The line-up for the women’s EY Champions Trophy semi-finals was completed on Wednesday evening with Loreto and UCD both landing 1-0 wins in their respective quarter-finals

Three wild minutes made for a tense close to an epic campaign

Ireland ended up with eight penalty corners but goalkeeper Millie Welch and her defensive team repelled everything  

The Limerick side will meet newly crowned EYHL champions Pembroke in the final in late April

Victory over Muckross secured Pembroke the title for the first time having never previously finished in the top four before

Jiwon Hong struck the vital goal against Salerno for Methody to win the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships for the second time

Catholic Institute's win over Pembroke cut the gap to two points with one game to go

Quins came from two down to take the final to shuttles

With no schoolgirls hockey played last year, the Limerick school had to wait until now to avenge Mercy defeat of two years ago

The draw also means Sean Dancer’s side will be based in Amsterdam for the group stages of the competition

At the opposite end of the table, Catholic Institute continued their excellent start to 2022 with a third successive victory since the turn of the year, keeping them in second place as they were too good for Muckross.

Ian Perrott was the inspiration for Bandon as he scored one and set up two in the victory after his side fell behind against Cookstown

Ultimately, they fell to five defeats out of five to end the competition in last place but, with a tournament restructure for 2024, Abbott says there will be plenty of take from this series

New hockey clubs are popping up since Ireland's 2018 World Cup silver medal.

Building the same sort of team identity and togetherness as the national senior women’s hockey team is a priority for Ireland men’s head coach Mark Tumilty this season.

In 2022, the “Green Machine” will compete in August’s EuroHockey Championship qualifiers in Calais as well as making their debut in the FIH Nations Cup

It was Ireland's first home indoor international in 34 years

Scotland are travelling over for six games in total, three men’s and three women’s, for an event whose tickets sold out — albeit at reduced capacity — within seven hours of launch two weeks ago

The fearless defender from Lisnagarvey amassed 181 caps

“I won’t miss the sore body and aching joints, but I will miss the team and the feeling of walking out to represent my country. 200 appearances and every single time I got butterflies when the national anthem played,” said Daly

When Ireland’s Under-21 men line out on Friday at the EuroHockey Indoor Championships II in Porto, it will be another significant milestone in the regeneration of the shortened version of the sport.

Cork C of I came back from 2-0 in the closing quarter to land what could be a vital draw against Instonians

The Garryduff side are unbeaten on all fronts this term, topping Munster Division One and starting their EYHL Division 2 campaign in rude health with a 5-0 win over Rathgar.

Bandon were 3-1 victors over Portrane in a fast-paced contest, Fionn O’Leary and Ethan Hamilton-Foott setting the result in the closing quarter.

Cork C of I travel to Rathgar in Pool 1, Cork Harlequins host Clontarf in Pool 2, while Bandon go to Portrane in Pool 3

Coach David Passmore has named his travelling squad of 20 players to form Ireland’s first-ever side to contest the U21 Championship in South Africa from December 5.

Catholic Institute suffered a reality check as Pembroke built on their rising reputation in the women’s EY Hockey League to land a 4-1 success.

The Irish men are bound for Calais, France for their competition next summer.

Michelle Carey doubled the students’ lead three minutes into the second half with a back post deflection for what looked an imposing lead.

With a third of the season almost complete, the main contenders have started to emerge with Pembroke’s women looking to force their way into the reckoning.

Michelle and Niamh come up against their former club, Railway Union, who just happened to be coached by their mother, Una McCarthy

I’ll never know how this skirt-shorts combo has survived until 2021 in camogie and hockey, having no obvious function other than making us look feminine and unthreatening as we charge around the pitch with our sticks

Anna O’Flanagan’s poacher’s double propelled the Irish women to a second successive World Cup appearance, crucially firing home the winner with 11 minutes to go against Wales

Both face knock-out fixtures on Saturday with the men facing Wales in Cardiff in a straight showdown for a ticket to India 2023.

Walker swooped in the first five minutes of each half with close-range finishes to left-wing crosses to make the difference.

A severe hamstring injury left Getty on the sidelines for nine months and it has proven a long road to get back into the Green Army frame

The 31-year-old steps away having made her debut as a teenager

Munster’s top two served up a men’s Irish Senior Cup thriller as Cork C of I finally overcame Bandon in a shootout to reach the last eight of the competition.

Munster’s current leading lights Cork C of I and Bandon will face off on Saturday in the men’s Irish Senior Cup second round at Garryduff.

Head coach Mark Tumilty reckons experience could be key at the win or bust men’s Hockey World Cup qualifiers which gets underway next week in Cardiff.

There were comebacks galore in the men’s EY Hockey League as Annadale and UCD both salvaged unlikely draws from seemingly hopeless positions against Monkstown and YMCA respectively.

Since making her debut in 2014, Matthews has been one of the first names on the team sheet, being an ever-present at each major tournament during that time

The two sides share first place on eight points after four rounds with a gaggle of four waiting in the wings

Ireland had to settle for a shared series with world number 11 side Malaysia as a run of four goals in 11 minutes saw the visitors prevail 4-2