Power has no doubt Cody will stay onKILKENNY FORWARD Richie Power is not only convinced Brian Cody will be back in charge next season, but says the entire Kilkenny…Wed Sept 29 2010 - 01:00
GAA to persist with pitch policyGAELIC GAMES: THE GAA will persist with their new model of All-Ireland post-match presentationsThu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Earley hails Down work rate but believes Cork will prevailIT SEEMS futile to suggest Dermot Earley might find some consolation in the fact that had Kildare made the All-Ireland final – …Thu Sept 16 2010 - 01:00
Hughes primed to give it a goGAA: IN WINNING the last seven All-Ireland football titles between them, Tyrone and Kerry have highlighted the importance of…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Coulter calls it in typically honest wayALL-IRELAND SFC FINAL: THERE’S AN honesty about Benny Coulter which has always defined him as a footballer, and which helps …Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Home venue has its own pressures for Tipperary under-21sGAA FIXTURES: IT’S EASY to understand Galway’s anger and frustration at being forced to concede home advantage to Tipperary …Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Woodlock reflects on hand of fateGAELIC GAMES: EVEN IN the euphoria of their All-Ireland victory, one Tipperary hurler was having slightly mixed feelingsTue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
Cody had no worry playing ShefflinGAELIC GAMES: THE RECURRENCE of Henry Shefflin’s knee injury will go down as one of the defining moments of Sunday’s All-Ireland…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
Beaming Sheedy still on cloud nineGAELIC GAMES/ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINAL: IN THE usual mayhem of the All-Ireland winners’ hotel – as players, supporters and various…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
Cummins recalls losing feeling that helps makes victory extra specialGAELIC GAMES: HE’S 17 years playing with Tipperary, across a record 62 championship appearances, and Brendan Cummins says no…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
McKenna warns there will be no deal for groups on price of 10-year seatsGAELIC GAMES: CROKE PARK stadium director Peter McKenna has described as “mischievousness and very disingenuous” claims by one…Thu Sept 02 2010 - 01:00
Enthusiastic O'Connor happy to remain at the Kerry helmNEWS: THERE WAS a definite sense of unfinished business in the way Jack O’Connor described his reasons for continuing as Kerry…Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Earley decision will come as late as possibleTHERE WAS one fairly miraculous recovery from a knee injury down Kilkenny way this week, and now Kildare are waiting on another…Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Hughes aiming to grasp unexpected opportunityCHAMPIONSHIP 2010: MUCH HAS been written and said this week about James McCartan’s influence on the Down football team, and …Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
O'Sullivan earns recall to Dublin defenceALL-IRELAND SFC SEMI-FINAL CORK v DUBLIN: WHEN HIS team were booed off the field after their first-half performance against …Fri Aug 20 2010 - 01:00
Moynihan may fill backroom vacancyGAELIC GAMES MANAGERIAL NEWS: WITH ALL the indications now being that Jack O’Connor will continue as Kerry senior football manager…Fri Aug 20 2010 - 01:00
Moynihan may fill backroom vacancyGAELIC GAMES MANAGERIAL NEWS: WITH ALL the indications now being that Jack O’Connor will continue as Kerry senior football manager…Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
GAA hold back 2,000 pitch-side ticketsTHE GAA won’t be releasing around 2,000 pitch-side tickets for Sunday’s All-Ireland football semi-final between Dublin and Cork…Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Fitzgerald says side outfoughtMATCH REACTION WATERFORD: ABOUT 15 minutes into the second half Davy Fitzgerald turned his back on the game, and gestured toward…Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
Munster champions to prove major test for improving DublinALL-IRELAND MHC SEMI-FINAL Clare v Dublin: WHATEVER ABOUT the daunting prospect for the winners of playing Kilkenny in the final…Sat Aug 14 2010 - 01:00
Facing up to a lightning Bolt from the blueATHLETICS: Usain Bolt's announcement that he will miss the rest of the season sparked our columnist's Facebook imaginationSat Aug 14 2010 - 01:00
Murphy just taking it as it comesALL-IRELAND MH CHAMPIONSHIP: STRANGE AS it might sound, Dublin minor hurling manager John Murphy describes the prospect of making…Fri Aug 13 2010 - 01:00
Wait for a Shefflin miracleALL-IRELAND SH CHAMPIONSHIP: THEY HAVEN’T been promised a miracle but Kilkenny have been told there might still be some chance…Fri Aug 13 2010 - 01:00
