FORMER DONEGAL ALL-Ireland winner Paul Durcan has been added to Tony McEntee’s Sligo backroom team for the 2021 season. Durcan will be the goalkeeping coach under Armagh native McEntee, who was confirmed as the new Sligo boss last month. A Celtic Cross winner with Donegal in 2012, Durcan also lifted the All-Ireland club title with […]
A DECADE AGO, Paul Kinnerk had his first taste of All-Ireland hurling final day as a coach. He watched on as the Clare minor team he had helped prepare produced a power-packed display, yet they fell just short of Kilkenny by two points in that 2010 showdown. If defeat was a tough experience to absorb […]
FORMER KERRY STAR Kieran Donaghy is reportedly set to join the coaching ticket with Armagh’s senior footballers. The Irish News reported today that the four-time All-Ireland champion, who also played basketball with distinction, will feature in the Orchard County’s setup in 2021. Senior football manager Kieran McGeeney has been in charge with his native county […]
ONE OF THE standout images from Limerick’s post-match celebrations yesterday was of Gearoid Hegarty and Tom Morrissey with their arms around one another and sharing an intense stare. The imposing pair were the dominant players in the All-Ireland final as Limerick returned to the summit with their second title in three years. A 12-point haul […]
BOTH THE WOMEN’S Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) and the male equivalent, GPA, held extraordinary general meetings this evening while voting to merge into a single entity. Click Here:
KERRY’S AFL STAR Mark O’Connor has revealed that he would have been available to line out for the county if they had progressed to last month’s Munster senior football final. Geelong Cats player O’Connor had been in action in Australia up until 24 October when he lined out in the AFL Grand Final as his […]
Updated Dec 15th 2020, 8:25 AM AFTER COMING ON in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, Iarlaith Daly is back in action for Waterford tonight in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U20 semi-final. Daly has been named at centre-forward in the Waterford team that will take on Tipperary in the Fraher Field at 7pm. Tipperary have made […]
FOUR YEARS ON and Dessie Farrell’s December focus has changed. At this time in 2016, Farrell was preparing to wrap up his duties as CEO of the GPA after a 14-year spell. During the course of his last interview in that role, Farrell distanced himself from the prospect of becoming Dublin senior boss in the […]
MID DECEMBER IS traditionally a time for winding down in the GAA but 2020 represents a change from the norm. It’s an action-packed week of All-Ireland finals along with underage action from the provinces. Here’s the list of games that are being live-streamed and shown on TV in the coming days. Tuesday There are two […]
Updated Dec 15th 2020, 3:00 PM CORK LADIES FOOTBALL captain Doireann O’Sullivan has hailed last night’s monumental vote to merge the Women’s Gaelic Players Association [WGPA] and its male equivalent in the GPA. “I think it’s a huge step forward for us. I can only see positives coming from it,” the All-Star forward told the […]