Kerry need good show as Donaghy returnsLongford v Kerry: THE UNCANNY sense of timing which marks Kieran Donaghy’s return to the Kerry team is the obvious talking point…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
O'Dwyer's journey to continueWicklow v Cavan: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE that we are yet again talking about the influence of Mick O’DwyerSat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Laois look better equippedDown v Laois: ALTHOUGH DOWN have home advantage, it’s going to require some considerable improvement from last week’s win over…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Sligo should take the next stepTippperary v Sligo: A FASCINATING game in store as Tipperary look to continue their impressive progress while Sligo look to …Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Sprinting is not all about fast twitchy musclesON ATHLETICS: NO ONE in their right mind ever gets into journalism for the money. First a pay freeze. Then a pay cutSat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Both teams will have one eye on next roundWexford v Limerick: NO TEAM can afford to jump ahead at this stage but it will be impossible for Limerick and Wexford not to…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Donaghy returns, O'Mahony dropped as Kerry reshuffleIT’S WITH an uncanny sense of timing that Kieran Donaghy returns to the Kerry team for Saturday’s All-Ireland football round …Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Cullen says €1m is the best he can offerTHE FUTURE of the Government grants scheme for intercounty players was in further disarray last night when the Minister for Sport…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Injured McGrath refuses to give up hopeSOMETIMES YOU have to wonder what keeps bringing them back for more. It’s hard enough to handle a broken-down bodyWed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Gardiner may miss rest of seasonCORK DEFENDER John Gardiner is anxiously awaiting the outcome of further tests on a back injury which may threaten his participation…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Awesome Bolt comes home alone in atrocious conditionsATHLETICS LAUSANNE GRAND PRIX: PAUL HESSION last night officially finished third to Jamaica’s world 200 metres record holder…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Brennan taking nothing for grantedGAELIC GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 NEWS: DUBLIN MANAGER Pat Gilroy will this morning stage his now customary pre-match press conference…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Hession prepares for Lausanne 'blockbuster' with easy victoryATHLETICS NEWS: IF PAUL Hession somehow thought he had it easy in winning the 200 metres at the Cork City Sports on Saturday…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Gillick breaks new groundTHERE ARE lots of ways to describe David Gillick’s 44Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Cork can build on momentumHURLING: Offaly v Cork: IN SOME ways this qualifier has teams meeting at a crossroads but heading in opposite directionsSat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Plus ca change as the wheels prepare to spinATHLETICS: IN THE 21 years since Nike first told us to “Just Do It”, the campaign has extended well beyond track and field. …Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Laois look poised for survivalHURLING: Laois v Antrim - THESE TEAMS lost by a combined score of 37 points in the Leinster openers – Laois going down to Galway…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Fennelly focused on nailing down first-team placeGAELIC GAMES LEINSTER HURLING FINAL: WORD IS Dublin are in a no-lose situation going into Sunday's Leinster hurling final, which…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Kennelly to miss opening qualifierTEAM NEWS: JUST WHEN it seemed Kerry were returning to full strength in time for Sunday’s second round qualifier draw they’ve…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Novel ticket deals to entice fansHOME ADVANTAGE for the second round of the All-Ireland football qualifiers will be decided by the toss of a coin, following Sunday…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Players and Minister deadlocked over grantsTHE GAELIC Players Association (GPA) remain deadlocked in negotiations with the Department of Sport over the continuation of …Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
O'Connor back in defence to face LimerickONE OF the least surprising selections of the summer sees Cork start Sunday’s Munster football final against Limerick with just…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
