Month: September 2021

Updated May 17th 2021, 12:02 PM 1. GAA rulebook under the spotlight again THE OPENING WEEKEND of inter-county hurling was dominated by debate over the new advantage rule and the return of football has followed suit. However, the major bone of contention in the big ball code last weekend was over the new penalty rule designed…

NINE GAMES ARE on the Gaelic Games menu for next weekend’s live TV coverage as the league action continues. It’s a football and hurling weekend while the ladies football leagues also commence for 2021. It’s the latter which begins the weekend’s action with last year’s finalists Cork facing Tipperary on Friday night while Mayo take…

IT WAS PUZZLING last season when arguably the best player in the Tyrone club championship didn’t receive a call-up to the county panel under Mickey Harte last October.  Paul Donaghy led Dungannon Thomas Clarkes to Tyrone SFC glory and finished the campaign as the championship’s top-scorer with 31 points in four games.  Harte’s failure to…

DUBLIN STAR CARLA Rowe needs just one word to sum up her captain Sinéad Aherne: phenomenal. It was confirmed last night that four-in-a-row All-Ireland winning skipper Aherne will lead the Sky Blues once again this season, with defensive ace Niamh Collins named vice-captain. St Sylverster’s stalwart Aherne made her inter-county debut in 2003, and etched…

THE MANAGER OF the reigning All-Ireland senior camogie club champions is pleading with the Camogie Association to complete the 2020 championship series, and insists that the problem is “very easy to resolve.” Michael ‘Hopper’ McGrath [file photo]. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Michael ‘Hopper’ McGrath, who guided Sarsfields of Galway to All-Ireland glory last season, says that the…

EVERYTHING IS ON the up, says Dublin star Carla Rowe. Recent positive developments have ladies football in a good place, she believes. In the past few weeks, major news has been announced with male and female inter-county players set for equal Government funding, while matchday travel expenses will be covered through the Lidl Ladies National…

FROM COLLINGWOOD TO Cavan, it’s been a hectic few weeks for Aishling Sheridan. Aishling Sheridan was speaking at the 2021 Lidl Ladies National Football Leagues launch. After her stunning second season in the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW], she’s firmly rooted back home in Mullahoran, readjusting to life on these shores. With that, comes her…

A LEADING SENIOR inter-county footballer and Aussie Rules star has weighed in on the cancellation of the ladies football All-Ireland series at underage level for 2021. Ladies Gaelic Football Association [LGFA] top brass recently confirmed its decision not to schedule national U14, U16 and minor inter-county competitions for the second year in-a-row, while the GAA…

Updated May 19th 2021, 4:57 PM EIR HAVE CONFIRMED that its eir Sport channels will wind up later this year, bringing an end to its venture into sports television.  It’s understood that eir Sport staff were informed of the decision on Tuesday morning. The telecommunications company and broadcaster announced in March that they were opting…

AFTER A LONG few months, Galway All-Star Nicola Ward is looking forward to getting back on the pitch and representing her county. “A very different league” lies ahead, but it’s one she’s relishing under the watchful eye of new manager Gerry Fahy, as a new chapter begins out West. Having been involved in the backroom…