Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park THE CONTROVERSIAL SUPER 8 motion has been passed at GAA Congress this morning. From 2018, Pauric Duffy’s plans to restructure the All-Ireland senior football championship will come in on a three-year experimental basis. The new format will introduce a round robin group stage at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage which will […]
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park THE ALL-IRELAND finals in both football and hurling are moving from September to August on a temporary basis for the next three years. Motion 5 passed with an overwhelming majority, meaning the All-Ireland finals in both codes will be played before the last Sunday in August on dates to be determined […]
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park GALWAY HAVE WITHDRAWN a motion that sought to allow the county’s minor, U-21, and intermediate hurling teams compete in the Leinster provincial championship. Galway County Board chairman Pat Kearney withdrew the motion after receiving assurances that the GAA will set-up a workgroup to help them tackle the problem after Congress […]
Mary Immaculate College 3-24 IT Carlow 1-19 John Fallon reports from Pearse Stadium CHAMPIONS MARY IMMACULATE College from Limerick retained their Fitzgibbon Cup title with a deserved success in Salthill. DJ Carey’s IT Carlow came up short but the win was a memorable day for Mary I manager Jamie Wall. He was on the Mary […]
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park Click Here: custom stamp die mould THE ALL-IRELAND senior football championship underwent its most radical overhaul today since the introduction of the qualifiers back in October 2000. A trilogy of motions to reform the championship structures were passed by Congress today in Croke Park by receiving the necessary two-thirds […]
Joe McMahon, Joe Sheridan and Ian Ryan are amongst those who have spoken out. Source: INPHO IT’S BEEN A day of significant change in Gaelic football, a new All-Ireland football championship format to be introduced from 2018 for a three-year period. But there’s been a heated reaction from current and former inter-county players. They’re not […]
KILKENNY’S SENIOR HURLERS have been here before. A stuttering League campaign sees them staring at the possibility of another relegation playoff, and the prospect of Division 1B hurling next year. As it was in 2015, when three successive defeats to Dublin, Galway and Tipperary plunged Brian Cody’s men into a shootout with Clare, which they […]
Click:Meditation Accessories Donegal’s Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO MICHAEL MURPHY HAS seen a bunch of Donegal teammates shuffle off into retirement since last summer bur there’s a sense that the departure of Neil Gallagher last week had a greater impact on the senior captain. Since Donegal’s championship exit against Dublin last August, […]
Longford 2-6 Kildare 0-10 Ger McNally reports from Hawkfield LONGFORD CAUSED SOMETHING of an upset in beating Kildare at the quarter-final stage in the EirGrid Leinster U21 football championship at a windswept Hawkfield tonight. Two Nigel Rabbitte goals in the opening 12 minutes gave the winners the ideal start and they restricted Kildare to a […]
Dublin 2-14 Westmeath 0-6 Paul Keane reports from St Loman’s, Mullingar AARON BYRNE MADE light of the atrocious conditions in Mullingar to reel off 2-3 from play as Dublin began their quest for four EirGrid Leinster U21 football championship titles on the trot with a big win. The Na Fianna attacker set Dessie Farrell’s side […]