Impressive Lavin shows her potentialATHLETICS/IRISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: FOR A TASTE of the next generation still nothing beats the Irish Schools Championships…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Wexford and Longford drawn together againWexford 0-15 Longford 2-9: THERE APPEARED to be some confusion at the finish here, the Longford and Wexford players glancing…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Meath take full control after shaky openingMeath 0-16 Wicklow 0-11: RARELY HAS a Meath football team looked more nervous, unsure of themselves – flaky even – in the opening…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
English closing in on the Olympic A-standard timeATHLETICS: AT THIS rate it may only be a matter of time before Mark English runs the Olympic A-standard but for now improving…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
O'Neill and Larkin rewrite the rulesAS RECIPIENTS of the first GAA/GPA 2012 Player of the Month awards it seemed a little unfair to be asking Colm O’Neill and Eoin…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Roscommon resist testing their young gunsROSCOMMON MANAGER Des Newton has resisted the temptation to start any of the All-Ireland under-21 finalists in Sunday’s Connacht…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
O'Neill keeps calm and carries onIT MUST be the start of the championship when the GAA president is talking up attendances, referees, and the state of play in…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Newton backs youth, Galway still pro-JoyceIF YOU’RE good enough you’re old enough – and you’re never too old if you’re good enoughWed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Quinn and Longford making the right movesFOR SOME measure of how far Longford football has come in the last three years look no further than Michael Quinn.Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Hyland shakes up Cavan sideCAVAN MANAGER Terry Hyland has handed championship debuts to five players for their Ulster championship tie with Donegal.Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Fitzmaurice set to rejoin Kerry backroom teamKERRY MANAGER Jack O’Connor is set to fill the vacancy in his backroom team by welcoming back Eamon Fitzmaurice, Kerry’s current…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Byrne insists Louth are determined not to lose league momentumTHE BIGGEST fear for a team like Louth right now is losing sight of the task at hand – their Leinster championship opener against…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Patient Griffin gets the job doneOLYMPICS LONDON 2012: TWO WARNINGS early on and gruelling hot conditions were not to enough to derail Colin Griffin’s dogged…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
From Doha to Saransk, we're up and walkingATHLETICS: FOR SOME of us, the lighting of the flame in that sweet little theatrical ceremony in ancient Olympia was the surest…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
No current players on new review committeeTHERE ARE no players from the current decade amongst the members of the GAA’s new Football Review Committee charged with conducting…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
O'Sullivan's Kerry career seems overGAELIC GAMES: TOM O’SULLIVAN’S days as a Kerry footballer appear to be over, the five-time All-Ireland winner effectively ending…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Queeney believes unrest will galvanise MeathGAA : THE CONSIDERABLE unrest and apparent crisis that hounded Meath football last month is completely done with, according …Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
McKillop sets the trend with world recordOLYMPIC GAMES : MICHAEL McKILLOP has set the trend that even the likes of Usain Bolt will dream to follow by becoming the first…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Family value at heart of packagesGAELIC GAMES: Leinster Council chairman Martin Skelly has defended the decision not to reduce admission prices for their 2012…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Strength in depth crucial for DublinUNDER-21 FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND FINAL/Dublin 2-12 Roscommon 0-11: UNDER-21 FOOTBALL was designed as the great leveller and this…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Gavin praises his side's characterOUR IMPROMPTU interview with Dublin’s winning manager Jim Gavin is briefly interrupted by a load roar, the moment team captain…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Women's boxing - in a New Yorker state of mindATHLETICS: While some of the generalisations that follow the sport are surely not true, at least one thing is certain – women…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Sligo taking nothing for grantedULSTER SFC FIRST ROUND New York v Sligo: IT MIGHT be the more Sligo are reminded about dangers of this annual banana skin the…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Marathon deadline movedATHLETICS: COMMON SENSE has prevailed and Athletics Ireland has now agreed a new marathon selection deadline with the Olympic…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Dublin favourites to complete the jobUNDER-21 FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND FINAL Roscommon v Dublin: RARELY HAS an All-Ireland under-21 football final been as deftly