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The Irish Sun
13 hours ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Jimmy Lee knows Limerick's Tailteann Cup semi-final against Wicklow will be tough based off league battle
WITH Limerick football in bloom, Jimmy Lee's side want to make the most of another chance to ensure all is not rosy in the Garden. Lee steered the Treaty to promotion from NFL Division 4 in March. And their result against this weekend's Tailteann Cup semi-final opponents was one of the seeds of their growth. A last-gasp point from James Naughton earned the visitors a draw in Aughrim. But Wicklow will have a score to settle on Sunday as a win over Lee's men on St Patrick's weekend would have seen the Garden County finish the campaign with a sufficient points tally to return to Division 3 at Limerick's expense. Lee recalled: 'You could buckle under the pressure of being behind late in a game like that but the lads stuck hard at it. 'That result changed the mood of the whole place. You could see lads almost walking a bit lighter. Read More On GAA 'They showed an abundance of character and they've continued to do that since. 'You'd be delighted for them because they've put a lot into it. But you don't always get what you deserve in life. You have to work hard for it.' After a dalliance with life in Division 2, Limerick were on the slide by the time Lee took charge for the 2024 season. Their decline was also accelerated by a significant turnover in personnel. Compare the team who beat Wexford last weekend to the one dumped out of the 2023 Tailteann Cup by Laois and you will find only three starters common to both. Most read in GAA Football But the evidence accumulated in Lee's second season indicates that a corner has been turned. Limerick went 17 league games without a win before beating London in February. Ahead of another trip to Croke Park, their 13 fixtures so far in 2025 have produced just two defeats. 'Just in time for Father's Day' - Dublin GAA legends welcome the birth of precious baby daughter Lee said: 'We were struggling mentally. What they were doing on the field was very good but it wasn't coming together. 'The only thing we changed was the intensity that we trained at. 'We upped it a notch or two and then we got the result in London. I suppose it started flowing from there. You could see the pressure coming off. 'The mood has lightened as the year has gone on, especially for the senior players. 1 Lee has overseen an upturn in Limerick's fortunes 'They were carrying an awful lot of . . . baggage is probably the wrong word but an awful lot of the burden of Limerick going from Division 2 to Division 4.' Having been crowned Division 4 champions earlier this season, Lee's charges will be hoping for another successful outing at Croker. Indeed, there could be cause for Limerick celebrations on two fronts at HQ this weekend as John Kiely's hurlers will face Dublin in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final. That game forms part of a Dubs double-header as Dessie Farrell's footballers are also on the bill for a preliminary quarter-final against Cork. COST COMPLAINT But Limerick fans wishing to get behind their team in both codes will have to return again on Sunday and shell out an extra €30 for the privilege. Lee commented: 'I know we were down to play on Sunday. 'And to be fair, we wouldn't have been able to move it anyway because it would have been a six-day turnaround as both ourselves and Wicklow only played last Sunday. 'In fairness to the lads in the county board, they look after all that. We were just planning to play on Sunday. 'I know Limerick people would be disheartened by having to travel up and down twice if they wanted to go to both of them, which is not ideal. 'Unfortunately myself and John don't have any control over these things. There would be an abundance of support there if you had both Limerick teams on the same day. 'But for John and I, we have to keep our interest on the games and make sure we get it right on the day.'
Irish Examiner
5 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
History and Croke Park beckons for Limerick footballers
Táilteann Cup: Limerick 4-21 (4-2-17) Wexford 2-19 (2-6-7). TO-ING, fro-ing, six green flags, eight more in orange, and a sizeable piece of history at the end of all that. Limerick's fourth consecutive win of the Tailteann Cup has them back on the road to Croker. It was Wexford who they also trumped when last visiting GAA HQ on March 29 for the Division 3 League decider. And therein is your piece of history; no Limerick football team has ever visited Croke Park twice in the one season. Limerick's fourth consecutive win of the Tailteann Cup has them on the road to Croke Park for a first championship appearance since the 2011 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Kerry. Fermanagh, Kildare, and Wicklow and their potential semi-final opponents. And although unverified as of yet, there may be history too in Limerick recording four championship wins on the bounce. That too is believed to be a welcome first. Irrespective of how next Sunday pans out for Jimmy Lee's side, this 2025 season of theirs has already exceeded external expectations and reclaimed the backward steps of a 2024 annus horribilis where they lost 10 of their 13 outings and suffered relegation to the League's basement tier. This ongoing campaign is unrecognisable by comparison. Since Wexford bettered them in the League's second round on February 2, they've recorded nine victories and a draw, and come off second best only once, that to Cork in the Munster quarter-final. A strange and enjoyable first-half. Wexford, with a strong wind, powered five clear inside five minutes. They then fell six behind, only to recover and wipe out that gap for an interval stalemate. Wexford won the first four Limerick restarts. The latter three were promptly returned between the posts. Jack Higgins rose orange, Seán Nolan and Páiric Hughes rose white. Added to the opening kick of Higgins 40 or seconds in and Wexford's smart start had the scoreboard reading 0-5 to 0-0. Limerick's response was to wrestle back control of their kickout, take control also of the Wexford kickout, kick 1-6 without