Month: September 2021

Ger Loughnane feels Brian Cody should have walked away Source: INPHO GER LOUGHNANE SPARKED quite a storm last week when he suggested that Brian Cody should have stepped down in Kilkenny in the wake of their All-Ireland final loss to Tipperary. The Clare All-Ireland winning boss pointed to legendary GAA figures Mick O’Dwyer and Sean […]

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The UCD team celebrate their Sigerson Cup triumph. Source: Presseye/Declan Roughan/INPHO SOME OF THE leading GAA players in the country discovered their early season assignments in 2017 when the draws for next year’s Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup took place. Footballers like Dublin’s Jack McCaffrey (UCD), Donegal’s Ryan McHugh (UUJ) and Galway’s Damien Comer (NUI Galway) […]

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KERRY DOMINATE THE quarter-final line-up of the 2016 Munster Colleges Corn Uí Mhuirí competition after the group stages concluded today. Reigning champions St Brendan’s – who also won the Hogan Cup in Croke Park in last April – finished top of Group C and are joined by fellow Kingdom outfit IS Killorglin. Tralee CBS topped […]

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Home Stephen Kenny has enjoyed a frutiful year with Dundalk FC this year. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO Ireland assistant coach Andy Farrell has been appointed the Lions’ defence coach for next summer’s tour of New Zealand. Tipperary hurling legend Mick Roche has passed away at 73. Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny picks up the Philips Sports Manager of the […]

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Ryan McHugh in action against Jonny Cooper in August Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO IT WAS AGAINST Dublin that Ryan McHugh burst to prominence, bagging a brace of goals in that seismic victory for Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final Source: Ar an taobh líne/YouTube He found the net again against Dublin in August, once more in […]

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A LEADING GAA official has hit out at the black card rule in Gaelic football, claiming it has failed players, match officials and administrators. In his annual report to county convention – which takes place next Tuesday 13 December – Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey has heavily criticised the black card, which has been in place […]

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