Month: September 2021

A SERIES SEEKING to determine Ireland’s greatest sportsperson is among the sporting highlights for the new season on RTÉ. ‘Ireland’s Greatest Sportsperson,’ presented by Des Cahill and Evanne Ní Chuilinn, will aim to identify the country’s top athlete from the 1960s to the 2000s, with a similar format expected to last year’s programme, ‘Ireland’s Greatest Sporting…

THE ROAD TO hurling stardom was mapped out in advance for some. On Sunday they will be at the heart of Limerick’s drive to address that 45-year gap since the county grasped the Liam MacCarthy Cup. But back the years when they first filed through the doors of Ardscoil Rís to commence their second-level education…

IT HAS BEEN a momentous few months in the life of Cork scoring machine, Orla Cotter. On 26 May, she got married to Mark and the couple embarked on a dream honeymoon, taking in Canada and then Alaska, mixing it with bears, elk and moose, revelling in the breath-taking scenery of the Rocky Mountains and…

EQUALITY OF MEN and women in sport is something that’s been discussed to no end for as long as I can remember. That gap between the two, the differences, the inequality more than anything. I do think it is getting better though, there is much more parity than before. I can only speak from my…

CORK LEGEND BRIEGE Corkery has ended an exile of almost two years to return to the champions’ panel for tomorrow’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final with Tipperary at Semple Stadium. Corkery hasn’t played for the Rebels since the 2016 All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny and last donned the red jersey when the Leesiders…

Ciara Mageean came agonisingly close to winning a bronze medal in which event at the European Athletics Championships? INPHO 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres Shane Lowry spearheaded the Irish challenge at the US PGA Championship. How many shots adrift of eventual winner Brooks Koepka did he finish? PA 5 6 7 8…

GALWAY HURLING MANAGER Micheal Donoghue has named his starting team to face Limerick in the All-Ireland senior hurling championship final on Sunday. Gearoid McInerney has recovered from injury to start at centre-half back for the Croke Park showdown (throw-in 3.30pm, live on RTÉ / Sky Sports) as the Tribesmen look to make it back-to-back titles.…

GALWAY AND KILKENNY have shown their hand for their 2018 All-Ireland minor hurling final showdown in Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 1pm, live on TG4). The Tribesmen are reigning champions — they beat Cork in last year’s decider — and are contesting their third final at this grade in four years. They’ve made one change…

BEFORE THE BRIGHT lights of All-Ireland final day, there are always those moments of hardship. At the outset of 2017, Limerick were trying to get things going as the John Kiely era began. Their first afternoon out on their home turf saw Cork arrive to the Gaelic Grounds. It was January hurling, it was a…

TIPPERARY LADIES FOOTBALL manager Shane Ronayne will be on taxi duty tonight, on the eve of his side’s crunch relegation final against Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland senior championship. In order to accommodate Tipp dual star Orla O’Dwyer, the relegation clash was scheduled for Sunday in Virginia, but Ronayne has taken it upon himself to…