Slaughtneil boss Paul McCormack admitted his side's performance was "nowhere near" what was required as they were comprehensively beaten by Loughrea in Sunday's All-Ireland Club Hurling semi-final. And McCormack was forthright while assessing his team's efforts at Parnell Park. "We have to hold our hands up and say our performance today was nowhere near the levels we expected or required against a really good Loughrea team, who punished us for every mistake," he told BBC Sport NI. There was huge work in the past 12 months to get back to this stage again and it'll probably be eating at them, the way they performed. On these days and at this high altitude, you get punished."

Source: BBC December 22, 2025 00:51 UTC