stage…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Sligo have back-door route if New York spring surpriseTHE TRADITIONAL fear and trepidation associated with the start of the Connacht football championship is back in focus this weekend…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Coleman gets nod to replace CusackMARTIN COLEMAN has been handed the daunting task of taking over Cork’s goalkeeping duties for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Dineen retains quiet air of confidence ahead of deciderNIGEL DINEEN is no stranger to the principles of reverse psychology, talking up the opposing team, playing down the chances of…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Proud Harte agrees to new three-year term with TyroneMICKEY HARTE has agreed another three-year term as Tyrone football manager that will see him in charge until at least the end…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Marathon delay troubling athletesATHLETICS : LONDON CALLING? Byrne, McCambridge and Jennings urge Athletics Ireland to make quick decisionWed May 02 2012 - 01:00
When four into three means one just can't goATHLETICS : ALL FOUR of them have run similar times, are frequent training partners, and – to top it all – good friends, but…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Britton secures Olympic A standard in 10,000mATHLETICS: It’s an operation transformation of sorts and straightaway Fionnuala Britton is making huge stridesTue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Clinical Lilywhites finish the job in styleKildare 0-16 Tyrone 0-11: A FIRST national senior title in 84 years, a decent scalp in Croke Park to go with it, and some sublime…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
McGeeney the king of understatementONE OF these days Kieran McGeeney might surprise us all and come bounding out of the Kildare dressing room smiling and laughing…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Counihan's Cork consistent in chasing after consistency“WHO KNOWS, we might go blanket ourselves yet,” says Conor Counihan, a sort of cheeky response to being credited as one of the…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Harte calls for an end to the negative stereotyping of Gaelic footballPOOR CROWDS. Boring football. Too many frees. Lack of disciplineThu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
McGeeney defends Kildare's investmentMAYBE THE freshly tanned and healthy look explained why Kieran McGeeney, on a miserable wet day in Croke Park, found himself …Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
GAA struggling to attract the crowdsALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINALS: THE GAA are bracing themselves for the latest test of attendance figures at Sunday’s double-…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Dublin club championship delays loomNEWS ROUND-UP: ALL-IRELAND champions Dublin may be enjoying an eight-week hiatus between their league climax and championship…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
London calls me to retrace Pietri's footstepsATHLETICS: As I run the last 385 yards down The Mall tomorrow, my thoughts will turn to Dorando Pietri and that famous finish…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Player power key to saving McEnaneyIF SO-CALLED player power has so far centred on removing intercounty managers then Meath could be about to put the opposite to…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Maher to take over Tipperary captaincyPÁDRAIC MAHER will take over the Tipperary captaincy for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League semi-final in the absence of injured…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Mixed reaction to mouth guard rulingAFTER AN otherwise restrained and prosaic GAA Congress the issue of compulsory mouth guards has emerged as one of the few contentious…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Dublin set to contest dismissalsDUBLIN LOOK set to contest one or both of the straight red cards issued during Sunday’s dramatic Allianz Hurling League relegation…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Mayo's young guns show no fearGAELIC GAMES NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: ANY FEARS that Mayo might somehow be more concerned about suntans this week than training…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Jennings hands selectors a dilemmaALMOST INEVITABLY it seems Catriona Jennings has handed Athletics Ireland with a major selection dilemma ahead of the London …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Up and away for Horan's MayoIT’S HARD to know if Mayo manager James Moran seemed a little flustered when trying to make sense of this victory because it …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Spirited Mayo snap up their opportunityMayo 2-15 Kerry 1-17 (AET, 1-13 apiece after normal time)Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Bekele's presence adds extra dimension to popular Phoenix Park highlightATHLETICS: ROAD RUNNING may still be the poor relation to what happens on the track but this might just be the exception – a…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Cavan boss Andrews resignsVAL ANDREWS has dismissed any suggestion of “player power” in his resignation as Cavan football manager, claiming instead his…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
