The money trail is becoming more transparentATHLETICS : The issuing and distribution of grants - or the carding scheme, as the Sports Council prefers to call it - has always…Sat Feb 20 2010 - 00:00
Egan says he would be lost without grants schemeIRISH SPORTS COUNCIL GRANTS: KENNY EGAN says he wouldn’t know where he’d be without a grant from the Irish Sports Council. This…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
No end to crisis in sight before leagueTHE CHANCES of finding any resolution to the Limerick hurling crisis ahead of this weekend’s Allianz National League appear to…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
Cahillane now putting Portlaoise firstPORTLAOISE FORWARD Paul Cahillane says he learnt a lot from his three years playing soccer with Celtic’s youth side in Glasgow…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
GAA not using TV to pursue a 'witch hunt'GAELIC GAMES/TRIAL BY TELEVISION: THE GAA has defended the apparent anomaly of “trial by television” whereby some games in the…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Fitzhenry retirement leaves Wexford with void to fillTHE RETIREMENT of Damien Fitzhenry means Wexford has not only lost their first-choice goalkeeper of 17 seasons but one of the…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Sponsorship deal shows strength of GAA brandTHE ANNOUNCEMENT that SuperValu have stepped in to sponsor the All-Ireland football championship is further evidence of the GAA…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Slip-sliding away in the pursuit of curious sportATHLETICS : AS FAR as I can tell, the only difference between the luge and the skeleton is that in the luge you lie on your …Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh pair likely to get the go aheadWINTER OLYMPICS: THE OLYMPIC Council of Ireland (OCI) is confident the latest challenge to the Irish women’s bobsleigh team’…Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Cooney opens door for Limerick solutionLIMERICK HURLING: CROKE PARK is prepared to intervene in the Limerick hurling crisis provided there is full commitment from …Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Top managers happy to give floodlit matches a goALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE: THREE LEADING managers have given tentative approval to floodlit fixtures in the coming National…Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Sports governing body funds down 7%GIVEN THE ever deepening hole in the State finances few of the 59 governing bodies of sport could be too disappointed with their…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh team get green light2010 WINTER OLYMPICS: IRELAND’S WOMEN’S bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin have been cleared to compete at the Winter…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh team gets green lightWinter Olympics: Ireland’s women’s bobsleigh team has been cleared to compete at the Winter Olympics, which gets underway in…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Tweaking of rules not envisaged, say GAAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THERE WON’T be any tweaking of the GAA’s experimental playing rules ahead of Congress in April, where they…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Gillick may be added to team for World IndoorsATHLETICS IRELAND have announced a provisional team of six for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, but the…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Galvin likely to escape sanction over gesture towards referee in KillarneyKERRY’S FOOTBALLER of the Year Paul Galvin looks likely to escape sanction arising from an incident with match referee Rory Hickey…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Footloose and fancy-free or just barefoot liesATHLETICS: MY ACCOUNTANT called down from Glencullen on Thursday night, totally unannounced, with the look of a man who had …Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Dublin start rebuilding process in KillarneyONLY FIVE survivors from the team that exited the championship last August; two backs now in the forwards; a new full-back line…Fri Feb 05 2010 - 00:00
O'Rourke anxious for good run in BelfastATHLETICS : NOT SINCE her World Championships winning season of four years ago has Derval O’Rourke sounded more excited about…Fri Feb 05 2010 - 00:00
Kernan out to change the Galway mindsetNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: IT WAS a little surreal to see Joe Kernan sitting alongside Kieran McGeeney at the Allianz National…Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
Counihan wary Cork might be caught coldGAELIC GAMES: NO OTHER team in the country could be more anxious than Cork to see the Allianz National Football League get under…Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
Youthful Louth on track to keep titleLEINSTER FOOTBALL Louth 1-16 Kildare 0-14 : WHEN YOU’RE known as The Wee County you gladly take every bit of luck that comes…Mon Feb 01 2010 - 00:00
Every generation needs its heroesATHLETICS : Eamonn Coghlan;s immeasurable inspiration and influence is gradually being lost, another reflection of the decline…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Every generation needs its heroesATHLETICS : Eamonn Coghlan;s immeasurable inspiration and influence is gradually being lost, another reflection of the decline…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
