All Star Awards to take place tonight

Tipperary senior hurling captain Padraic Maher is set to receive his All Star Award this evening.

He’s Tipperary’s sole representative on the team, which also sees 7 Galway, 5 Waterford and 2 Cork players collecting awards.

Maher will receive his fifth All-Star at a black-tie gala at the Convention Centre in Dublin – which leaves him one award behind Premier County legends Nicky English and Eoin Kelly – who each have 6.

And we’ll hear from Padraic on tonight’s Straight Talk with Jackie Cahill, from 6.

Meanwhile, the football All-Stars and the top individual awards will also be announced at the function.

No Tipperary footballer was nominated for a 2017 PwC football All-Star award but Mayo and Dublin are expected to dominate the team.

The Dubs pair of Stephen Cluxton and James McCarthy are shortlisted for the Footballer of the Year award along with the Westerners Andy Moran and David Clarke.

Joe Canning, Kevin Moran and Jamie Barron are the nominations for the Hurler of the Year.