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•Galway ladies football junior team play Cork in the Aisling McGing semi-final on Sunday in Mallow (3pm).The junior team has already drawn with Cork earlier in the season. In camogie, Galway face Derry in Ballinasloe (2pm) on Saturday in the Gala Intermediate Championship, while in hurling the Galway intermediate hurlers play Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final at 5pm in Portlaoise.

The Alan Kerins African Projects, the charity for creating sustainable living in Zambia, has been named as one of the GAA’s Charities of the Year for 2009/2010.

Rachel McNamara from Westmeath has won the chance to attend the Vhi GAA Cúl Day Out in the world famous Croke Park stadium on Monday September 28.

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin was honoured as the best hurler of the last 25 years in a prestigious ceremony during the week.

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin was honoured as the best hurler of the last 25 years in a prestigious ceremony during the week.

FOR MANY people getting to the big GAA matches over the years there was only one option - take the train or get the bus, now the links between CIE and THE GAA are explored in a new book.

Kilkenny have broken Galway hearts many times over the years but Galway have also damaged the Black and Amber, including when they beat them in both the 2001 and 2005 All-Ireland hurling semi-finals.

Shortly after the GAA was founded 125 years ago, the universities started putting out hurling and Gaelic football teams and competing against each other. These intervarsity competitions were put on a formal basis with the presentation of the Sigerson Cup for football in 1911, the Fitzgibbon Cup for hurling in 1912, and the Ashbourne Cup for camogie in 1915. Involvement in the GAA in third level institutions was a help to many students in adapting to a new life away from their homes and local clubs. It gave them a common interest with fellow students and helped the process of integration into a more diverse community.

Hopes are high Galway’s postponed Connacht FBD League clash with Sligo will go ahead on Sunday in Tuam Stadium.