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The Galway hurlers defeated Laois last weekend by 2-18 to 0-17 in round two of the 1B league.

A Kinvara based organisation which promotes positive mental health and suicide prevention will be launched on Sunday in the village. Everyone over the age of 14 is welcome to attend.

Galway supporters lucky enough to have been in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon witnessed history being made with the county winning its fifth senior All-Ireland hurling title - their first since 1988 when Conor Hayes led the team to All-Ireland glory.

At times it was sparkling, others nerve wracking but at the end of the day it was just brilliant as Galway ended a 29-year wait to bring the Liam McCarthy Cup west of the Shannon for the fifth time. Three minutes in looked like they might do it the easy way, hitting Waterford for three points in the opening 180 seconds, but once Kevin Moran got in behind the Galway defence and drove the ball low past Colm Callanan in the Galway goal to kick life into what looked like a startled Waterford, it was game on.

Conor Cooney, not 25 years of age until October, is in his sixth season of playing senior hurling with Galway.

This Sunday in Croke Park the Galway senior hurlers will line up at 3.30pm for their chance to add to the hurling annals, under the watchful eye of referee Fergal Horgan from Tipperary.

The Galway U21 hurlers fell short in the last five minutes against Limerick in Semple Stadium in last weekend's All-Ireland U21 semi-final in front of a crowd of 6,524 - when they lost out on a score-line of 2-23 to 2-19.

The Galway U21 hurlers travel to Semple Stadium on Saturday to take on a highly-rated Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final. The throw-in is at 6pm and the game is live on TG4.

The atmosphere in the stands and on the terraces in Croke Park around 5.30pm last Sunday afternoon was absolutely electric.

Heroes wear capes for a reason, so that people will know who to go to in the event of an an emergency. There’d be no point in Superman or Spiderman having their own movies if they weren’t going to pop up in the end and save the day.