Tipperary look in better shapeTipperary v Clare : IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Qualifier draws will be made next SundayTHE first-round draws for the All-Ireland football and hurling qualifier series will take place in Limerick on Sunday following…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Mayo recall Heaney for Roscommon clashVETERAN MIDFIELDER David Heaney returns to the Mayo team for Saturday evening’s Connacht football championship semi-final against…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Grants scheme will be alteredGAELIC GAMES: SO “THE door is not closed” and Martin Cullen is looking at ways to put the Government’s intercounty players’ …Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
McInerney to start at full backJAMES McINERNEY is set to fill the full back position for Clare in Sunday’s Munster hurling semi-final against Tipperary at the…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Hession on form in 200mAtheletics: Ireland’s Paul Hession enjoyed one of the best victories of his career today, when winning the 200 metres at the…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Tullamore's capacity to be tested by big clashGIVEN THE GAA spent the opening weeks of the championship flagging various ticket packages and other promotions in an effort …Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Look! You fools, can't you see? You're next!ATHLETICS: If you haven't noticed already, we're all being forced to conform to the same old blockbuster materialSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Wicklow need to hit ground running to parry the oddsLEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINALS: HOW MANY times must Mick O’Dwyer work the football oracle before they stop calling him a man and…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Laois need to take control at midfieldLaois V Louth, Tomorrow, throw-in – 3.30pm Parnell Park, DublinSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
O'Se in as Kerry rejig teamCHAMPIONSHIP 2009 NEWS: KERRY HAVE made three changes in personnel for Saturday’s Munster football championship replay against…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Promotion is Ireland's target in SlovakiaATHLETICS/EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: IRISH ATHLETICS could do with a bit of a good-news story right now, and the hope is it…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Glynn pleased with Wicklow wayGAELIC GAMES: FIRST RULE of the championship: don’t look beyond your next matchThu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Davoren's summer over with cruciate ligament tearGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THREE WORDS that Mark Davoren didn’t want to hear – “cruciate ligament tear” – have realised his worst fears…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
'We made heavy going of it all the way through'IT CAN only be assumed that Anthony Daly will have cheered up a little last night when word came through that Wexford were up…Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Day-Lewis rides hard but for right reasonsATHLETICS : A Hollywood encounter - in Wicklow - prompts thoughts on the downside of Irish elite competitionSat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Athletics Ireland crisis nears an endATHLETICS: THE INTERNAL administration crisis that has plagued Athletics Ireland since last October may be coming to an end …Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Gilroy gives Dublin an overhaulGAA NEWS: IT’S HIS first championship match, against the old enemy, and he’s named a fairly innocent looking teamThu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Underdogs well preparedIF LIMERICK were somehow fooled into thinking they already had one foot in the Munster football final then Frank Doherty offers…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Cork include Kelly for showdown with KerrySOME TEAM selections are more predictable than others – and there’s certainly no great surprise in the Cork team to face Kerry…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Kerry's problem would be envy of the massesTEAM NEWS: THE PROBLEM facing Kerry manager Jack O’Connor ahead of Sunday’s Munster football semi-final against Cork is not …Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
McKinley sees red as Antrim denied a Croke Park workoutLEINSTER SHC ANTRIM v DUBLIN: ANTRIM WEREN’T expecting a wholly magnanimous welcome into the Leinster hurling championship, …Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Ryan revels in blistering conditionsATHLETICS WOMEN’S MINI MARATHON: BEHIND THE mood of mass participation that is the women’s mini marathon there is also a title…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
'We're over the first hurdle'THE GREAT thing about a manager like John McIntyre is that given his vast experience in the media he not only answers every question…Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
