Month: September 2021

DESSIE FARRELL WILL bring his 14-year stint as CEO of the Gaelic Players Association to an end tomorrow but he insists his decision is not linked to a desire to enter senior inter-county management with Dublin. It was announced in September that Farrell would be stepping down from his role with the inter-county players body.…

DERRY CHAMPIONS SLAUGHTNEIL will be bidding for a remarkable All-Ireland senior club double in 2017. And they are hoping for a little help from the GAA fixture-makers to give them a chance to prepare properly for that. As it stands Slaughtneil face Dublin’s Cuala in an All-Ireland hurling semi-final on Saturday 4 February before they…

DIARMUID ‘GIZZY’ LYNG proved himself time and time again on the hurling field for Wexford but he is also clearly an excellent public speaker. Lyng is well known for being quite a character off the field, a deep thinker who has a love of travel and hurling. You may well recall Lyng from his previous…

THE SHORTLIST FOR RTÉ Sports Person of the Year is packed with worthy contenders. Emma Duffy endorses the claims of 11-time All-Ireland champion and TG4/LGFA senior Player of the Year Bríd Stack. Bríd Stack celebrates Cork’s All-Ireland win at the final whistle. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO CORK HAVE BEEN unstoppable when it comes to Ladies football…

Dublin and Mayo players before the drawn All-Ireland final. GAA INTER-COUNTY players got a major boost yesterday with the announcement that the funding they receive from the Government is set for a major increase. A new €6.9 million package over the next three years was agreed with the Gaelic Players Association, who will then distribute…

Brian McGuigan and Mickey Harte after the 2008 All-Ireland football final. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO HE WON THREE All-Ireland senior medals during his inter-county days before retiring in 2011 and now Brian McGuigan has called time on his club career as well. A star in the Tyrone attack during their All-Ireland victories, McGuigan revealed today in…

Home Pat Hickey is on his way home to Ireland. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Former Tyrone footballer Brian McGuigan has called time on his club career with a view to pursuing management.  Former OCI President Pat Hickey is now on his way home to Ireland from Brazil. Ulster football and hurling champions Slaughtneil, are appealing to the…

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ÁRDSCOIL Rís of Limerick are set to face Cork’s Midleton CBS, as the quarter-final draw for the Dr Harty Cup was made this evening. Tipperary All-Ireland minor winning captain Brian McGrath Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO 2015 champions Thurles CBS will face fellow Tipperary school Our Ladys Templemore, after they overcame Abbey CBS in an all-Tipp second…

Munster 2-20 Leinster 2-16 By Jackie Cahill at Semple Stadium, Thurles Munster’s Paraic Maher celebrates with Dan McCormack after the game. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO AARON SHANAGHER’S LATE goal sealed victory for Anthony Daly’s Munster in this evening’s GAA Interprovincial hurling final at Semple Stadium, in front of 592 spectators. Rising Clare star Shanagher was introduced…

12 NOMINEES FROM across a wide-range of sports are in the hunt to pick up the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year award. The winner, which has been chosen by a public vote, will be announced on 17 December when the RTÉ Sport Awards take place. All-Ireland winners Seamus Callanan, Brian Fenton, Denise Gaule and Bríd Stack have…