GALWAY CAMOGIE CAPTAIN Sarah Dervan says her side are already focusing their energies on the All-Ireland final after dethroning back-to-back champions Cork at the weekend. Sarah Dervan alongside Cork captain Gemma O’Connor before their All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The Tribeswomen edged out Cork by just one point after a thrilling encounter at […]
WITH THEIR spot booked in the All-Ireland decider, the Cork U20 hurlers took to their seats in Portlaoise earlier this month to watch their football counterparts. Kilkenny had been accounted for the in the hurling semi-final that acted as curtain-raiser to the main show as Cork and Dublin faced off with All-Ireland silverware on the […]
AIDAN O’MAHONY HAS hit out at Sean Cavanagh’s “cheap shot” on Mickey Harte’s position as Tyrone manager and his remarks about Kerry supporters. Speaking on The Sunday Game after Kerry’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Tyrone, Cavanagh suggested that it may be time for Harte to move on from the role. “There does come a time […]
GALWAY ARE ON the hunt for a new manager after 2017 All-Ireland winning boss Micheal Donoghue announced his surprise decision to step down on Tuesday night. The circumstances surrounding Donoghue’s departure are a little unusual. Former Galway manager Micheal Donoghue. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Back in July, Galway county board chairman Pat Kearney revealed that the Clarinbridge […]
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Cork have seven players named on the EirGrid 20 U20 team which awards the top 20 players of this year’s competition. The Rebels, who defeated Dublin in the final, had Josh O’Keeffe, Paul Ring, Peter O’Driscoll, Maurice Shanley, Brian Hartnett, Cathal O’Mahony and Mark Cronin all selected on the team. EirGrid U20 football player […]
RTÉ WILL SHOW games from the AIB All-Ireland football and hurling club championships for the first time this September, but the deal does not affect TG4′s longstanding coverage. As part of their new season launch, the national broadcaster today confirmed it will carry coverage of the club championships in Autumn as part of a sub-licensing […]
FROM THE 2017 All-Ireland final to a mass player walkout last summer, the past 23 months or so has been an absolute rollercoaster ride for the Mayo ladies. And here they are, against all odds, back in Croke Park. Deadly inside trio: Grace Kelly, Rachel Kearns and Sarah Rowe. Source: Inpho. On Sunday, they face […]
BACK-TO-BACK chasing Tipperary are unchanged for Saturday’s Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland U20 hurling championship final against Cork at the LIT Gaelic Grounds [6pm]. Manager Liam Cahill has, unsurprisingly, named the same starting XV that hammered Wexford in the semi-final earlier this month, as the Premier County bid for a senior and U20 hurling double. Niall […]
HE CLIMBED THE steps of the Hogan Stand and lifted the Sam Maguire in 2014, but former All-Ireland winning Kerry captain Fionn Fitzgerald has watched from afar this summer. Lifting the Sam Maguire with Kieran O’Leary in 2014. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Dr Crokes defender was left in the cold following Peter Keane’s installation as […]
TIPPERARY MIDFIELDER NOEL McGrath and Dublin forward Con O’Callaghan landed the PWC GAA/GPA player of the month awards for August today. It’s been a remarkable week for McGrath, who was named man-of-the-match as Tipperary landed All-Ireland honours against Kilkenny last Sunday. The Loughmore Castleiney clubman played a key role in the middle third against the […]