There is no stopping them nowWINTER OLYMPICS: THE BRAKEWOMAN, as every bobsledder knows, doesn’t dare touch the breaks until the end of the runThu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
There is no stopping them nowWINTER OLYMPICS: THE BRAKEWOMAN, as every bobsledder knows, doesn’t dare touch the breaks until the end of the runThu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
Fennell saga is likely to reach DRAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: DESPITE THE county board’s insistence that he is still eligible to play for Dublin, Eamonn Fennell’s future…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
McCrabbe out to make his name on pitch again2010 HURLING CAMPAIGN: THE GAA’S reassertion that all hurlers must now wear their helmets on match days without fail – even …Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Leinster CCC will deal solely with referee Doyle's reportO'BYRNE CUP REVIEW: THE LEINSTER Council's Competitions Control Committee (CCC) will deal solely with the referee's report when…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Fennell saga is likely to reach DRAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: DESPITE THE county board’s insistence that he is still eligible to play for Dublin, Eamonn Fennell’s future…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
McCrabbe out to make his name on pitch again2010 HURLING CAMPAIGN: THE GAA’S reassertion that all hurlers must now wear their helmets on match days without fail – even …Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Leinster CCC will deal solely with referee Doyle's reportO'BYRNE CUP REVIEW: THE LEINSTER Council's Competitions Control Committee (CCC) will deal solely with the referee's report when…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Connolly keen for Sigerson platformTHE GAA season moves up another gear this week with the start of the Ulster Bank Higher Education Championships – the top prizes…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Evans must drop a roleTIPPERARY’S EMPLOYMENT of John Evans as their new full-time director of football, while at the same time serving as county senior…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Connolly keen for Sigerson platformTHE GAA season moves up another gear this week with the start of the Ulster Bank Higher Education Championships – the top prizes…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Evans must drop a roleTIPPERARY’S EMPLOYMENT of John Evans as their new full-time director of football, while at the same time serving as county senior…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Cullen gets some consolationATHLETICS: WINNING THE Antrim International Cross Country on Saturday gave Mary Cullen some consolation for her disappointing…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Referee's seven-card trickGAELIC GAMES: SEVEN RED cards, five of which resulted from a single incident of near complete breakdown in player discipline…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Referee's seven-card trickGAELIC GAMES: SEVEN RED cards, five of which resulted from a single incident of near complete breakdown in player discipline…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Cullen gets some consolationATHLETICS: WINNING THE Antrim International Cross Country on Saturday gave Mary Cullen some consolation for her disappointing…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Silver lining as Loughnane walks off with the overall prizeIN ALMOST any other year Olive Loughnane would have been a certaintySat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Loughnane's achievement crowned a glorious yearIRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: IN HIS introduction speech to the 2009 Sportswoman of the Year…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Silver lining as Loughnane walks off with the overall prizeIN ALMOST any other year Olive Loughnane would have been a certaintySat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Loughnane's achievement crowned a glorious yearIRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: IN HIS introduction speech to the 2009 Sportswoman of the Year…Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
Daly wary of popular 'trend'DUBLIN HURLING manager Anthony Daly has addressed the apparent increase in manager-player tensions, being demonstrated yet again…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Sponsorship deal worth €4.65m to DublinGAELIC GAMES: TO THE list of franchises apparently immune to the recession – chippers, off-licences, hairdressers, etc – we …Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Sponsorship deal worth €4.65m to DublinGAELIC GAMES: TO THE list of franchises apparently immune to the recession – chippers, off-licences, hairdressers, etc – we …Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Daly wary of popular 'trend'DUBLIN HURLING manager Anthony Daly has addressed the apparent increase in manager-player tensions, being demonstrated yet again…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Limerick 24 say there's no way backACCUSATIONS OF “communication failures” and other “misconceptions” against Limerick hurling manager Justin McCarthy, as outlined…Wed Jan 20 2010 - 00:00
