Meath and Kerry face off in Sunday’s final.

The42′s take a look at how the league form of hurling sides compares with their championship performances.

We look back at who impressed and who fell away over the last year.

Kieran Kingston saw his team pick up their opening league win last night.

The familiar foes played out a 1-1 draw in this evening’s game at Telia Parken in Copenhagen.

The government has also been criticised for not introducing national standards for emergency accommodation.

The Ireland head coach was disappointed with his team’s kicking in Edinburgh.

We take a closer look at how the runners and riders fared 10 months out from the World Cup.

Ireland is one of the best countries in terms of reducing education inequality, but concerns have been raised about vulnerable children.

The new hurling championship structure has produced some sensational games but there are some changes that are worth considering.

These sides dropped out of the hunt for the Sam Maguire at the weekend.

It has been a progressive year for women’s sport in Ireland, but there were some low points.

The performance over the past 12 months of Seamus Coleman and others are assessed.

The Westport wing-back was unfairly singled out, according to PRO Paul Cunnane.

The European Commission and ECB say “recent price and rent increases have drawn attention to persistent housing supply bottlenecks”.

The Boys in Green earned an impressive victory over Austria on Saturday evening.

With nearly a third of the season complete, we judge how the big teams are performing early on.

It’s time to run the rule over another year in the LOI’s top flight.

Martin O’Neill’s men exited the competition after being beaten by France in last Sunday’s second-round encounter.

Do you agree with our grades?

It’s been a mixed year for the Boys in Green in England.

Mario Balotelli, Emre Can and others are ranked based on how well they’ve performed this season.

It was a good year for Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy but Sean St Ledger will want to forget the last twelve months.

An IMF internal review finds that some European authorities thought it was “inappropriate” for the IMF to be seated at the negotiating table.

The Portuguese star’s fitness has come under scrutiny during the tournament.

Only between 12 per cent and 43 cent of children actually get enough physical activity, according to the latest ‘Report Card’.

We take a player-by-player look at how the season went for the Boys in Green ahead of the upcoming series of games.

The Children’s Rights Alliance gave the government an overall ‘C’ grade in this year’s report card.

A new EU report also found that Irish people feel that corruption is more widespread in their country than the average European.

A new report looking at the economy, education, population and other factors shows mixed results for Ireland.

The manager’s tough start to life at Old Trafford is reflected in many of these facts.

Leinster got back to winning ways last night and are well placed in their Pro12 defence.

To call Pat Lam’s start out west ‘slow’ would be an understatement but victory over Toulouse gives fans reason to believe.

The teaching of Irish was found to be “problematic” in almost one in three lessons at post-primary, while Maths teaching was found to be “satisfactory or better” in just 77 per cent of schools monitored.

Ireland’s latest report card by the IMF also states that firm implementation of budget policies is required if Ireland wants to achieve its fiscal targets.

The National Treasury Management Agency said it is pleased with the upgrade.

The US said it would give Ireland a “tentative B” for its 2004 presidency of the European Union.

It hasn’t *all* been bad, you know.

The Children’s Rights Alliance’s annual Report Card notes that Traveller children are “almost universally worse” than their settled peers.

The report card comes from the Children’s Rights Alliance, which put the Department of Social Protection at the bottom of the class due to child poverty.