At Ennis Circuit Court on Friday, the jury heard that Mr Gilligan made a pre-prepared statement to Gardaí at Shannon Garda Station on February 19th, 2024, in response to the then-allegation that he assaulted a 12-year-old boy with a stick at the Jamaica Inn hostel on October 5th 2023.

Former All-Star hurler Niall Gilligan denies the charge of assault causing harm

Each man in the Tipp full forward line - John McGrath, Darragh McCarthy, and Jason Forde - scored a goal.

Cork's goals came from Tim O’Mahony, Alan Connolly, and Brian Hayes.

Tipperary will take on Kilkenny at 4pm on Sunday in Croke Park.

Niamh Rockett made history with the Déise as they recorded their first ever senior championship victory over Kilkenny in Nowlan Park on May 31st.

Limerick are going for their seventh Munster title in a row while Cork will be hoping to upset the Treaty’s party looking for their first title since 2018.

Midlands Park Hotel U/15 Hurling League Division 1 Final  Camross 3-10 Ballinakill Ballypickas 1-8 CAMROSS added another piece of silverware to their trophy cabinet on Wednesday evening at the LOETB Centre of Excellence, as they clinched the ...

LAOIS booked their place in the Celtic Challenge William Robinson final with an emphatic 2-23 to 2-11 victory over Roscommon at the LOETB Centre of Excellence on Saturday afternoon.

THERE’S fewer sweeter things in sport than getting one over on your rivals in the dying embers of a game and thankfully it was the Laois contingent that had that winning feeling coming out of Netwatch Cullen Park on Saturday afternoon.

LAOIS manager Tommy Fitzgerald was almost speechless after seeing his team secure passage to the Joe McDonagh Cup final with a goal right at the death against Carlow on Saturday afternoon.

BELOW is a report of the thrilling meeting of the Barrowside neighbours in the Leinster championship in 1964. The sides met for the first time in the National Hurling League five years previous in Athy.

LAOIS’S Joe McDonagh Cup campaign hit a serious speed bump on Sunday afternoon as Kildare pulled off another shock result in the competition and came away from Portlaoise with an 11-point victory.

Limerick's 3-26 to 1-16 win at home to Cork means the Banner cannot progress any further in the Munster championship.

Laois 1-19 Kildare 1-10 TODAY Kildare and Laois meet in a very important Joe McDonagh Cup hurling clash in Laois Hire O’Moore Park (3pm). They may be near neighbours but have not met very often at senior hurling level.

LAOIS’S rampant start to their Joe McDonagh Cup campaign continued on Sunday as they dispatched of a weak Kerry team by half time in Laois Hire O’Moore Park.

Kerry 3-20 Laois 0-19 SEVEN years ago Laois and Kerry clashed in Austin Stack Park, Tralee in the second round of the new competition.

Laois 2-28 ildare 2-10 LAOIS have advanced to the Celtic Challenge semi-final after an impressive display against Kildare in the LOETB Centre of Excellence on Saturday morning.

Laois 4-16 Offaly 0-13 XALL of 12 years ago Laois minor hurlers were hoping to reach back to back Leinster semi-finals. Wexford had ended the dream a year earlier.

O’Neills Leinster U/20 HC quarter-final  Laois 1-24 Wexford 1-18DEREK Delaney and his U/20 Laois hurlers made the trip to Chadwick’s Wexford Park on the bank holiday Monday afternoon where Wexford ...

Celtic Challenge Rd 3 Laois 8-25 Kerry 2-12 KERRY arrived early in Portlaoise on Saturday morning to take on Laois in the Celtic Challenge hurling competition. Last time out they received a walk over from Offaly.

WITH two wins on the board from their opening two Joe McDonagh Cup games Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald was a happy man on Saturday afternoon after the contest against Down.

William O'Donoghue has been crucial to Limerick's success over the years, with five Liam MacCarthy titles to his name.

Here is all you need to know ahead of this weekend's action.

Leinster U-20 HC Tier 1 Group 1 Rd 3  Offaly 1-25 Laois 0-14  LAOIS suffered a second consecutive defeat in Group 3 of the Leinster U/20 Hurling Championship after Offaly proved to be far too strong in ...

Cork have beaten Tipperary 3-24 to 0-23.

Mark Keane brought the court action after an accident at the Johnson & Johnson factory in Co Limerick

IN the good old days of Dr Cullen Park Laois and Carlow produced several battles in the League, Oireachtas, Walsh Cup and Championship. 1982 saw the visitors score 1-15 in victory.

THIS weekend sees a big clash between two counties separated by the River Barrow and the two are regular contestants on either side of the river. Last year they met on both sides of the divide. Carlow came to Portlaoise and took the spoils.

TOMORROW sees Davy Fitzgerald still in search of a first victory since taking charge of the Saffrons. Last time out a late goal earned them a hard earned point in Netwatch Cullen Park. Then Laois beat Westmeath.

THE draws for this year’s Laois Shopping Centre Club Hurling Championship took place on February 27. A new format will be introduced for the Senior Hurling Championship, with 10 teams now split into two groups of five.

UL picked up their third Fitzgibbon Cup in four years this afternoon as they outplayed DCU

Leinster PPS 2nd Year Hurling  Mountmellick CS 4-25 Coláiste Íosagáin 2-1 MOUNTMELLICK CS made it two wins out of two as they put in a ruthless performance against Laois rivals Coláiste Íosagáin in ...

Barry Fitzgerald LAOIS'S first outing under Tommy Fitzgerald finally took place on Sunday with a home clash against Offaly, though unfortunately for the manager and his charges it didn't end in victory.

Daragh Hayes (37) and Cian Hayes (33) lured their friend Ciaran Ryan and set upon him with a hurley and a foot-long steel wrench.

Errigal Ciarán claimed the title with a scoreline of 1-08 to 0-10 in their favour.

Clare's Shane O'Donnell is nominated for player of the year, alongside Limerick's Kyle Hayes and Cork's Darragh Fitzgibbon.

Tony Kelly showed all his quality and experience in an incredible performance as Clare defeated Cork in a classic All-Ireland hurling final.

A ticket to watch Clare and Cork battle it out this weekend will set you back €100

Sunday's decider is an all-Munster affair between Clare and Cork

Cork are through to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling semi-finals will be played at Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday

Four preliminary quarter-finals will be held this weekend in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship