GAA PRESIDENT JOHN Horan confirmed on last week’s Late Late Show that the Liam MacCarthy Cup will not be leaving Croke Park with the victorious team after Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final. The Association took the move to avoid crowds forming that could lead to the spread of Covid-19. It had been mooted earlier in the […]
FORMER MAYO FOOTBALLER Conor Mortimer has been named manager of Monasterevan’s senior team. An All-Star in 2006, the forward won four Connacht titles and was on the losing side in two All-Ireland finals during his playing days. Conor Mortimer during his playing days with Mayo. Source: James Crombie/INPHO At club level, he represented Shrule-Glencorrib and […]
TG4 HAVE ANNOUNCED a major schedule of live GAA action over the next couple of weeks before Christmas with 20 games set to be shown live. The station is to stream the majority of the matches on their YouTube channel with TV coverage for others. The green light for the resumption of action in […]
Updated Dec 8th 2020, 8:03 PM DESSIE FARRELL BELIEVES the standard of opposition Dublin have faced so far in the championship is a factor that led to the debate on their dominance in the All-Ireland SFC. After taking the scalp of Westmeath, Laois, Meath and Cavan by an average of 17 points, Dublin are back […]
DONEGAL STAR KATY Herron has explained the reasoning behind her absence for the 2021 Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] season, clarifying her side of the story after a statement from her Western Bulldogs side today. Katy Herron enjoyed a stellar debut season at Western Bulldogs – though 2021 won’t come as her second. Source: AAP/PA […]
HAVING THREE YOUNG children at home under the age of two ensures that Anne Dalton has had plenty to occupy her in the build-up to Saturday’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship Final. Now 32, the Freshford star has her place in the annals of her sport long sealed, enjoying the ultimate success with both […]
DONAL O’GRADY SAYS the time is right to introduce the black card into hurling, following a host of recent examples of cynical play. The former Limerick star was involved in one such incident back in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final when he hauled down Kilkenny’s Richie Power with the goal at the forward’s mercy. O’Grady didn’t […]
DAVY FITZGERALD HAS added former Dublin hurler Niall Corcoran to his backroom team for 2021. Galway native Corcoran was part of Eddie Brennan’s set-up in Laois for the past two seasons. Corcoran is a highly-rated coach and in 2019 the pair guided Laois to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Brennan recently departed the O’Moore County to link […]
THE CAMOGIE ASSOCIATION have launched an investigation after it was claimed that the Armagh team engaged in pro-IRA chants in their dressing room following last weekend’s All-Ireland premier junior final victory. Social media clips from after the game showed Armagh players celebrating after the win over Cavan on Saturday. A Camogie Association spokesperson said: “The […]
IT WILL BE his first as a senior manager but Liam Cahill is well-versed on these All-Ireland hurling final days. If the current focus is on Waterford’s fortunes, Cahill has accumulated quite an amount of success in the Tipperary hotseat of late. Minor deciders in 2015 and 2016 before U21 (2018) and U20 (2019) appearances. […]