It's the June Bank Holiday and here come the girlsATHLETICS: OF ALL the nerve-racking, hair-raising, mind-boggling and ultimately shattering “learning experiences” of my short…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Offaly to maintain upper handWexford v Offaly: A LOT OF history between these teams, but it’s only the recent stuff that mattersSat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Canning believes Galway capable of marking territoryLEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIP : ONLY THE most dedicated hurling historians can recall the last time Galway abandoned their province …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Tipperary geared up for a real test and a long summerGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THERE ARE various theories as to how the Cork hurling strike of earlier this year will affect their performance…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
One powerful man who does seem to be on top of thingsATHLETICS: THERE IS nothing worse than meeting a man with a big reputation who fails to live up to itSat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Cullen learning to play off the cuffFOR THOSE teams caught between the start of the championship and their big day out there is only one refuge: the challenge match…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Hurney, Walsh to face CorkWATERFORD WERE always going to need all the help they could get when facing Cork in Sunday’s Munster football championship quarter…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Derry have plenty of motivationDERRY WON’T be short of motivation going into Sunday’s Ulster football quarter-final against MonaghanWed May 20 2009 - 01:00
All done, but Shefflin's out for moreCHAMPIONSHIP 2009 NEWS ROUND-UP: PERHAPS IT’S just his colourful polo shirt and stone-washed jeans but Henry Shefflin still …Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
O'Sullivan wants to be leading playerIT’S UNUSUAL that a Kerry football captain should be fighting for his place in the team, but then Darren O’Sullivan is not your…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Hanley wary of Tribesmen in LondonCONNACHT CHAMPIONSHIP LONDON v GALWAY : GALWAY TRAVEL to London on Sunday knowing the challenge of getting past this typically…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
McEneaney knows Louth will have to step it up a gearTHEY WERE doing a roaring trade in the hats, scarves and headbands outside Parnell Park, although the motivation for purchase…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Dooher faces more than one battleFOR A man who hasn’t played any serious football for almost eight months, Brian Dooher still looks pretty fitThu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Donaghy a big loss to KerryMUNSTER SFC: WHEN A player like Kieran Donaghy is told he’ll miss most of the championship there will always be sympathy, even…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Cooney not losing sleep over state of playWITH ALL the talk of falling attendances and reduced ticket prices – plus the hype around a certain oval ball – you’d think the…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
O'Sullivan not rejoining Cork panelCORK’S THREE-TIME All-Ireland winning full back Diarmuid O’Sullivan has announced his intention not to return to the senior set…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
GPA call for Cullen to be up front on grantsGAELIC PLAYERS Association (GPA) chief executive Dessie Farrell has called on the Minister of Sport Martin Cullen to make a definite…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Down duo to miss openerBOTH DOWN and Fermanagh have one high-profile injury problem ahead of Sunday’s Ulster football championship preliminary round…Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
Dempsey wants structure changeTHE TROUBLE with the championship is that it starts with a whimper and ends with a bangTue May 12 2009 - 01:00
Leinster look to familiesGAA NEWS: THE LEINSTER Council have announced unlimited family tickets for all their upcoming championship matches as a way …Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
Like him or loathe him, Irish sport needs HickeyATHLETICS: The politics of sport is sometimes more political than the politics of politics and no one knows this better than…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Cooney forecasts exciting campaignGAELIC GAMES 2009 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: SEVERAL COUNTIES are capable of rising to the challenge of beating Kilkenny in the upcoming…Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Further sanctions on cards after final furyTHE GAA’S Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) will meet this afternoon to review incidents from Sunday’s National Hurling…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Cooney says classy final answered the criticsNEWS ROUND-UP: GAA PRESIDENT Christy Cooney has said Sunday’s National Hurling League final went some way towards answering …Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Cork keep their late late act goingUNDER-21 FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND FINAL: Cork 1-13 Down 2-9: IF EVERY under-21 match were played out with such ferocity maybe they…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Down show an edge that can swing itGAELIC GAMES UNDER-21 FINAL: Cork v Down WHEN IT comes to final predictions, you look at form and consistency of both teams…Mon May 04 2009 - 01:00