Month: September 2021

LAOIS HAVE NAMED their side for tomorrow evening’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier clash against Cork in Thurles.  Throw-in at Semple Stadium is 5pm with Laois boss John Surgue keeping the faith in the side that beat Offaly by five points last Saturday evening. Now, they’re just one game away from the Super 8s with Munster finalists…

DUBLIN HAVE MADE three changes for Saturday’s Electric Ireland Leinster minor football championship final against Kildare at Pairc Tailteann. Jim Lehane has opted to bring Jack Lundy, Luke Murphy-Guinane and Ross Keogh into his starting XV for the provincial decider from the side that defeated Westmeath in the semi-final. The Dublin manager has seen his…

IT’S LIKELY AT least one of Galway or Mayo will head into tonight’s do-or-die round 4 qualifier clash without their best forward in the starting line-up. The injury-enforced absences of Damien Comer and Cillian O’Connor have hung over their respective teams like a shadow this season. Cillian O’Connor and Damien Comer have missed a large…

Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 0-13 John Fallon reports from Semple Stadium KILKENNY HAD TOO much firepower for Clare in the opening game of the All-Ireland minor hurling quarter-final round robin series at Semple Stadium in Thurles. These two sides will battle it out with Galway for two sides to advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and Kilkenny…

Click:double chamber tea bag machineKildare 2-21 Dublin 1-19 Robert Cribbin reports from Pairc Tailteann, Navan KILDARE PUT IN a brilliant performance to edge Dublin in a pulsating Leinster Minor Football Final at Pairc Tailteann this afternoon. Aaron Browne and Eoin Bagnall were top scorers for the winners with 1-7 each in an entertaining high scoring…

Cork 4-20 Laois 1-15 ROUND FOUR QUALIFIERS have tended to be miserable experiences for the Cork footballers in recent times, this evening in Thurles saw them buck that trend in style. They built on the promise of their Munster final showing, blitzing Laois with scoring sprees either side of the interval to book a place…

Galway 3-7 Mayo 0-9  Declan Rooney reports from the LIT Gaelic Grounds TRACEY LEONARD FIRED goals in each half as Galway claimed their third TG4 Connacht Ladies SFC title in-a-row, but they needed to fend off a strong Mayo comeback to claim the win in the first Connacht final staged in Munster. This is Galway’s…

Tyrone 1-20 Cavan 0-7 Paul Fitzpatrick reports from Clones AT HALF-TIME in a sun-splashed Clones, a couple of merry-looking Tyrone fans engaged in an impromptu penalty shoot-out at the town goals. The crowd, seeking some sort of diversion, really got into it. And one couldn’t blame them for looking for a little entertainment because by…

Mayo 2-13 Galway 1-13 THEIR SUPPORTERS ENDURED another nervy finish, but Mayo eventually prevailed by three points against rivals Galway to seal their progression into the Super 8s. Two goals inside the opening 10 mins put Mayo in control of this contest from early on and they never really looked like losing it. Galway to…

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS CORK provided a coolly efficient performance as they dismantled Dublin by 2-20 to 0-9 to record a third win from as many games in Group 2 of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. Paudie Murray’s crew are pursuing a third consecutive title and were far too strong for the hosts, laying the…