Football Championship weekend: All you need to know

SATURDAY 14 MAY

Munster SFC semi-final

Tipperary v Limerick, FBD Semple Stadium, 7pm

SUNDAY 15 MAY

Leinster SFC semi-finals

Kildare v Westmeath, Croke Park, 2.15pm

Dublin v Meath, Croke Park, 4.30pm

Ulster SFC semi-final

Derry v Monaghan, Athletic Grounds, 4pm

ONLINE

Live blogs on RTÉ Sport Online and RTÉ News Now app.

TV

Live coverage of Derry v Monaghan on BBC2 NI from 3.45pm. Kildare v Westmeath and Dublin v Meath can be viewed worldwide on GAAGO.

Highlights of all the weekend's action on The Sunday Game, RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, from 9.30pm.

RADIO

Live commentaries and updates on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 and in Irish on Raidió na Gaeltachta.

WEATHER

Saturday: Any lingering mist and fog patches will quickly clear to leave a dry day in most areas with varying cloud and sunny spells. Top temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees with light southwest or variable breezes.Sunday: A dry day for most with sunny spells, though a few light showers are possible, mainly in the east. Maximum temperatures of 17 to 20 degrees generally but a little cooler on coasts as sea breezes develop. For more go to met.ie.

Qualifiers and Tailteann Cup picture

And so we reach mid May, a third of the way through this earlier-than-normal championship. Galway and Roscommon have already booked their places in the Connacht final, with the pairings for the other three provincial deciders to be decided over this weekend. For Tipperary and Westmeath, it's also an opportunity for them to avoid the inaugural Tailteann Cup if they can overcome Limerick and Kildare respectively.

If both counties win, then there will be no preliminary round in the Tailteann Cup. In the first round, 14 teams – New York are not included – would play off to make seven