Na Fianna out to join Dublin's great sidesNa Fianna's quest to win a third successive Dublin football title is just one aspect of an enticing weekend for county finals…Fri Oct 05 2001 - 01:00
Ireland squad at full strengthInternational rules manager Brian McEniff will depart for Australia on Saturday morning with his Irish panel at full strength…Thu Oct 04 2001 - 01:00
Carr looks to future without bitternessAfter a tumultuous week that shook Dublin football, Tom Carr yesterday offered his parting thoughts with the sort of grace and…Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
`Six weeks before successor is named'The dramatic sequence of events that brought about the end of Tom Carr's reign as Dublin football manager may have been sudden…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Bailey has final say as Carr is driven out of Dublin postTom Carr's reign as Dublin football manager ended last night when a dramatic county board meeting eventually came to the decision…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Fortune finally favours LaoisFor most of September it had appeared that Croke Park would see out the season with nothing but lob-sided football matchesMon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Eighth time lucky for LaoisA record crowd of 21,387 attended yesterday's All-Ireland women's football final in Croke Park, and this morning every one of…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Tyrone prove unstoppableWhatever lessons Dublin may have learnt in Croke Park a week ago, they clearly failed to remember them in Breffni Park on Saturday…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Dublin minors should shade it this time aroundIf it is true that a replay is a totally different game to the preceding draw then Dublin can remain confident of winning their…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Mayo have an ace in StauntonAlthough their form has been largely untested this season, it remains difficult to bet against Mayo taking their third successive…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Both sides struggling with injuryBoth Laois and Mayo will go into Sunday's All-Ireland women's senior football final at Croke Park with the strength of their …Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Dublin look set to abandon CarrTom Carr's reign as Dublin senior football manager appears to be coming to an end after yesterday's confirmation that the county…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Teams bounce back into actionWith the foot-and-mouth problem killing off the climax to last year's league, and some significant shifting of players since …Thu Sept 27 2001 - 01:00
Dublin opt for minor changesThere are two changes in the Dublin team for Saturday's All-Ireland minor football final replay against Tyrone, set for Breffni…Thu Sept 27 2001 - 01:00
Carr's job not so sure as Mullins bid loomsSpeculation continued yesterday that former Dublin midfielder Brian Mullins may take over as the county's senior football manager…Thu Sept 27 2001 - 01:00
Keane the 'keeper who came in from the coldFor most of the Galway players, yesterday's All-Ireland winners' celebrations came with a sense of dΘjα vuTue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Time for revelry, not reflectionCelebration time, and as the Galway entourage prepared to bring Sam Maguire back west yesterday, manager John O'Mahony backed…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Dublin finally have the firepowerDublin have found themselves perfectly poised to win their first minor title since 1984Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
Dublin back in the big time and loving itIt seems the only people not surprised by Dublin's appearance in the All-Ireland minor football final are the players themselves…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
Minor teams: Dublin v TyroneDublin will start Sunday's All-Ireland minor football final against Tyrone with the same team that defeated Kerry in the semi…Thu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Cork managers: Hurling and footballBertie ╙g Murphy and Larry Tompkins have been ratified as Cork hurling and football managersThu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Armchair view: TV figuresThe 2001 football and hurling championships have had a major impact on RT╔ viewing figuresThu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
National Day Of Mourning: Sporting organisations postpone fixturesSOCCER: The FAI have declared their full support for the Government's call for a National Day of Mourning following the tragic…Thu Sept 13 2001 - 01:00
Galway make some minor adjustmentsDefending champions Galway remain unchanged for Sunday's All-Ireland minor final with Cork at Croke ParkThu Sept 06 2001 - 01:00
Dublin earn their reputation on the fieldWinning teams sometimes come from nowhere, earning their reputation purely on the field rather than through fragile talk of potential…Mon Sept 03 2001 - 01:00
Reynolds loses out in reshuffleThere is no change in the Meath team for Sunday's All-Ireland football semi-final with champions Kerry at Croke ParkFri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
Dublin on forward marchWith the phenomenal scoring record of 15-52 for and 0-20 against, the Dublin minor football team go into Sunday's All-Ireland…Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
Turnbull deals at silver standardGareth Turnbull made further indication of his exciting potential when taking the silver medal over 1,500 metres at the 21st …Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:00
Tipperary to appeal O'Meara's suspensionThe Tipperary County Board confirmed yesterday that they are set to appeal the suspension that rules Brian O'Meara out of the…Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:00
O'Meara to miss final after GAC banTipperary's Brian O'Meara has been given a four-week suspension and will be unable to play in the All-Ireland final against Galway…Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
Hassett takes over from ╙ SΘAll-Ireland champions Kerry will start Sunday's semi-final against Meath with all but two of the side that won the title a year…Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
Limerick's early dominance lays the foundation for victorySeveral missing persons eventually revealed themselves in Ennis on Saturday eveningMon Aug 27 2001 - 01:00
Derry just wanted one more scoreHang outside the Galway or Derry dressing-room? John O'Mahony or Eamonn Coleman? Hard to know which manager could better assess…Mon Aug 27 2001 - 01:00
Derry again unchangedThe Derry team named last night for Sunday's All-Ireland football semi-final remains unchanged for the third successive time …Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
Hoping this year will be finally differentThere are few more traumatic championship records in recent years than that of Galway's under-21 hurlersFri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
O SΘ suspension opens the door for HassettKerry defender Tomβs ╙ SΘ yesterday received confirmation of the four-week suspension that will rule him out of the All-Ireland…Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Cody will decide on the future in his own timeThe question of future commitment will always arise after a major championship defeat, but there was only the minimum of speculation…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Tipperary hold out just a little hopeTipperary are only hopeful at best that Brian O'Meara will be back in the picture for next month's All-Ireland hurling final …Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
O'Neill takes his chance and earns the bouquets"Come on over here out of the way, lads. Let's do this over hereMon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
Lane no lover of long lay-offNoel Lane may not have planned it, but since the quarter-final win over Derry last month, events elsewhere have mostly distracted…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Yegorova runs the gauntletA dark afternoon in Edmonton on Saturday, and the world athletics championships went into the cold zoneMon Aug 13 2001 - 01:00
King keeps his crownHow entirely fitting that more theatrical distance running should conclude these world athletics championships yesterdayMon Aug 13 2001 - 01:00
Radcliffe lends support to Szabo's causeSo the stage is set for the most controversial showdown in the history of women's distance runningSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
El Guerrouj can handle the pressureFew events are more finely balanced between strategy and pressure than the 1,500 metresSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Dennehy-Willis misses outThere was no fault with the effort, yet like the rest of the Irish this week, Breda Dennehy-Willis failed in her quest to gain…Sat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Drama as Kamathi reins in EmperorIn years to come the world of athletics will talk about the invincibility of the great Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, why they…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Drugs are talk of the townYet more talk of the lab rather than the track surfaced in Edmonton yesterdayThu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Ethiopian coup ousts RadcliffeSometimes championship tactics go exactly to plan, the pre-race vision perfectly realised and the victory salute, secretly rehearsed…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Irish trio hoping for easy paceThe prospect of a first World Championship experience on the track should have been enough to fill the thoughts of Maria McCambridge…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Coghlan fastest loserIn an event where so much can go wrong, Peter Coghlan didn't have the smoothest of rides in yesterday's world championship heats…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
