CURRAGH

Going: Round: Soft; Straight: Heavy

2.00 MAUREEN MCCORMACK EBF MAIDEN E20,000.30 6f

1 G Callanan's BALLYCAHILL (B F Barathea-Cache Creek) 8-5 (E J McNamara(7)) 20-1

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All ireland u-21 hurling semi-final

Kilkenny 2-14
Galway 1-13

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And while the Garda Commissioner has set ...

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Kerry (-3) to beat Cork in the All Ireland semi-final
10pts at evens (Paddy Power)


For all the talk of strange days and shock results, all the novelty ...