reply in the process, and hold Wexford scoreless for an entire quarter of an hour. James Naughton and Danny Neville were twisting and turning the Wexford defence inside out when cutting in from the Mackey Stand side. Their opening goal on 16 minutes involved Neville taking advantage of a slip to slip inside the cover, offloading across the large parallelogram to where Cillian Fahy palmed home. Neville was provider turned finisher for their second five minutes later. Fahy bagged his second and Limerick's third in 10 minutes on 26 minutes. An 11-point swing, Limerick now six to the good. LEE-DING MAN: Limerick manager Jimmy Lee. Wexford's opening five minutes, as mentioned, produced five points. Their closing five minutes produced 1-5. Higgins to Ben Brosnan to Seán Nolan for the goal. Nolan's two-point equaliser arrived 17 seconds shy of the hooter. It represented his second and Wexford's fifth orange flag of the half. In the 25 minutes between their busy bookending of the half, all they had for sustenance was Niall Hughes and Mark Rossiter kicks from the beyond the arc. Another orange flag pulled back the curtain on the second period, James Naughton supplying Limerick's first of the day. Limerick had further wind billowed into their sails when Wexford half-time sub Seán Ryan was black carded on 43 minutes. The 14-men Model County actually clawed the deficit back to the minimum during Ryan's 10 minutes in the bin, Mark Rossiter barreling his way through before executing a fine finish. 3-13 to 2-15. That was as close as this quarter-final came in the second 35 minutes. Cillian Fahy answered with his second and the Treaty's fourth major. Their lead swelled from there. Goalkeeper Josh Ryan capped the day and continued a restorative season when coming forward for an audacious two-pointer. History at the end of a harum-scarum 70 minutes. Scorers for Limerick: J Naughton (0-9, 0-3 frees, tp free); D Neville (2-2); C Fahy (2-0); E Rigter (0-3); J Ryan (tp), P Maher (0-2 each); M McCarthy, D O'Hagan, R Childs (0-1 each). Scorers for Wexford: S Nolan (1-7, 2 tp, 0-2 frees); M Rossiter (1-3, tp); N Hughes (0-4, 2 tp); J Higgins (0-3, tp); E Porter, P Hughes (0-1 each). LIMERICK: J Ryan; J Hassett, D O'Doherty, M McCarthy; P Maher, I Corbett, T McCarthy; T Childs, D O'Hagan; J Naughton, E Rigter, C Fahy; P Nash, D Neville, K Ryan. Subs: T Ó Siochrú for McCarthy (two mins, inj); R Childs for O'Hagan (50); D Murray for T Childs, R O'Brien for Neville (both 59); C Ó Duinn for Ó Siochrú (65); A Meade for Maher (68). WEXFORD: D Brooks; E Porter, G Sheehan, M Furlong; P Hughes, G Malone, D Furlong; L Coleman, N Hughes; M Kinsella, J Higgins, M Rossiter; S Nolan, R Brooks, B Brosnan. Subs: S Ryan for R Brooks, K O'Grady for B Brosnan (both HT); R Martin for Kinsella, C Walsh for D Furlong (both 59); C Kehoe for Malone (64). Referee: B Griffin (Kerry). ENDS
Irish Daily Mirror
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Tailteann Cup Quarter-Final draw throws up heavyweight pairings
The Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw has thrown up two repeat League Final pairings from earlier this season. Competition favourites Kildare will go head to head with Offaly again, with the Faithful County having defeated the Lily Whites in the Division 3 decider at Croke Park at the end of March. Kildare, as group toppers, will have home advantage for that one with the tie set to be played at the redeveloped St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge. All four quarter-finals are scheduled for this weekend as the second tier competition ramps up a gear following last weekend's preliminary quarter-finals. Another repeat pairing comes in the shape of Limerick and Wexford, with the Treaty men claiming the Division 4 title against John Hegarty's side earlier this year. Jimmy Lee's Limerick will enjoy home advantage for that one after topping their group and will be favoured to move on to the last four, despite Wexford's resounding win over Antrim at the weekend. Oisin McConville's Wicklow are at home to Westmeath, the only Division 2 side from this year in the competition, with Dermot McCabe's men slightly favoured to emerge in this one. After racking up 3-26 against Laois at the weekend, the Lake County may be finding form at just the right time and could do damage in a competition they won three years ago. The final tie of the round sees Sligo go to Enniskillen to face Fermanagh. Tailteann Cup victory secures a golden ticket to next year's All-Ireland series, regardless of where teams finish in the League. For Kildare and Offaly, both in Division 2 next season, it would take the pressure off next year to finish high up their League. A sixth place finish in 2026 would see them stay in Division 2 and go into the All-Ireland. The stakes are particularly high here for Leinster sides like Kildare, Offaly, Wexford, Westmeath and Wicklow, due to the longer road they have to travel to a provincial final. This makes it less likely they will get into next year's All-Ireland via one of the top two seeds placings available to the provincial finalists in all four provinces. It's a similar situation with Fermanagh, as Ulster is particularly tough and with the Erne Men playing Division 3 next year, getting into the All-Ireland via league placings is highly unlikely. The Tailteann Cup is currently their best chance of making the All-Ireland in 2026. Tailteann Cup Quarter-Final Draw: Fermanagh v Sligo Wicklow v Westmeath Kildare v Offaly Limerick v Wexford
Reuters
30-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Swiss private bank Julius Baer names new South East Asia market heads
May 30 (Reuters) - Switzerland-based private bank Julius Baer (BAER.S), opens new tab said on Friday it has appointed Shui Wei Ho and Vi Sun Yang as market heads for South East Asia, effective July 1. Shui Wei and Yang will replace Chin Lit Yee, who is retiring after nearly a decade at the bank. Yang took on the role as Group Head South East Asia in July 2022, while Shui Wei joined in the same role a month later. Both Shui Wei and Yang will remain based in Singapore and report directly to Jimmy Lee, the region head Asia and member of the global wealth management committee, the bank said.
