WATERFORD LEGEND KEN McGrath says it’s “nearly a bit sad” that people from the Déise seem “half-happy” despite shipping a 13-point defeat to Cork in the Munster SHC. Páraic Fanning’s side continued to struggle in the competition over the weekend, shipping their fourth defeat in as many games. Speaking after the loss to the defending […]
MULTIPLE ALL-STAR WINNER and Donegal coach Karl Lacey is pleased to see Ulster football portrayed in a more positive light this year, with his side safely into the decider and set to defend their provincial crown. The Tír Chonaill men powered past 2018 All-Ireland finalists Tyrone in Saturday’s semi-final at Breffni Park, while Cavan had […]
WATERFORD FORWARD BRIAN O’Halloran has brought the curtain down on his inter-county career in the wake of their 2019 season concluding on Saturday evening. Brian O’Halloran in action in the 2017 All-Ireland senior hurling final against Galway. After a decade involved with the Waterford senior squad, the Clashmore-Kinsalebeg player has announced his retirement. His club […]
MAYO AND TYRONE, the beaten All-Ireland senior football finalists from the last three seasons, will both begin their 2019 backdoor campaigns with away Saturday qualifiers on 22 June. After yesterday morning’s draw for Round 2 of the All-Ireland senior championship, the GAA have today finalised the fixture details for those games. Tyrone will travel to […]
FORMER GALWAY FOOTBALLER Cormac Bane has been forced to retire from the game on medical grounds after sustaining two serious concussion injuries. The Caherlistrane clubman explained how he was advised to hang up his boots with immediate effect by medical professionals following successive concussions this year and last year. Bane, a Connacht champion with Galway in […]
“I’M REALLY BAD at this,” Kilkenny star Grace Walsh warns the crowd of reporters huddled around her before the questions are asked. Grace Walsh. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO She’s up for interview at the launch of the 2019 All-Ireland championships, covered in bruises after the Cats’ recent Leinster final victory over Offaly. That’s the first topic […]
THE 2019 LEINSTER and Munster hurling championships are heading towards the final stages of the round-robin series this weekend with only one county out of the running in each province and everything else up for grabs. Carlow and Waterford have played their respective quota of games, finishing pointless after their four encounters but there is […]
AFTER THEY WERE left waiting for permission to host their All-Ireland SFC round two qualifier, Antrim GAA have confirmed that they will face Kildare at Corrigan Park in West Belfast on Saturday. Click Here: Highlanders rugby store The GAA released this weekend’s fixtures yesterday, noting that the venue was “subject to inspection and safety certification,” […]
JIM MCGUINNESS HAS lasted just six months of a three-year contract as head coach of Charlotte Independence after his departure was announced today. An All-Ireland winning manager with his native Donegal, the GAA legend took over the North Carolina club, who compete in the USL Championship (US football’s second tier), back in December. It was […]
PEARSE STADIUM PLAYS host to the highly-anticipated Connacht SFC final meeting of reigning champions Galway and Roscommon this weekend, with the Nestor Cup and a coveted Super 8s spot up for grabs. It’s an interesting one, the clash of the 2017 and 2018 winners — and a repeat of both finals — with the Rossies […]