlath Burns in today's match programme: "Our schedule and our season do not suit some vested interests who would prefer the inter-county calendar to dominate with no regard at all for the clubs who supply 100% of our players. "We've made some hard choices on the structure of our season. It is significantly shorter, but the games have not suffered; the players at county level enjoy the system, and our club players have a structure and certainty that they crave." Burns continues: "I can accept that using penalties to decide this year's epic Munster final was a jolt and not to everyone's satisfaction. But here's the thing, a replay would have seen the loser have to play three weeks in a row or if a window was created for replays, the winner could have been idle for five weeks. "The GAA decided that this scenario was not desirable - even though a replay would have been with a significant return in gate receipts, But again, that doesn't suit the narrative that the GAA is only interested in money." Cousins, Dublin supporter Aoife Barry, age 11, and Cork supporter Lorcan Donovan, age 9, arrive before the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Cork and Dublin at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile 4:15pm: 45 minutes to throw-in and the stadium isn't filling up too quickly. Cork following is expected to outnumber Dublin by four or five to one. A lot of traffic difficulties for Cork supporters on the way to Dublin. John Fogarty
Irish Examiner
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Dublin make two changes for All-Ireland semi-final clash with Cork
Dublin have made two changes to their named side for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Cork. Conor Donohoe and Darragh Power come into the team for suspended captain Chris Crummey and Diarmaid Ó Dúlaing. Donohoe is free to play have serving a two-match suspension from a retrospective penalty following the Leinster final round defeat to Galway in Parnell Park in May, while Fingallians man Power, who was a used substitute in the quarter-final win over Limerick, comes into the forward line for Ó Dúlaing. Meanwhile, in his final year refereeing at senior inter-county level, Joe McQuillan will take charge of the Kerry-Tyrone All-Ireland SFC semi-final on Saturday week (5pm throw-in). The four-time All-Ireland SFC final referee is turning 50, meaning he has to step down because of the GAA's age eligibility policy. Kill Shamrocks clubman McQuillan supervised Kerry's recent group defeat to Meath in Tullamore and Armagh's victory over Dublin in Croke Park, as well as the Donegal-Down Ulster semi-final. Down's Paul Faloon is the man in the middle for the following day's Donegal-Meath All-Ireland semi-final (4pm throw-in). He was the referee when Donegal beat Mayo and also when Meath and Roscommon drew last month. Both games took place in King & Moffatt Hyde Park. Donegal manager Jim McGuinness criticised Faloon's performance in Roscommon town when Peadar Mogan was black carded. 'We felt it was more a charge than a black card,' he said afterwards. 'When he (Mogan) did fall, the player (Ryan O'Donoghue) fell over him. 'We wouldn't be happy with the referee today either. That is as much as I am going to say. We wouldn't be happy with a lot of the decisions. "I know the Donegal fans were doing a lot of booing throughout the game, but we wouldn't be happy with a lot of it. But I am not going to go any further than that.' Preceding the Kerry-Tyrone game, Liam Devenney of Mayo will officiate the Tailteann Cup final between Kildare and Limerick, which has a 2.30pm start. Elsewhere, Waterford are the eighth football county looking for a new manager after Paul Shankey stepped down after two seasons in charge. The former Meath footballer chose not take up the option of a third season. "We extend our sincere thanks to Paul for his commitment and service to Waterford football," said county chairperson Neil Moore. "His contribution over the past two years has been valued and we wish him ever success in the future." At present, Antrim, Dublin, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Roscommon, Sligo and Waterford are without managers. DUBLIN (SHC v Cork): S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, C. McHugh; P. Doyle, C. Burke (c), A. Dunphy; C. Donohoe, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, D. Power; S. Currie, R. Hayes, C. O'Sullivan. Subs: E. Gibbons, D. Burke, C. Currie, P. Dunleavy, D. Gray, J. Hetherton, A.J. Murphy, D. Lucey, P. O'Dea, D. Ó Dúlaing, C. Ó Riain.
