Month: September 2021

MAYO LADIES FOOTBALL manager Peter Leahy has refuted Cora Staunton’s claims that the Mayo set-up is an unsafe environment to be in, calling her accusations “close to slanderous.” Staunton was one of 12 players to left the Mayo panel earlier this summer. Initially, they cited “player welfare issues” as the reason for their departure. The […]

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CONOR NASH HAS retained his place in the Hawthorn team to face Melbourne in tomorrow’s AFL finals series semi-final. Nash has featured in just four games this campaign, but he’s been an ever-present since making his debut in the regular season against Geelong on 11 August. The Meath native recently penned a new two-year deal with […]

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BOTH TIPPERARY AND Waterford are likely to have new senior hurling managers in place by early next week as their focus turns to 2019. The Premier and Deise are the only Liam MacCarthy Cup counties with vacant hot-seats but county board meetings next week should confirm their respective appointments.  Waterford were beaten in the 2017 All-Ireland […]

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MOTHERHOOD. WORK. COLLEGE. Club. County. In no particular order of significance, but each as important as the next. Dublin’s Amy Connolly isn’t afraid of hard work, nor does her world solely revolve around football anymore. Connolly in action for Dublin. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The arrival of son Ciabhan four years ago could have marked the […]

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WESTMEATH GAA HAS this evening announced the appointment of Jack Cooney and Joe Quaid as the county’s senior football and hurling managers respectively. Jack Cooney (centre) was previously part of the Donegal coaching staff. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Cooney becomes the first native of the county to take charge since 1992 and having emerged as the […]

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DUBLIN AND CORK have named unchanged sides for their TG4 All-Ireland final clash this Sunday at Croke Park in what will be a repeat of the 2016 decider [throw-in, 4pm]. Manager Mick Bohan has elected to stick with the same team that started their All-Ireland semi-final victory over Galway last month as reigning champions Dublin […]

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“THAT LOSS LAST year probably stood to us this year more than anything,” Cork goalkeeper Martina O’Brien concedes as she reflects on her side’s absence from the 2017 All-Ireland final. Martina O’Brien. Mayo had ended their quest for seven in-a-row, a 12th title in 13 years at the semi-final stage and went on to face […]

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1. Rena Buckley Delighted with the reunion with @corkery5, the two of us back together again #18 pic.twitter.com/UF3Vi9GDbE — Rena Buckley (@RenaBucks) September 9, 2018 2. Briege Corkery @RenaBucks … a moment couldn’t go by without you. Just shows the character of you to be waiting for all @CorkCamogie in Quinn’s #GOAT x pic.twitter.com/xr2u0rzsvG — […]

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