Month: September 2021

TIPPERARY SENIOR AND intermediate camogie manager Bill Mullaney has stepped down mid-championship due to ‘health reasons’. After a 2-20 to 1-8 loss to All-Ireland champions Cork on Saturday, news of the Newport-Ballinahinch man’s imminent departure filtered through last night and it was confirmed this morning. A statement from Tipperary camogie board chairperson Bridget Bourke, as quoted…

ANOTHER HECTIC WEEKEND of championship action, another few man-of-the-match awards handed out. Stephen O’Brien, Paul Mannion and Jamie Brennan were all honoured. After Roscommon’s brilliant Connacht SFC final win last Sunday, the remaining three provincial titles were handed out this weekend. Kerry were crowned Munster champions once again on Saturday evening while Donegal went back-to-back…

KILDARE, TYRONE, MAYO and Armagh will all be under the spotlight next Saturday evening with their GAA football qualifier games set to be televised by Sky Sports. After this morning’s round 3 draw in the All-Ireland championship, the GAA have this afternoon confirmed the fixture details with all four games set to take place next…

THE KILDARE TEAM to face Laois in round 1 of the Eirgrid Leinster U20 football championship tomorrow night features four members of last year’s All-Ireland winning side.  Goalkeeper Aaron O’Neill plus defenders Mark Barrett, DJ Early and Darragh Ryan were all part of the successful 2018 panel that delivered Leinster and All-Ireland glory. Gay Campbell…

HELPING LEITRIM DELIVER All-Ireland hurling glory in Croke Park on Saturday rounded off a remarkable journey for Iraqi-born hurler Zak Moradi. Moradi scored a point off the bench during the extra-time defeat of Lancashire in the Lory Meagher Cup final, securing the county’s first-ever national title in either code. “It was unbelievable, it was an…

SEAN CAVANAGH HAS suggested that Kerry might not be in the Super 8s if they were in a different province, following their lacklustre display in the Munster SFC final. The Kingdom managed to hold off an encouraging Cork fightback to clinch their seventh consecutive provincial crown but defensive frailties left them exposed throughout. They conceded three…

Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO TO GET AN idea of the influence Michael Murphy has had on Donegal’s fortunes, consider their success before and after his arrival on the scene. When he made his senior debut as a 17-year-old in 2007, Donegal had won just five Ulster titles in the previous 123 years of their history. It…

Laois 0-10 Kilkenny 5-21 Alan Hartnett reporting at O’Moore Park KILKENNY SENIOR ADRIAN Mullen bagged a goal in each half as DJ Carey’s side had 26 points to spare over Laois in O’Moore Park this evening. They progress to face Galway in the Leinster semi-final where one would imagine a far sterner test will lie…

DUBLIN ALL-STAR CIARA Trant believes that better goalkeeping has brought ladies football to a whole new level. Trant has also praised her male counterpart Stephen Cluxton with changing the face of the game. “Goalkeeping standards rising has brought the game to a whole new level. It’s fantastic to see and the more goalkeeping rises, the harder…

THE THIRD MUNSTER football final in five days between Cork and Kerry will see both teams call on players with senior experience for tomorrow night’s provincial junior decider. After Saturday’s minor and senior double-header in Páirc Uí Chaoimh when they claimed both titles, Kerry chase another Munster crown in a grade where they have won…