Cork have nine players nominatedGAELIC FOOTBALL: CORK’S ULTIMATE dominance of both league and championship football is once again reflected in the nominations…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Cork offer Counihan choice of selectors to stayTHE CORK County Board have given Conor Counihan their backing to continue for another two years as senior footballer manager …Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Australians don't want to rough it upINTERNATIONAL RULES: ANYONE HALF-hoping the Australians might yet revert to some confrontational or overly physical tactics …Wed Oct 20 2010 - 01:00
Tipperary again dominate player nominationsGAELIC GAMES: THE PLAUDITS keep coming Tipperary’s way following last month’s All-Ireland hurling victoryWed Oct 20 2010 - 01:00
'Running power' key for AussiesINTERNATIONAL RULES : AS YOU might expect, the Australian team had a slightly different way of addressing any jetlag issues …Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Britton impresses in season openerATHLETICS GERRY FARNAN MEMORIAL: FIONNUALA BRITTON laid down a strong marker for the new cross country season yesterday when…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Cullen has a few scores to settle cross countryATHLETICS: If any athlete deserves a change of luck, then it has to be Mary Cullen, whose list of injuries before major championships…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Coulter likely to miss the first TestINTERNATIONAL RULES: IF THE 2010 All Star football selection is reflective of any one thing then it’s probably the further dilution…Thu Oct 14 2010 - 01:00
Losers to NY to get second bite of appleGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THE CONNACHT Council have succeeded in securing one slight adjustment to the senior football championship…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
Canning happy with trial but feels underage is open to debateGAELIC GAMES: THE THREE-YEAR trial that has Galway and Antrim participating in the Leinster hurling championship reaches the…Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
Dublin final might switch due to RulesTHE DUBLIN County Board has provisionally agreed to bring forward their county football final should there be any conflict with…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Leinster hurling format announcedGAELIC GAMES: THE DRAW for the 2011 championship takes place in Croke Park on Thursday with only one slight modification to …Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Galway expect to announce Kernan successor soonGAELIC FOOTBALL: Former Westmeath manager Tomás Ó Flatharta is reportedly the favourite, but is challenged by three Galway locals…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
The 'ultimate test' is losing its fear factorATHLETICS: Rather than being the once fearsome test of human limitations, the marathon of today has become a sort of generic…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Footballer Walsh would like some hurling silverware tooGAELIC GAMES: AIDAN WALSH made such a massive impact in the All-Ireland football final – lording midfield for Cork with an extraordinary…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
