‘It’s something that I’ve had to battle with probably my whole career, and more so in recent years’
Updated Dec 16th 2020, 5:12 PM CIAN O’SULLIVAN HAS faced an almost annual battle to prove his fitness around All-Ireland final time and this year is no different. Hamstring twinges have struck the 32-year-old defender at the business end of recent seasons, though he still remains one of a handful of Dublin players who’ve featured…
‘It has been difficult but we saw a lot of people coming out of homelessness, which was great’
ALL-IRELAND FINALS being played the weekend before Christmas sums up this crazy year. It’s something different, to say the least. And the Meath ladies footballers will hope that a very different occasion leads to a different result. Meath captain Máire O’Shaughnessy. Source: Seb Daly/SPORTSFILE Sunday’s intermediate decider against Westmeath will be their third in-a-row, and…
‘I’m lucky to be able to play both and represent Cork’ – the highs and lows of one of the country’s top dual stars
LIBBY COPPINGER WOULD rather do her talking on the pitch. Cork dual star Libby Coppinger. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Her love for both Gaelic football and camogie shines through with every word she utters, as does her gratitude for how much playing both has given her as she maps her rise. One way she gives back…
All-Ireland return caps 17th season – ‘I’ve kept going because I’m enjoying it, that’s simply the reason why’
17 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS of highs and lows, ups and downs, good days and bad ones — but Westmeath captain Fiona Claffey is still on the road. On Sunday, she’ll lead her side out to the hallowed turf of Croke Park for the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate final, nine years on from tasting success in the same…
3 All-Ireland club winners in Kilkenny team, one change for Galway and Tipperary make two switches
Updated Dec 17th 2020, 9:53 PM KILKENNY SENIOR EOIN Cody is one of three Ballyhale Shamrocks All-Ireland club winners in the county’s U20 side that will take on Galway tomorrow night. Eoin Cody in action for the Kilkenny senior side against Dublin. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The sides meet in the Bord Gáis Energy Leinster U20…
‘The nicest fellas you can meet, their potential is huge’ – Mayo’s rising stars from schools to senior level
WHEN DAMIEN EGAN reflects on that spring of 2017 as they brought All-Ireland glory back to their pocket of south Mayo, it is the route to success rather than solely the culmination he thinks about. The freezing February night at the home of Connacht GAA when they took the provincial title. The semi-final in March…
Expecting an All-Ireland final Christmas cracker, going again with Donegal and comparisons with Oz
WHILE DISAPPOINTED NOT to be there herself, Donegal star Katy Herron will be keeping a close eye on Croke Park this Sunday. Katy Herron facing Dublin’s Jennifer Dunne in last year’s keague. Source: Tommy Grealy/INPHO Once again, on the biggest day of the ladies football calendar year, Dublin and Cork will do battle for the…
‘Just beautiful,’ ‘superb,’ ‘brilliant show’ – tributes paid to Christy Ring documentary
Action from the Christy Ring documentary. Source: Christy Ring: Man And Ball Twitter page TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to the brilliant Christy Ring documentary that was aired on RTÉ last night. Produced by Colm O’Callaghan and award-winning director Gerry Nelson, ‘Christy Ring: Man And Ball’ explores the life and sporting career of hurling icon Christy Ring.…
John Horan: GAA ‘could do no more’ to help LGFA avoid venue switch controversy
GAA PRESIDENT John Horan says the Association did all they could to facilitate the LGFA in the controversy over the All-Ireland ladies football semi-final. The game between Cork and Galway was moved to Croke Park on the morning of the game earlier this month, after the Parnell Park pitch was deemed unplayable. It was the…
Paul Mescal narrates Sky Sports’ All-Ireland football final promo
IF IT WASN’T going to be Michael Jordan or Carole Baskin, then Paul Mescal is the right choice to narrate this year’s All-Ireland football final promo. Sky Sports have drafted in the breakout star of the pandemic, Normal People’s Paul Mescal for their excellent teaser for the championship showpiece tomorrow: 🗣️"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈…