MEATH WILL RETURN to the Joe McDonagh Cup under new management after Nick Fitzgerald confirmed his departure today. Fitzgerald led the Royals to Christy Ring Cup glory this season and was expected to lead them back into the second tier in 2020. But after two years in charge and despite being offered a new term, […]
CORK U20 BOSS Denis Ring expects that Kieran Kingston will be returning to fill the county’s senior managerial vacancy for next year and believes he will be taking charge at ‘an exciting time’ for hurling on Leeside. Ring will be at the helm when Cork face Tipperary in next Saturday evening’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland […]
Updated Aug 20th 2019, 4:35 PM HAWK-EYE HAVE confirmed that it was correct in awarding John Donnelly’s controversial point in Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final. John Donnelly’s point on Sunday was awarded by Hawk-Eye. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan appeared to have caught Donnelly’s effort before it dropped over the crossbar, but the play […]
Click:EPCOS B32362-A3257-J030 Capacitor LIAM CAHILL COULD have been facing a different Tipperary hurling scenario this week. Twelve months ago he was a leading contender to be installed as the county’s senior supremo, his candidacy bolstered by the manner in which he steered Tipperary’s U21 team to an impressive All-Ireland triumph in late August. But the […]
FORMER OFFICERS OF St Mary’s, Athenry have reiterated their call for the GAA to hold a full investigation into how child welfare hearings were conducted in the club in 2017 and 2018. Last week the GAA issued a public apology for a false allegation made against former juvenile club chairman Robert Ruane. A press release […]
KILKENNY STAR RICHIE Hogan has opened up about his All-Ireland final red card, saying that there is “absolutely no way” he should have been sent off for a high tackle on Tipperary’s Cathal Barrett. Liam Sheedy’s Premier side were 3-25 to 0-20 winners over the Cats at Croke Park on Sunday, and Hogan’s 33rd-minute dismissal came […]
GALWAY’S ALL-IRELAND winning boss Micheál Donoghue has stepped down. The surprise move is a major setback for the Tribesmen. Donoghue was in charge for four years, leading Galway to a famous All-Ireland SHC victory in 2017, a win that ended a 29-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy cup. “I, together with the Galway Senior Hurling Management […]
LIMERICK STAR AARON Gillane is set to undergo surgery tomorrow to repair the broken jaw he sustained while playing club championship for Patrickswell last weekend. Sporting Limerick reports that Gillane broke his jaw in two places during Patrickswell’s draw with Kilmallock at the LIT Gaelic Grounds on Friday night. Gillane scored 0-13 during the game but […]
TWO FORMER WATERFORD players will be part of the committee charged with finding the county’s next senior hurling manager. Ballygunner’s Stephen Frampton and Ballyduff Upper’s Tom Feeney were both long-serving defenders for the Waterford hurlers and will be involved in the five-man selection committee. WLR FM Sport has reported that the pair will be joined […]
AIDAN O’MAHONY HAS rejected the suggestion he’s part of a ‘Kerry mafia’ that took part in an orchestrated campaign to prevent David Gough from being appointed as the All-Ireland final referee. Prior to his appointment, O’Mahony and former Kingdom boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice raised questions over Gough’s suitability to take charge of the game because he […]