'We got on a roll, and pushed on'THERE WERE several small placards posted around the walls of the Kildare dressingroom, with short, catchy instructions such as…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Athletics Ireland pay for running from woesATHLETICS : Greg LeMond spoke about the dangers of living in a state of denial – it’s a pity Ireland’s premier athletics body…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Connellan to start for WestmeathTEAM NEWS: AS EXPECTED, Westmeath manager Tomás Ó Flaharta has made some interesting switches to his team to face Dublin in …Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Mission accomplished for Sheedy but more work to be doneIN THE calm after the storm, it was asked of Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy what he made of his team’s performance in the second…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Tipperary look in better shapeTipperary v Clare : IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Girl from the north country's fair comparisonATHLETICS: It is no longer possible to refrain from labelling Ciara Mageean as “the next Sonia O’Sullivan”Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Mayo recall Heaney for Roscommon clashVETERAN MIDFIELDER David Heaney returns to the Mayo team for Saturday evening’s Connacht football championship semi-final against…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Grants scheme will be alteredGAELIC GAMES: SO “THE door is not closed” and Martin Cullen is looking at ways to put the Government’s intercounty players’ …Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Qualifier draws will be made next SundayTHE first-round draws for the All-Ireland football and hurling qualifier series will take place in Limerick on Sunday following…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Tullamore's capacity to be tested by big clashGIVEN THE GAA spent the opening weeks of the championship flagging various ticket packages and other promotions in an effort …Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Hession on form in 200mAtheletics: Ireland’s Paul Hession enjoyed one of the best victories of his career today, when winning the 200 metres at the…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
McInerney to start at full backJAMES McINERNEY is set to fill the full back position for Clare in Sunday’s Munster hurling semi-final against Tipperary at the…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Laois need to take control at midfieldLaois V Louth, Tomorrow, throw-in – 3.30pm Parnell Park, DublinSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Wicklow need to hit ground running to parry the oddsLEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINALS: HOW MANY times must Mick O’Dwyer work the football oracle before they stop calling him a man and…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Look! You fools, can't you see? You're next!ATHLETICS: If you haven't noticed already, we're all being forced to conform to the same old blockbuster materialSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Promotion is Ireland's target in SlovakiaATHLETICS/EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: IRISH ATHLETICS could do with a bit of a good-news story right now, and the hope is it…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Glynn pleased with Wicklow wayGAELIC GAMES: FIRST RULE of the championship: don’t look beyond your next matchThu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
O'Se in as Kerry rejig teamCHAMPIONSHIP 2009 NEWS: KERRY HAVE made three changes in personnel for Saturday’s Munster football championship replay against…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Davoren's summer over with cruciate ligament tearGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THREE WORDS that Mark Davoren didn’t want to hear – “cruciate ligament tear” – have realised his worst fears…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
'We made heavy going of it all the way through'IT CAN only be assumed that Anthony Daly will have cheered up a little last night when word came through that Wexford were up…Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Day-Lewis rides hard but for right reasonsATHLETICS : A Hollywood encounter - in Wicklow - prompts thoughts on the downside of Irish elite competitionSat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Athletics Ireland crisis nears an endATHLETICS: THE INTERNAL administration crisis that has plagued Athletics Ireland since last October may be coming to an end …Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Cork include Kelly for showdown with KerrySOME TEAM selections are more predictable than others – and there’s certainly no great surprise in the Cork team to face Kerry…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Gilroy gives Dublin an overhaulGAA NEWS: IT’S HIS first championship match, against the old enemy, and he’s named a fairly innocent looking teamThu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Underdogs well preparedIF LIMERICK were somehow fooled into thinking they already had one foot in the Munster football final then Frank Doherty offers…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Kerry's problem would be envy of the massesTEAM NEWS: THE PROBLEM facing Kerry manager Jack O’Connor ahead of Sunday’s Munster football semi-final against Cork is not …Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
McKinley sees red as Antrim denied a Croke Park workoutLEINSTER SHC ANTRIM v DUBLIN: ANTRIM WEREN’T expecting a wholly magnanimous welcome into the Leinster hurling championship, …Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Ryan revels in blistering conditionsATHLETICS WOMEN’S MINI MARATHON: BEHIND THE mood of mass participation that is the women’s mini marathon there is also a title…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
