WHILE HE WAS naturally disappointed to come out on the losing side, Peter Keane heaped praise on his young Kerry players after their six-point loss to Dublin yesterday. It was Keane’s first championship defeat as manager of the Kingdom, while a large number of his team were still in their debut campaign on the senior […]
Tipperary 2-16 Meath 1-14 AN AISHLING MOLONEY masterclass and goals from her clubmate Aisling McCarthy and Angela McGuigan steered 2017 champions Tipperary to All-Ireland intermediate championship glory once again. Moloney fired 0-8 — 0-7 of that from play — at Croke Park, to lead the Premier county past 2018 finalists Meath, and restored their senior […]
1) The right three-in-a-row for Dublin The outpour of emotion and scenes at the final whistle summed it up for this Dublin team. They’ve been through it all. The moment the final whistle sounded. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The last three Septembers brought jubilant days, master-minded by Mick Bohan, with the icing certainly put on the […]
A WINNING TEAM’S post-match press media briefing is always easier than the losers’. And a wonderful story or two always comes out of it, this one about a special ball carrier who helped Dublin on their journey to lifting the Brendan Martin Cup once again. Mick Bohan talks to his team after the game. Source: […]
Updated Sep 16th 2019, 7:15 AM A DISAPPOINTING END to a great 2019 for Galway ladies, but Tim Rabbitt has backed his troops to go again after their All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin. This summer, the Tribe reached a first All-Ireland final since 2005 after falling short at the semi-final stage so many times before […]
AS THE CURTAINS fall down on the 2019 inter-county campaign, the only issues left to be resolved are the end-of-season awards that will be handed out in November. Five-in-a-row champions Dublin are expected to dominate the All-Star team and they’ve plenty of contenders to be crowned Footballer of the Year too. Five Dublin players have […]
THE COMPLETION OF Dublin’s Drive for Five on Saturday night was a huge TV hit for RTÉ, with over 1.1 million people tuning in as Jim Gavin’s side made All-Ireland SFC history. A peak audience of 1,123,300 watched the All-Ireland football final replay against Kerry on the RTÉ 2′s The Saturday Game Live, with Dublin running […]
FRESH FROM CLIMBING the steps of the Hogan Stand and lifting the Brendan Martin Cup once again, Dublin’s three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions continued a fine tradition and shared the celebrations with those in Crumlin’s Children Hospital this morning. All-Star defender Rachel Ruddy, who works as a physiotherapist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital led the way with the silverware, […]
THE GAA’S CENTRAL Council will debate the introduction of a new Tier 2 football championship at next month’s Special Congress, in addition to three new proposed playing rules. Last Friday, the Gaelic Players Association called on Central Council to delay the planned vote on the proposals for a two-tier competition, saying the established Fixtures Task […]
Ciaran Kilkenny takes the ball forward. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO ONE OF DUBLIN’S great strengths is the versatility of their players. James McCarthy, for instance, regularly moves between half-back and midfield, while he’s been used as an emergency full-back on the likes of Michael Murphy and Tommy Walsh in recent years. Jonny Cooper can play anywhere […]