Month: September 2021

Updated Jan 24th 2021, 12:00 PM Collingwood’s Irish duo Sarah Rowe and Aishling Sheridan. Source: AAP/PA Images THEY’RE LIVING THE Australian dream, but those back on home soil are never too far from their thoughts. “It’s very difficult for people in Ireland at the minute,” Sarah Rowe shakes her head, sitting next to her Collingwood […]

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HIS CLUB CAREER would go on for almost another decade, but Shane Curran’s days in the Roscommon jersey ended when John Maughan took charge of the county in 2006. After two and a half seasons under Tommy Carr, Maughan’s appointment saw several senior players removed who were considered difficult to handle at the time. Ex-Roscommon […]

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CONNACHT GAA SECRETARY JOHN Prenty says the pandemic forced county boards into cost-saving measures which should be retained to curb the rising costs of preparing inter-county teams.  In the provincial council’s annual report, Prenty noted how a “high quality” All-Ireland championship took place in 2020 despite team costs being a fraction of the previous year.  Costs […]

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EXPERIENCED DEFENDER PAUL Murphy has been confirmed as the new Kerry senior football captain for the 2021 season, taking over a position filled last year by David Clifford. New Kerry football captain Paul Murphy. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The 29-year-old Rathmore club man was nominated by the East Kerry Board after his role in the divisional […]

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DONEGAL GAA HAS named Karl Lacey as the county’s Head of Academy Development. The appointment comes after Lacey stepped down from his role as a selector for the county’s senior football team, having worked on Declan Bonner’s backroom staff for the past three seasons. One of Donegal’s most decorated footballers, Lacey retired from the inter-county […]

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