THE TWO CLUBS that have shared the last six Tipperary county senior football titles were both knocked out at the semi-final stage today. Reigning champions Clonmel Commercials and Loughmore-Castleiney, most recent winners in 2016, both lost their last four games after dominating the scene with three titles apiece since 2012. Instead there is a chance […]
1. Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt who received his Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Paediatrics for contribution to child health Source: Gary Carr/INPHO 2. Shamrock Rovers’ Gary Shaw tackled by Jamie Lennon of St Patrick’s Athletic Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO 3. Leinster’s Sean O’Brien pictured competing against Wasps Source: Inpho/Billy Stickland 4. Bath’s Freddie Burns fails to ground […]
Click:ecolchi collagen mask CLANN NA NGAEL, Aughawillan and Portlaoise were among the teams to triumph on a busy day of GAA action with several county finals taking place. In Leitrim, Aughawillan overcame Mohill 0-14 to 1-9. An early goal from Ronan Gordon helped his side surge into the lead, as they found themselves 1-7 to 0-7 ahead […]
Castlehaven 1-18 Duhallow 2-15 John O’Shea reports from Páirc Uí Rinn ONE OF THE best Cork SFC championship games to be played in a long time. A game played at full throttle and full of drama from first whistle to last. Castlehaven and Duhallow will have to do battle once more, after this pulsating replay […]
LOUTH’S CIARAN BYRNE and Galway’s Cillian McDaid have both announced their retirement from AFL football, making the decision to return home to Ireland. Louth’s Ciaran Byrne and Galway’s Cillian McDaid had both been playing for Carlton. The pair have both brought their time with Melbourne-based club Carlton to an end. 23-year-old Byrne first made the […]
CORK’S MARK KEANE and Derry’s Anton Tohill have become the latest Irish players to make the move to Aussie Rules after Collingwood confirmed they have signed the duo. Derry’s Anton Tohill and Cork’s Mark Keane are heading to Melbourne. Source: INPHO The Melbourne-based club announced the recruit of the duo who had been heavily linked […]
DUBLIN FOOTBALL STAR Paul Mannion isn’t a fan of the proposed new rule changes for Gaelic football. The GAA’s standing committee on playing rules revealed earlier this month the five rules that they believe should be experimented with in the sport. A restriction in handpasses, a plan to have all sidelines kicked forward, the introduction […]
IT’S COUNTY HURLING final week and enough has occurred since his last appearance with Ballyboden St-Enda’s for Simon Lambert to appreciate this build-up. Ballyboden collected six titles between 2007 and 2013, Lambert a Dublin hurler at the time and a lynchpin in their run of club success. Now it’s almost three years since he was […]
KERRY’S MARK O’CONNOR is set to miss the remainder of his club Dingle’s county senior football championship campaign after his AFL side Geelong stated they cannot permit it as ‘it’s a breach to his contract’. O’Connor returned home after the close of the 2018 AFL season and featured in Dingle’s county quarter-final win over Austin […]
TRIBUTES ARE POURING in for 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Darran O’Sullivan following his retirement from inter-county football on Tuesday. O’Sullivan is now the fourth Kerry player to retire since the end of their 2018 championship campaign, joining a group which includes Kieran Donaghy, Donnchadh Walsh and Anthony Maher. The four-time All-Ireland winner was renowned for his […]