Month: September 2021

AT THE LAUNCH of the Gaelic Players Association’s 2018 annual report today, CEO Paul Flynn unveiled four motions that will be voted on by inter-county players at their AGM tomorrow in Dunboyne Castle. The GPA expect around 70 players to attend the AGM and will take a vote on the following motions: Introduction of a…

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Corofin have booked their place in the Galway SFC semi-finals while finalists Dr Crokes began their Kerry campaign with a 17-point win. An Ian Burke goal helped the back-to-back All-Ireland holders to a six-point win over Mountbellew-Moylough. Click Here: sydney roosters team jersey The six-in-a-row Galway champions will now progress to the final four…

Six-month-old James Ryan from Mayo with the Dublin ladies after their three-in-a-row win at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin Source: James Crombie/INPHO Full flight! Ireland’s Andrew Conway in action against Scotland’s Sean Maitland Source: Craig Mercer/INPHO Derrygonnelly celebrate winning the first county senior football final of the year Click Here: brisbane broncos shirt Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Sister Act:…

TYRONE HAVE ADDED former Antrim star Kevin Madden to their backroom team ahead of the 2020 inter-county season.  Now a highly regarded coach, Madden will work under Mickey Harte having previously spent two years at Derry as assistant manager to Damian Cassidy. At club level, he worked with ex-Saffron boss Liam Bradley at Glenullin, where…

TIPPERARY CLUB THURLES Sarsfields have outlined how “extremely unfair” it is that their ladies football and camogie teams are facing into two huge championship matches in four hours this Sunday. With eight dual players affected, the camogie side face Kilruane McDonaghs in the intermediate championship semi-final at 2pm, while the footballers are contesting their intermediate…

DONEGAL, ANTRIM AND Clare club action will be televised this weekend across RTÉ and TG4 as county football and hurling championships around the country take shape.  Click Here: ireland rugby jerseys On the second weekend of their club coverage, RTÉ cameras will be in Ballybofey for a Donegal SFC quarter-final double bill.  First up at 5pm…

WICKLOW HAVE TURNED to Davy Burke, Kildare’s All-Ireland U20 winning manager last year, to take charge of their senior football team on a three-year-term. Burke was confirmed as the new Wicklow senior football supremo at a county board meeting tonight. “Wicklow GAA are delighted to announce that Davy Burke has been ratified as the new…

SEAMUS HICKEY HAS revealed that Peter Casey reached out to the Gaelic Players Association for support following last month’s social media controversy that forced him to take a drug test in order to clear his name. A video recorded from an Instagram story showed a friend putting an object into Casey’s hand during a night…

Fitzgerald led Wexford to Leinster Championship success this year. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO DAVY FITZGERALD HAS broken his silence after weeks of speculation linking the 48-year-old with the vacant managerial position at Galway. The Wexford boss said he will make a decision on his future ‘in the next day or two’ on whether to stick with…

BERNARD BROGAN PLANS to meet Jim Gavin next week but has yet to make a final decision on his future with Dublin.  The 35-year-old made just one championship appearance for Dublin this summer and is expected to call time on his career this winter after winning his seventh All-Ireland title. But Brogan says he hasn’t…