Limerick's Nickie Quad, Cork's Bill Cooper, Tipperary's Brendan Maher and Kevin Moran of Waterford were at the Rock of Cashel to launch the Munster Championship. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

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• RTÉ pundit Tomás O Sé has admitted that his use of the word ‘scumbags’ was a poor choice of phrasing.
• Cork brothers Gary and Pal O’Donovan spoke to The42 about the euphoria of winning European gold.
• Waterford hurlers Curran and Barron played through an emotional pain yesterday.
• Victorious Clontarf coach Andy Wood predicts big things soon for out-half Joey Carbery
• With his season over, Anthony Foley spoke to reporters and underlined his commitment to his province.
• Ireland’s pentathletes Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan O’Leefe joined our rowers in the winning circle overnight.

Synchronised swimming silver-medallists Ukraine at the European aquatic championships in England today. John Walton John Walton

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• Michel Platini had his football ban reduced to four years today and he then resigned as Uefa president.
• Steph Curry, to the surprise of absolutely no one, is about to be named the NBA MVP.
• Brazilian footballer Bernardo Ribeiro tragically died of a heart attack on the field last night.
• Slaven Bilic sounds seriously pumped up for West Ham’s Tuesday tussle with Manchester United.
• LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers took another big step on their way back to the NBA finals.

The Best Thing We Shared

Andrew Trimble went prank calling Paddy Jackson’s father and had him convinced the province were about to replace his son.

On The Record

My mum has driven me around Europe since I was 14. I wouldn’t have got to go to so many races without her. I used to train before school, she’d take me there and I’d have my breakfast in the canoe club before I went to school.

– The brilliant Jenny Egan talks us through her journey to the top echelon of European canoeing.

Where We Were Today

Never mind where we were, look who came in for a chat (and to give us a gawk at their gold medal)!

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The Fixture List

There’s a full programme of Airtricity League fixtures set for 19.45 and 20.00 kick-offs.

Manchester United could take an improbable leap into the Premier League‘s top four tomorrow night, but they face a fired up West Ham side at 19.45.

Showbiz Baby!

This college baseball player spectacularly chickened out of lifting a pitch-invading baby opossum. Probably for the best, those teeth look sharp.

‘I’m sensing a theme’

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