Month: September 2021

EIGHT-TIME ALL-IRELAND WINNER Eddie Brennan is in line to become the new Laois senior hurling manager after being proposed by the selection committee. “Senior Hurling Selection committee has proposed Eddie Brennan as the new Laois Senior Hurling Manager,” Laois GAA confirmed this evening. “The Laois GAA Executive committee will now be putting his name forward…

SPORT HAS ALWAYS been a huge part of my life. My whole family have always been into it, it’s just been drilled into us from a young age. It was basically a case of once we could walk, there was a ball at our feet. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Of course, that’s not always the case.…

LIMERICK’S GAELIC GROUNDS will show the county’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship final against holders Galway on a giant screen. A general view of the Gaelic Grounds. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Limerick City and County Council and Limerick GAA announced the news this morning following lengthy talks on the homecoming and screening. Gates will open for the…

SHORTLY AFTER MICHEÁL Donoghue finished his duties at Galway’s All-Ireland hurling final media day, minor boss Jeffrey Lynskey took his place in front of the firing squad. Lynskey is preparing for his third All-Ireland final with the minors, having delivered titles on both of their last trips to the decider in 2015 and 2017. Before…

Click:HPMC HEMC HEC Factory GALWAY BOSS MICHEÁL Donoghue has added his name to the growing list of inter-county managers who’ve admitted to receiving anonymous letters of abuse to their homes. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Following his resignation as Kerry manager on Saturday night, Eamonn Fitzmaurice revealed he had “a box full of anonymous letters” at home from…

TIPPERARY U21 BOSS Liam Cahill admits it is ‘a great honour’ to be associated with the vacant senior manager position on the county but he is placing his focus on their upcoming Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling final against Cork. Last night in the Gaelic Grounds, Tipperary sprung a surprise in their semi-final against…

WHO RUN THE world? Phil Healy, Samantha Lambert and Nicci Daly all feature. There’s a new five-part mini-series coming to RTÉ Player soon and it looks really interesting. ‘We Run The World’ documents the journey of five female Irish athletes in their chosen sports and there’s something for athletics, hockey, Gaelic football, camogie and cycling…

FOUR TEAMS ARE left in the race for All-Ireland football glory. Beggan, Donnelly, Fenton, Walsh and Clifford have been some of the star performers in this year’s championship. Source: INPHO Provincial champions Dublin and Galway, along with Ulster duo Tyrone and Monaghan – who have both travelled the backdoor route – are all still in…

OWEN MULLIGAN HAS praised the efforts of Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan for how he responded to a mix-up over a short kick-out which led to a goal against Donegal in last weekend’s Super 8s clash. Morgan was trying to link-up with defender Padraig Hampsey near the end of the first half when Donegal’s Ryan McHugh…

MANCHESTER UNITED LEGEND Gary Neville has described the controversy surrounding the Liam Miller tribute match as “an absolute nonsense”. The GAA initially rejected calls for the game to be played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh — a venue traditionally reserved for the association’s matches only – before belatedly agreeing to the star-studded soccer fixture being held there.…