Anna (l) and Shelly (r) on their team-mate’s shoulders after the 2016 All-Ireland final win. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO “EVERYONE’S RARING TO go,” Anna Farrell smiles as she looks out onto the Croke Park turf. Over the past three years, the Kilkenny star has lined out for her county here on four occasions. One All-Ireland final […]
Updated at 12.16 LIDL LADIES NFL DIVISION 1 SEMI-FINAL Cork 1-18 Dublin 2-14 (After extra-time) Daragh Small reports from Nowlan Park, Kilkenny ORLA FINN STARRED with 13 points in the sun as Cork knocked reigning Lidl National Football League Division 1 champions Dublin off their perch, and booked their place in the final with victory […]
GALWAY HURLERS HAVE received a timely boost with Joseph Cooney marking his return from Australia by turning in a superb performance for his club Sarsfields at the weekend. Cooney only returned home a few days ago but lined out at full-forward for – against Kilnadeema-Leitrim. And Cooney, who played hurling for the Michael Cusack’s club […]
A SCINTILLATING CONTEST under the blazing sun in Nowlan Park yesterday saw Cork knock reigning champions Dublin off their perch and reach the Division 1 league final after extra-time. It took over 86 minutes of action to separate the two ladies football powerhouses, before Ephie Fitzgerald’s Rebels gained some more revenge for last year’s All-Ireland […]
INTER-COUNTY CAMOGIE PLAYERS and managers will get the chance to voice their concerns at a ‘Feedback Forum’ this weekend, as the rules of the game come under more and more scrutiny with every passing week. Players across the length and breadth of the country have come out in numbers since last year’s All-Ireland final between […]
CONNACHT GAA CHIEFS are hoping their €3 million Air Dome project at the province’s centre of excellence in Mayo will be completed by the end of 2019. It is planned that construction work will commence on the structure in early July, after this year’s Féile na nGael football competitions which are to be held in […]
MEATH LEGEND TREVOR Giles believes that Dublin completing the unprecedented five-in-a-row is “the most likely scenario,” although he also feels that 2019 could be an “interesting” championship due to the defeats they suffered during the league. Dublin relinquished their Division 1 crown earlier this year, after they failed to reach the Division 1 decider for […]
AFTER BLAZING A trail in 2018 for the Galway footballers, a seemingly ‘innocuous’ injury sustained at Christmas has derailed the plans for Damien Comer in 2019. Damien Comer at today’s 2019 Connacht senior football launch. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The Galway captain fractured a bone in his foot in a charity soccer game on St Stephen’s […]
MAYO BOSS JAMES Horan has rejected suggestions that demands on inter-county players have escalated in his time away from management and believes it is wrong to talk of sacrifices being made by players. Horan is gearing up for Mayo’s opening 2019 championship assignment on Sunday 5 May in a Connacht first round tie against New […]
LEINSTER-WINNING CLUB star Shane Mulligan believes that “there is definitely is a conversation to be had” about the possible introduction of a second-tier football championship. Mulligan soldiered at inter-county level for 10 years before retiring in 2015. Source: Stephen McCarthy/SPORTSFILE Along with his incredible exploits with Mullinalaghta this season, Mulligan previously soldiered at inter-county level […]