GPA honour two players who went extra mileONE OF them has come through a recent cancer scare, having previously endured two heart operations, and a freak domestic accident…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Walsh latest star to get trial in AustraliaTHE CELEBRATORY tone which greeted Jack O'Connor's return to Kerry football management went a little out of tune yesterday with…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Weekend GAAToday Leinster SHC Quarter-final Ballyboden-St Enda's (Dublin) v Birr (Offaly), Parnell Park, 2Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Internal crisis hits Athletics IrelandAthletics: Not for the first time in recent years Athletics Ireland has found itself with an internal crisis on its hands with…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Farrell sees mediator as only way to go in CorkNEWS ROUND-UP : FOR BETTER or worse, the deepening crisis surrounding Cork hurling coincides with this afternoon's agm of the…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Council expect full €3.5m for playersGOVERNMENT GRANT AID: THE IRISH Sports Council remains committed to distributing the agreed €3Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Sligo look to former Galway All Star Walsh to bring them forwardMANAGERS ON THE MOVE: SLIGO HAVE turned to former Galway midfielder Kevin Walsh in an effort to improve on their football …Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Bonner and Mulgrew to call on DRADONEGAL FOOTBALL: THE INCREASINGLY embittered business of county managerial appointments took another hostile turn yesterday…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Mullane gets some consolationGPA NAME 2008 HURLING TEAM AND NEWS: WATERFORD FORWARD John Mullane got some consolation yesterday for missing out on an All…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Cork hurlers to contact footballers this weekTHE CORK senior hurling panel will contact their football counterparts in the coming days before deciding their next move in …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Cork back coachGAELIC GAMES: THE CORK County Board last night issued a strongly-worded statement which both supported the hurling manager Gerald…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
McCarthy says some players predisposed to conflictGAELIC GAMES/CORK HURLING DISPUTE: THE CORK hurling panel appear to have been backed further into a corner as two fresh developments…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Some players predisposed to conflict - McCarthyGAELIC GAMES/CORK HURLING DISPUTE: THE CORK hurling panel appear to have been backed further into a corner as two fresh developments…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Tyrone dominate players' team with nine awardsTHE ANNOUNCEMENT of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Teams of the Year, coming as they do on the heels of the GAA All Stars…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Dublin and Tyrone agree Croke Park dateNEWS ROUND-UP : THE DUBLIN and Tyrone County Boards have agreed to play their opening fixture in next year's Allianz National…Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Wall in a day's work for NaumovATHLETICS/DUBLIN CITY MARATHON: THERE COMES a point in the marathon where caution surrenders to ambition, and if you're one…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Toucan play at this game as brewery heirs hit the roadsATHLETICS: FOR THE past couple of weeks as the evenings have drawn shorter and the air turned cooler a man in a suit and tie…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Sherlock to undergo late fitness testDUBLIN SFC FINAL : JASON SHERLOCK will this evening undergo a late fitness test to determine whether he'll start for St Oliver…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Cork board retain duo in hurling and footballMANAGERIAL DECISIONS: THIS TRANSITORY and often nervous period for county managers continued last night starting in Cork, where…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
McGrath in as final ties up BroganIRELAND MANAGER Seán Boylan has had to make another late change to his International Rules squad ahead of tomorrow's departure…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Club duty rules out Walsh as Finlay steps upINTERNATIONAL RULES NEWS ROUND-UP: THE RARE GAA conflict between club and international duty has denied Kerry forward Tommy …Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
O'Rourke foresees 'major chops' in financial supportATHLETICS GOVERNMENT GRANTS : WITH ALL the talk of today's Government Budget being the most pertinent in Irish history even …Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Walsh does not regret decisionWOMEN'S ALL-IRELAND FINALS AT THE start of the year Angela Walsh made the difficult decision to focus on her football and put…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Smyth and Paralympics have come a long wayATHLETICS: Just as Baron de Coubertin's idea of taking part was lost in the Olympic gold rush, so too has gone the idea that…Sat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