McGrath set to be kept in reserve againGAELIC GAMES NEWS: KEN McGRATH is resigned to playing only a bit part in Waterford’s drive to the All-Ireland hurling final, …Thu Aug 12 2010 - 01:00
Shefflin injury raises questions about demands of Kilkenny's drive for perfectionNEWS ROUND-UP: IT WAS to be the greatest moment for arguably the greatest hurler of his timeWed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Shefflin to miss final due to knee injuryGAELIC GAMES: SO KILKENNY’S worst fears have been realisedWed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Kilkenny stars in race to be fit for finalGAELIC GAMES: FOR ALL that is being said about the strength and depth of the Kilkenny hurling panel, the loss of both Henry …Tue Aug 10 2010 - 01:00
Cork hearts broken in halfCORK MATCH REACTION: ALL OVER at half time. As awful as that sounds. Cork weren’t at the racesMon Aug 09 2010 - 01:00
Team manager remains positiveATHLETICS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: WHILE DERVAL O’Rourke now gets to cash in on her European Championship silver medal, Irish…Tue Aug 03 2010 - 01:00
Gillick in complete controlTWO THINGS: discipline in the blocks, then control itThu Jul 29 2010 - 01:00
Farah ends Britain's long wait in EuropeATHLETICS: TO THAT eminent list of European 10,000-metre champions – Emil Zatopek, Alberto Cova, and, er Martti Vainio et al…Wed Jul 28 2010 - 01:00
'We are playing more as a team than this time last year'DUBLIN v LOUTH REACTION: FOR THE last five years Dublin have arrived in the All-Ireland quarter-finals neither tried nor really…Mon Jul 26 2010 - 01:00
Dublin mindset may just swing itGAELIC GAMES/Dublin v Louth: RARELY HAS a team come to Croke Park with such an appetite for retributionSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Matched sides with something to proveTHE FOOTBALL qualifiers have an uncanny knack of throwing together suitable opposition, and this is one such occasionSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Corkery looking at right door for progressGAELIC GAMES NEWS: AT SOME point in Dublin’s two opening championship matches Niall Corkery must have wondered why he didn’t…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Ó hÁilpín anxious to face AntrimSEÁN ÓG Ó hÁilpín has given himself a “50-50” chance of playing in Cork’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Antrim – …Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Three late additions brings Ireland squad to 33 for BarcelonaATHLETICS NEWS: THERE ARE three late additions to the Irish team for the European Athletics Championships, which get under way…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Tipperary will need to show their true classTIPPERARY v OFFALY IT’S STAND up and deliver time for TipperarySat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Kildare facing a tough taskDERRY v KILDARE KILDARE, FOR whatever reason, simply haven’t clicked as a team this summer, although that’s not saying they…Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Dublin ascent unlikely to be checkedDUBLIN v ANTRIM DUBLIN HURLERS don’t have a great reputation for playing at their best when favourites, but that shouldn’t stop…Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Tyrone must start without O'NeillGAELIC GAMES NEWS: TYRONE MUST defend their Ulster football title without star forward Stephen O’NeillFri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Ó hAilpín makes miracle return to Cork panel after hamstring injurySEÁN ÓG Ó hAilpín has made a somewhat miraculous recovery from a hamstring injury to be included in the Cork team for tomorrow…Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
O'Donnell sees no need for changesTEAM NEWS: SUNDAY MARKS a sort of changing of the guard in Connacht football – a first provincial final since 1947 without the…Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Ryan plays key role in Wexford's renaissanceALL-IRELAND SFC QUALIFIERS: HE’S LESS than three years in the business but Jason Ryan has fast earned himself a reputation as…Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Louth left to ponder optionsGAA: AS ANTICIPATED, Meath have declined to offer a replay of Sunday’s controversial Leinster football final in Croke Park. …Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
Board move to clear O'Carroll for hurlersNEWS ROUND-UP: THE DUBLIN County Board have intervened in the tug of war involving dual footballer and hurler Rory O’Carroll…Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
GAA say fencing would be last resortTHEY WON’T be calling in the fencing companies just yet, but the GAA have renewed their determination to end the enduring threat…Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
Referees in no rush for video technologyTHE USE of either a television match official or goal-line technology is still some way off in Gaelic games despite the glaring…Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
