Cooney backs formatsTHE GAA president, Christy Cooney, has strongly defended the championship structure in response to renewed calls for an open …Wed May 12 2010 - 01:00
Limerick forward under no pressure from exilesLIMERICK HURLER Paudie McNamara has denied there was ever any pressure put on him to join the 2008 panel members in their self…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
Evans fears six-week break may lead to departuresTIPPERARY FOOTBALL manager John Evans has expressed concern over the six-week break between the first round of the Munster football…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
O'Mahony set for quick return to Kerry foldGAELIC GAMES: KERRY MAY be missing up to seven of their All-Ireland winning team when they open the defence of that title on…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
Dublin's opener to kick off TV3 coverageGAELIC GAMES: TV3 HAVE secured the exclusive rights to Dublin’s Leinster Football Championship opener against Wexford on June…Fri May 07 2010 - 01:00
GAA affirm pitch invasion banNEWS ROUND-UP: THE GAA will enforce a ban on pitch invasions across all championship games during the summer.Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Walsh impressed by Galway's powerIF CORK HURLING manager Denis Walsh took one lesson from Sunday’s Allianz National Hurling League final defeat to Galway then…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Gilroy's options increasedTHE LAST TIME Dublin won an All-Ireland under-21 football title, back in 2003, it wasn’t long before players like Alan Brogan…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Records fall as spring marathon season hots upATHLETICS: And it’s likely to get even hotter with tomorrow’s 30th London marathonSat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
A proper system hits the starting blocksATHLETICS HIGH PERFORMANCE STRATEGY: FOR YEARS Irish athletes have been succeeding in spite of the so-called “system”, rather…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
GAA reject Galway request for final rethinkALLIANZ NHL FINAL: GALWAY’S HOPES of convincing the GAA to reconsider the throw-in time for the Allianz National Hurling League…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
UCD launch bid to entice Olympic teams to use facilitiesOLYMPICS 2012: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dublin (UCD) has formally begun the bidding process of enticing foreign teams into using Irish…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Galway welcome back CullinaneTEAM NEWS: GALWAY WILL use Sunday’s dress rehearsal for the Allianz National Hurling League final to welcome back defender Adrian…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Fist-pass rule not likely to get green lightGAA CONGRESS: TWO DAYS before GAA Congress votes on the latest batch of experimental playing rules some consistency has emerged…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Pressure shifts from Limerick to DublinALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE: SUNDAY’S CLOSING round of the National Hurling League has been dismissed by many people as …Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Galway object to late start for deciderTHE GAA are facing a stern objection from the Galway hurling board over the 7pm throw-in for the Allianz National Hurling League…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Cooper injury not too seriousIT COULD be several more days before the exact recovery period of Colm “Gooch” Cooper’s eye injury is known, but he is expected…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Fast track to getting kids back into shapeFEW POLITICIANS can afford to have any sense of humour these days, but when Jimmy Devins told the Dáil last week that we now …Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Tubridy targets promotion for ClareALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: THREE INTO two doesn’t go, as every kindergarten kid knows, and Clare, Waterford or Limerick…Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
As a rule, referees give mixed blessingGAELIC GAMES/EXPERIMENTAL RULES: IT’S GETTING close to Judgement Day on the GAA’s experimental rules and last year’s two All…Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
O'Connor glad to have something to play forALLIANZ NFL DIVISION ONE: WHATEVER FEAR Jack O’Connor may be harbouring ahead of Sunday’s relegation showdown against Monaghan…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Donegal look to Murphy to lead chargeNEWS ROUND-UP: DONEGAL ARE entering a seminal few days in their football season, and particularly their young forward Michael…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Horgan faces anxious waitCORK FACE an anxious wait to see if the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) pursue an incident in Sunday’s Allianz…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Bonnar wants two teams to be promotedNHL DIVISION TWO: WEXFORD MANAGER Colm Bonnar has urged the GAA to revisit the hurling league structures to allow two teams …Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Walsh and McIntyre get ready to sparNHL DIVISION ONE: THE LAST round of the Allianz National Hurling League may involve more shadowboxing than potential knockouts…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
GAA seek clarification over use of groundsTHE GAA are seeking full clarification on reports that certain club grounds around the country are making their facilities available…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
O'Brien gets O'Dwyer's seal of approvalIN THE end it wasn’t at all surprising that Mick O’Dwyer was again overlooked for the position as Ireland manager for the International…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Evans continues to push TipperaryMUNSTER UNDER-21 FC FINAL: THE CADBURY under-21 football championship reaches its provincial climax this week, and Tipperary…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Last hopes of Limerick truce endNATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE: ANY LAST hope of the self-exiled Limerick hurlers returning to intercounty duty this season have now…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Kerry warm up for final game in PortugalHE MAY not have realised it at the time but Kerry football manager Jack O’Connor’s decision to book a training holiday in Portugal…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Cork walker posts recordATHLETICS: THE FIRST Irish outdoor record of the season has fallen to Robert Heffernan of Cork who made the smoothest possible…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
Members' registry onlineGAA WEBSITE: FORMER GAA president Nickey Brennan was back in Croke Park yesterday, not to reminisce but to look to the future…Thu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Cooney calls on Limerick players to back downLIMERICK HURLING: WITH SOME hope emerging last night of the self-exiled Limerick hurlers returning to play under Justin McCarthy…Thu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
McCrabbe keen to get points on the boardDUBLIN HURLING: IT MAY be a little too soon to talk about relegation dog-fights, but Dublin hurler Alan McCrabbe admits that…Thu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Daly backs move to end amateurism 'word play'ANTHONY DALY has backed the proposed review of payments to intercounty managers, as was declared earlier this week by GAA director…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
McGeeney not one for shirking the tackleIT WASN’T entirely inappropriate that Kieran McGeeney turned up at the launch of the Vhi GAA Cúl Camps, and ended up talking …Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Cork walker posts recordATHLETICS: THE FIRST Irish outdoor record of the season has fallen to Robert Heffernan of Cork who made the smoothest possible…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
McCarthy wins even greater supportGAELIC GAMES: IN THE end, it took a mere 41 minutesWed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
McCarthy looks set to see out second of two-year termLIMERICK HURLING: JUSTIN McCARTHY is prepared to “wait and see” what happens at this evening’s Limerick County Board meeting…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
There is method to Gillick's seeming madnessATHLETICS: WE’RE COMING to the end of our first term at the Gaiety School of ActingSat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Walsh turns sights on new goalIT WAS billed as the club hurling showdown of the decade, and Ballyhale Shamrocks celebrated their victory in true Kilkenny fashion…Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Meehan to miss rest of National LeagueNEWS ROUND-UP: FEARS THAT Galway forward Michael Meehan may have suffered the dreaded knee cruciate ligament injury were finally…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Fans urged to arrive early for finalsIT’S AN unusual set of AIB AllIreland club finalists, representatives from all four provinces, two of which are seeking a first…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Clubs move against McCarthyTHE LIMERICK hurling crisis may come to a head as early as Thursday night if the motion for a vote of no confidence in manager…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Anxious wait for Meehan's scan resultGALWAY WON’T know until later today whether they have lost Michael Meehan for the rest of the football league or the rest of …Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Gillick pays for 'aggressive' tacticsATHLETICS INDOOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: OBSTRUCTION. IT’S ONE of the cardinal sins of indoor runningMon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
We need to find a way all can run togetherATHLETICS: HISTORY REPEATS itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx said thatSat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Gillick disqualified after finishing fifthAthletics: He was bumped, he barged, and David Gillick was eventually disqualified after ending up a disappointing fifth at …Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