Players would be sent off for yellow cardsGAELIC GAMES HDC AND DISCIPLINE PROPOSALS THE HURLING championship is not the only thing in line for a major shake-up at next…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Under-20 championship proposedHAVING RECENTLY failed in their quest to see the under-21 championships merged with the minor championships into one new underage…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
A remarkable story poised for another epic chapterBOXING: THERE'S JUST a scattering of students around Dublin City University this time of year, some awaiting the start of the…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Hickey gets better of nerves tooWHILE THE business of winning All-Irelands appears to be getting easier and easier for Kilkenny, it's not getting any easier …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Consistency the key for KilkennyALL-IRELAND MHC FINAL Kilkenny v Galway: PERHAPS THE most surprising aspect to this game is Kilkenny are chasing a first All…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Our athletes need ringmaster to crack the whipON ATHLETICS: Irish athletes are crying out for direction and leadership and could do with a figurehead who has a deep knowledge…Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Kipruto keeps Kenyan win run alive as Jelimo surprisesJUST OVER six months ago Kenya was still on the brink of civil war, which left many of its famous athletes on the runTue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Irish athletes not in the gameATHLETICS: THE DANGER of stretching your Olympic ambitions too high is that they can always snap back in your faceMon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Getting more time to enjoy the momentATHLETICS: One of the benefits of the time difference is that I get to work long into the night, still ruminating on events …Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Joyce coming to terms with exit from GamesBOXING: THERE IS no moment of suffering in Olympic sport quite like that experienced by a tough, young boxer trying to come …Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Egan and Joyce tick all the important boxes in BeijingOLYMPICS: THE BEIJING Workers' Indoor Arena was built in 1961 to host the world table-tennis championships, and after a two-…Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Every cloud has gold lining for CookeNEWS: THE CLOUD busters must have been on a break in Beijing yesterday afternoonMon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Why does it always have to be about medals?ON THE GAMES: THE WORLD'S most populated country was last night reduced to one heartfelt moment of pride when realising it had…Sat Aug 09 2008 - 01:00
GOOD DRAW FOR BYRNEIRISH ANGLE : IRELAND'S sole Olympic fencer, Siobhán Byrne, has been ranked 35th ahead of her competition, which gets under …Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Triathlon debut of joy and sadnessIreland's New Olympians : ALONG WITH the obvious celebration story that comes with Emma Davis - Ireland's first Olympic representative…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Kerry have all the experience and a fair share of incentiveKerry v Monaghan : (Sunday Croke Park 4pm) - THE GAA has an uncanny knack of igniting these little pockets of rivalry, and after…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Mayo must keep foot on pedalTyrone v Mayo : (Saturday, Croke Park 4pm) - A SIMPLE twist of fate has taken both these teams to this particular juncture in…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Russians had better mind pees and cuesATHLETICS: YESTERDAY EVENING I began the head-wrecking process of packing for Beijing, and after five minutes had practically…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Injuries to some disrupt travel plansATHLETICS: EVEN THE best-laid plans sometimes go astray, and while today is the official departure date for the 16 Irish athletes…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
Down's Gordon cleared to face WexfordNEWS ROUND-UP: DOWN WILL make their first senior appearance in Croke Park since 1994 buoyed by the presence of midfielder and…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
O'Shea rings in changes to kick-start KerryNEWS ROUND-UP: KERRY MANAGER Pat O'Shea has made several changes for Sunday's All-Ireland third round football qualifier against…Thu Jul 31 2008 - 01:00
Silent night expected for Christy Ring Cup finalNEWS ROUND-UP: THE GAA has defended its decision to stage the Christy Ring Cup final in Croke Park this Friday evening - despite…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Derval joins list of worried injuredATHLETICS: THERE IS now a clear split in the form of the Irish athletes headed for Beijing: those for whom it's all coming together…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Waterford appear to have answersSHC QUARTER-FINAL: THEY MAY be neighbours in the sunny southeast, but this is only the second championship meeting between Wexford…Sat Jul 26 2008 - 01:00
Phelan and Molumphy set to startGAA: THERE ARE two changes in the Waterford team for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Wexford in Semple Stadium…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
