Month: September 2021

PETER LEAHY HAS stepped down as manager of the Mayo Ladies after being appointed as part of the new backroom team with the Meath U20 footballers. Leahy steps away after three years in charge, having guided the Connacht outfit to an All-Ireland semi-final in 2019 where they narrowly lost out to Galway. Mayo reached this…

WATERFORD CONFIRMED THE appointment of Shane Ronayne as senior football boss last night, becoming the final football side to name a manager ahead of the 2021 campaign.  But on the hurling front, 2020 Nicky Rackard semi-finalists Tyrone are still without a boss as the new season looms.  Granted, the return of inter-county training has been…

Updated Jan 12th 2021, 8:05 PM FORMER DUBLIN HURLER Ryan O’Dwyer opens up about difficult periods in his personal life in this week’s episode of Laochra Gael. Donegal hero Kevin Cassidy featured in last week’s programme on TG4, and O’Dwyer’s story brings another fascinating instalment to the 19th edition of the series.  The Tipperary native…

TWO-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Anne Dalton has announced her inter-county retirement from Kilkenny camogie. One of the greatest players of her generation, Dalton has called time on an impressive career in which she picked up six All-Stars and two Player of the Year awards in 2009 and 2018. News of her departure from Brian Dowling’s squad…

LIMERICK STAR GEARÓID Hegarty and Dublin’s All-Ireland final goalscorer Con O’Callaghan have been named winners of the PWC GAA/GPA Players of the Month Finals award. Hegarty scored seven points as the Treaty County defeated Waterford and claimed hurling’s biggest prize, the Liam MacCarthy Cup. In Football, Dublin’s Con O’Callaghan earned recognition after he netted his…

CORK GAA HAS confirmed Sports Direct as their new sponsor but has also expressed “regret” that news of the deal was leaked to the public before the official launch. The sportswear company owned by Mike Ashley was reported to be coming on board with the Rebel county earlier this month, and the deal was officially announced…

LEITRIM STAR ÁINE TIGHE’S cruel run of injuries and extended period on the sidelines is set to continue, with confirmation from her Aussie Rules club that she is “unlikely” to play in 2021. Fremantle have confirmed that the ruck will be out for an extended period of the 2021 Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] season,…

Updated Jan 13th 2021, 5:00 PM FORMER TIPPERARY HURLING manager Eamon O’Shea explores the power of imagination and visualisation as we kick off the second season of How To Win At Dominoes, The42‘s coaching podcast. Fresh from his Europa League excursions with Dundalk, host Shane Keegan is once again digging into his little black book to…

Updated Jan 13th 2021, 8:07 PM KILKENNY MANAGER BRIAN Dowling got the phonecall he feared might be coming shortly after Christmas. He had managed to coax her back into the squad last year, and was hopeful that a split season might encourage her to postpone any retirement plans in 2021. But by the end of…

ROSCOMMON FOOTBALL MANAGER Anthony Cunningham has added Steven Poacher to his backroom team for 2021. The high-profile coach’s next move was confirmed in a statement from Roscommon GAA tonight as preparations for the new season continue.  Click Here: custom die casting mold and Product Down native Poacher recently spent three colourful campaigns as coach to…