ONE DREAM PARKED for now, “another step in the right direction” taken towards the other. Saoirse Noonan, one of the country’s top dual stars, will focus on soccer for the foreseeable after making the move to Dublin outfit Shelbourne from her hometown club of Cork City. Saoirse Noonan signed for Shelbourne last week. Source: Inpho […]
IT’S THAT TIME on a Monday again as we look back on the weekend that’s been in the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW]. Aishling Sheridan, Aisling McCarthy and Sinéad Goldrick were the pick of the Irish in Round Three. Source: PA Images/West Coast Eagles / Melbourne FC. Nine Irish stars featured in Round Three, which […]
DUBLIN STAR CARLA Rowe has her heart set on defending her side’s TG4 All-Ireland senior championship this year – and feels the lure of a magical five-in-a-row could keep Mick Bohan’s panel unified in another uncertain season. Rowe was one of Dublin’s standout players as she helped her side to victory in December’s All-Ireland Final […]
THE GAA HAVE reported a combined national deficit of €34.1m after the 2020 season was impacted hugely by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Association’s annual finance report was released today with Director-General Tom Ryan describing the past year as ‘very damaging to the Association from a financial point of view.’ Ryan believes ‘the after effects will […]
DIRECTOR GENERAL TOM Ryan says the GAA accept responsibility for the failure to complete club championships in 2020, a decision that “weighed heavily” on him. 11 senior county finals have yet to be played after club action was suspended in October following a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases nationwide. Writing in the GAA’s 2020 annual […]
THE HEADLINE A few weeks back was a welcome sight: Kilkenny Ladies Gaelic adult team set for comeback. It was indeed “exciting news,” as the social media post from Kilkenny LGFA read, with the Cats in line to return to the inter-county scene in the near future having last competed in 2019. After a difficult year […]
THE GAA HAVE rejected the idea that the decision to postpone the return of inter-county action was financially motivated. Speaking at the launch of the GAA’s annual report, director general Tom Ryan pointed out that the National Leagues are not major financial earners for Croke Park. “The league in itself doesn’t really have a huge […]
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO could become a new home for GAA coverage in the future. The American subscription streaming service was name-checked by the GAA’s commercial director, Peter McKenna, as the Association launched its annual financial report yesterday. McKenna suggested that Amazon could be a possible bidder for some GAA action in the future, with media […]
TIPPERARY FOOTBALL MANAGER David Power is our next coaching expert to feature on How To Win At Dominoes with host Shane Keegan. Power guided the Premier County to Munster glory last November, shocking Cork in the final to secure their first senior provincial football title in 85 years. Their achievement was particularly poignant as it coincided with […]
CPA CHAIRMAN MICHEÁL Briody says the decision to remove inter-county GAA from Level 5 exemption was ‘accepted too easily,’ but adds that the association is in a difficult position in relation to Covid-19 restrictions. The Government informed the GAA of the move last week while it was also announced that there will be no Gaelic […]