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The hurling year might only be a couple of weeks old, but tough tasks are arriving thick and fast for Galway.

A real sense of anticipation surrounds Sunday's Allianz NHL opener between Galway and Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium (2.30pm) where the two sides meet for the second time in a week.

Having shown signs of a recovery from the defeat to Dublin over the past fortnight, Galway’s next NHL encounter with Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium on Sunday promises to be interesting.

Kilkenny senior hurling manager Brian Cody isn’t impressed with the new GAA rules. The introduction of the new yellow card rules which many believe are designed more for football than hurling may be hurting the game. Brian Cody was speaking in Croke Park on Tuesday last at the launch of the 2009 All-Ireland minor championship.

The seventh and final round of the National Hurling League takes place this Sunday.

Denis Walsh the new Cork manager must have wondered last Sunday evening what the hell he’d let himself in for, after Kilkenny had subjected his side to their heaviest defeat for many a year.

The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese has accepted an invitation to be conferred with the title ‘Freeman of Kilkenny City.

I would like to thank you Mayor and each and every member of the Kilkenny Borough Council for this great honour, which I know is rarely dispensed. It is a great privilege to be made a Freewoman of Kilkenny City and to be in the company of two such distinguished citizens as Brian Cody and Seamus Pattison. I understand that we are the only three people living to hold this distinction and I will treasure it and the memory of the goodwill and pride of the people of Kilkenny in their city which caused me to receive it.

NO LESS a hurler than Eddie Keher has hailed Bondi Beach Boy Blue, by NUI Galway graduate Benny McDonnell, as “really capturing the hurling scene and ethos”.

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody will be pleased his star players are back on the playing field having recovered from injuries.