ALL THE FOCUS on ladies football this weekend turns to the West, with some of the best players in the country in action at the O’Connor Cup weekend. UCD won the O’Connor Cup last year. Source: SPORTSFILE Hosted by Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, all six HEC competitions will be hosted together for the first […]
CLARE DEFENDER OISIN O’Brien is set to miss the rest of the season after damaging his cruciate ligament, his second serious knee injury in the space of six months. The news was confirmed to Club Clare members on Thursday by joint Banner bosses Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor. O’Brien fell awkwardly and was stretchered off […]
Shane Dowling has been named at wing-forward for Limerick. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO THERE’LL BE A welcome sight for Limerick hurling fans tomorrow night with Shane Dowling set to make his 2017 debut for the county. Dowling has been named at wing-forward for the Division 1B Allianz hurling league tie against Laois in O’Moore Park, after […]
SEAN CAVANAGH HAS been handed his first start of this year’s Allianz Football League by Tyrone manger Mickey Harte for Sunday’s re-arranged game against Cavan in Omagh. Sean Cavanagh and Mickey Harte celebrating last year’s league final win over Cavan. Source: Lorraine.O’Sullivan Cavanagh has been named at full-forward for a game that was originally postponed […]
THE GALWAY TEAM has been named ahead of their EirGridU21 Connacht football championship quarter-final clash with Leitrim tomorrow. Galway, who are fourth favourites to win the All-Ireland, behind Kerry, Dublin and Cork, have named a strong side for their season opener. Robert Finnerty and Desmond Conneely, who kicked five points between them in last year’s […]
Ciara Delany (Kilkenny United WFC), Louise Corrigan (Peamount United), Kylie Murphy (Wexford Youths Women’s LFC), Pearl Slattery (Shelbourne LFC), Meabh de Burca (Galway WFC), Emily Cahill (UCD Waves) and Saoirse Noonan (Cork City Women’s FC) at the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Launch. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Home A Portuguese coach has been named as first-team […]
FORMER KILKENNY ENFORCER Tommy Walsh believes the current squad needs “encouragement and patience” as they look to navigate through a transitional period. Kilkenny travel to Thurles to take on Tipperary tonight, having won just one of their opening three league games. In contrast the reigning All-Ireland champions are riding the crest of a wave and […]
IT’S QUITE POSSIBLE Tipperary have never looked forward to a match against Kilkenny quite as much, not in the Brian Cody era anyway. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Premier are looking to extend their winning run to a ninth straight competitive game tonight against Cody’s men, who’ve picked up just one victory in their opening three […]
IT’S BEEN ANOTHER hectic week in sport. Ireland’s chances of winning this year’s Six Nations were all but dashed following a disappointing loss to Wales last night. Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings were charged by the FA for the heavy challenges they exchanged in the Premier League last weekend. Here’s how you reacted to […]
CORK STARS WERE very much to the fore as UCC ended UCD’s reign as O’Connor Cup champions this afternoon. Niamh Cotter netted a brace of goals and Libby Coppinger added another as UCC, winners last in 2012, progressed to the final for the first time since that success. UCD, who won the competition for the […]