PAT Ryan believes Cork’s status as red-hot favourites will have no impact on their quest to end their 20-year wait for an All-Ireland crown. Beaten finalists against Clare last season, Ryan’s side

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A Cork TD has called for tolls gates to be left open during peak hours with tens of thousands of fans across Munster headed to the All-Ireland Hurling Final later this month. Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould highlighted the lengthy traffic jams at the toll plazas ahead of the weekend's game as a potential safety issue and commented that toll operators 'make enough money every other day of the year' to afford lifting the barriers for the occasion.