Irish Examiner
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Limerick eventually see off London to kick-off Tailteann campaign on right note
Tailteann Cup: Limerick 0-25 (0-5-20) London 1-15 (1-1-13) A fine spread of scoring talent and perhaps the greater team cohesion saw an experienced Limerick eventually wrestle free of London to claim two points in their Tailteann Cup Group Three opener. The victory, which saw Limerick lead from the 17th minute to full-time, gives Treaty a great platform ahead of meetings against Antrim and Westmeath. Despite the victory, Jimmy Lee will know that his side were far too open, and far too easy to penetrate as they got back to winning ways following their loss to Cork last month. The home side moved this game to Newcastle West, and despite the tight confines on a tremendous playing surface, both sides found ample opportunity for scores. While goals were the area of choice during a successful league campaign, the Treaty kicked five two-pointers during the contest as they spread the shooting. For London, a defeat to Roscommon last month wasn't short of positives, but here they struggled on their own kick out and probably needed to be much sharper in front of the posts. By half-time, it was a two-point game, after there was nine-points between them earlier in the piece. A goal from Ruairi Rafferty put this game back into a contest but crucial two-pointers from Barry Coleman and Iain Corbett helped Limerick back into control that they wouldn't relinquish. Among their ten different scorers were youngsters Darragh O'Hagan and Emmet Rigter, both kicking from distance in the first half, with Ciaran Diver, Kristian Healy and then Daniel Clarke keeping London in touch. The Limerick spurt moved them 0-14 to 0-5 clear, with that Rigter score, Danny Neville and James Naughton on target. It was a fine spell of dominance but it quickly changed. Liam Gallagher (45), Shay Rafter, two white flags before a goal from Ruairí Rafferty gave Michael Maher's men real believe heading for the dressing room. But Limerick with their finely tuned players who've served them so well shut out the London surge in the third quarter. Coleman, from the top of the arc and then a routine Peter Nash free pushed them clear. There was nine in it again when Corbett landed from range. London did look for a goal, something that would have been necessary. However, poor decision making, mistimed passing or too powerful a shot from Shay Rafter meat that it never arrived. The Tara clubman kicked a couple of their scores in the second half but they struggled to get much closer. Late on Josh Ryan landed a free from the deck, nearing 50 meters from goal before a consolation Matt Moynihan two-pointer concluded the scoring for London. The Treaty travel to Antrim next weekend, while London entertain Westmeath. Scorers for Limerick: E Rigter 0-4 (1 tpf); J Naughton 0-4; P Nash 0-3 (1f); D O'Hagan 0-3 (1tp); I Corbett 0-3 (1tp); D Neville 0-2; B Coleman 0-2 (1tp); J Ryan 0-2 (1tpf); T Childs 0-1; Rory O'Brien 0-1. Scorers for London: S Rafter 0-5 (1 free); C Diver 0-4 (0-1 frees); R Rafferty 1-0; M Moynihan 0-2 (1tp) L Gallagher 0-1 (45); D Clarke 0-1; K Healy 0-1; J Obahor 0-1. Limerick: J Ryan; J Hassett, D O'Doherty, C McSweeney; M McCarthy, I Corbett, T Ó Siochrú; T Childs, D O'Hagan; P Maher, E Rigter, C Fahy (C); D Neville, James Naughton, Peter Nash. Subs: B Coleman for McSweeney (half-time); D Murray for Maher (44); B Childs for Rigter (54); R O'Brien for Neville (57); K Ryan for Corbett (65); London: A Walsh; D Rooney, S Taylor, C McCarrick; E Walsh (C), M Moynahan, C Gallagher; T Barry, J Obahor; L Gallagher, D Clarke, K Healy; R Rafferty, S Rafter, C Diver. Subs: C Donohue for Barry (52); F Eastwood for Walsh (60); N McElwaine for Gallagher (61); M O'Reilly for Clarke (66); A McLaughlin for Obahor (68). Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)
