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Two frees from Carrie Dolan either side of an equalising point from Aoife Donohue carried Galway across the finish line in a tense and dramatic Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final at UPMC Nowlan Park this afternoon, sending the Tribeswomen back to Croke Park for their first final in three years.

Galway had a routine win in the first round of the Allianz Hurling League over Westmeath last Saturday afternoon in Pearse Stadium. The win was overshadowed however, by the news that Sarsfields forward Kevin Cooney will be out for up to five months after requiring surgery to repair a severe hamstring injury.

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Galway lost out to Tipperary in the Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge Cup finals which took place across three venues recently.

The Mayo Ladies senior footballers will make the trip to Ennis tomorrow, knowing that they are going to have to get everything right if they are to book a place in the All Ireland semi-final.

It's been a long road from where they started to standing just 60 minutes away from a spot in the All Ireland final for the Mayo minors.

The Mayo Ladies senior footballers will look to put the disappointment of losing the Connacht final to Galway three weeks ago behind them when they get back on the field tomorrow afternoon in the opening round of the group stages of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

With the elite contestants in the senior camogie ranks now clearly defined, Galway will look to reach their third decider in a row as the same four counties prepare for Sunday’s All -Ireland semi-finals for the fourth successive year.

“I don’t get shocked anymore in football, there is so much that can happen in Gaelic football particularly this year" was what Mayo manager James Horan said when asked was he surprised that Tipperary were the team to emerge as Munster champions this year.