Four-time All-Ireland winner Murray signs up for another year as Cork boss
PAUDIE MURRAY IS to remain in charge of the Cork senior camogie team for the 2021 season. Murray will now reach a decade in the role after being ratified as manager last night for the 10th year in a row by the camogie board on Leeside. Since taking charge in 2012, he has guided Cork…
Karl Lacey appointed to new role as Donegal plan for the future
DONEGAL GAA HAS named Karl Lacey as the county’s Head of Academy Development. The appointment comes after Lacey stepped down from his role as a selector for the county’s senior football team, having worked on Declan Bonner’s backroom staff for the past three seasons. One of Donegal’s most decorated footballers, Lacey retired from the inter-county…
Ex-Waterford boss McGrath to stay in Laois minor role for 2021
DEREK MCGRATH IS set to be involved with the Laois minor hurlers again in 2021. The ex-Waterford manager was part of Liam Dunne’s backroom team last year, and also had a role with Wexford club Faythe Harriers. Prior to that, he was in charge of the Déise from 2014-18 — winning the league in 2015…
Shortlist revealed for RTÉ Sport Awards Team of the Year – who would you pick?
THE SIX NOMINEES have been announced for the 2020 RTÉ Sport Team of the Year award. The awards takes place this Thursday night with four Gaelic Games sides in the running along with one rugby team and one soccer outfit. There are two Dublin selections with Dessie Farrell’s Gaelic football team nominated after they won…
Club call – the big hurling names in new roles around the country for the 2021 season
THERE IS STILL plenty uncertainty over when exactly GAA club action will commence around the country for the 2021 season, not least with the amount of competitions still unfinished from last year. But while the pandemic removes clarity on that front, it is apparent that the presence of some big hurling names in different coaching…
‘The more you coach, the more you realise that nobody cares about your formulas’
SHANE KEEGAN IS joined by a two-time All-Star on the latest instalment of How To Win At Dominoes. Clíodhna O’Connor, Dublin’s goalkeeper during their 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies’ Football Championship triumph, is the guest for the third episode of the second season of The42‘s coaching podcast. Since hanging up her gloves, O’Connor has honed her…
Cork’s Keane out ‘for extended period’ from AFL action after surgery on finger injury
CORK’S MARK KEANE is facing time on the sideline after undergoing finger tendon surgery due to an injury suffered in pre-season training with his AFL club Collingwood. Mark Keane celebrating his goal for Cork against Kerry last year. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Keane is expected to be out for up to two months due to the…
Former senior stars and Dublin club winning boss part of Wexford U20 management
FORMER SENIOR HURLER David Redmond and Dublin senior club winning boss Joe Fortune will both be involved with the Wexford U20 hurling management for the coming season. James Sheil, who guided Wexford to Leinster minor glory in 2019, remains as manager of the team. Redmond brought his Wexford senior playing career to a close after…
Dual star Saoirse Noonan generating attention from clubs abroad
SAOIRSE NOONAN IS weighing up options outside Ireland following her exploits with Cork City during the 2020 season. The 21-year-old played a pivotal role for her hometown club as they reached last month’s FAI Cup final, which ended in defeat to Peamount United at Tallaght Stadium. She was named Women’s National League Player of the…
Dublin’s Paul Flynn to step down as GPA Chief Executive later this year
DUBLIN ALL-IRELAND winner Paul Flynn is to step down later this year from his role as CEO of the Gaelic Players Association. Dublin All-Ireland winning footballer Paul Flynn. Source: INPHO The players’ body made the announcement this afternoon with Flynn set ‘to take on a new and exciting opportunity in another business sector’. The board…