McCartan stays on with DownIN A week of county manager departures, Down have bucked the trend by confirming that James McCartan will continue in charge …Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Galway on a high for final pushGAELIC GAMES NEWS: IT’S A busy week for the Bórd Gáis Energy GAA Under-21 hurling championshipFri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Kilkenny show their trademark ferocityON GAELIC GAMES: AND THAT was 2011, jetting by and trailing black and amber vapourWed Sept 07 2011 - 01:00
Hardened Tipperary will work it outGAA: LEINSTER CHAMPIONS Kilkenny have made one unexpected change for tomorrow’s All-Ireland hurling finalSat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Ryan goes for same Tipp teamGAA : TIPPERARY HAVE named an unchanged side for Sundays All-Ireland hurling finalWed Aug 31 2011 - 01:00
'We knew it was not going to be pretty - Donegal put their bodies on the line'GAELIC GAMES: IT IS an article of faith with managers that opponents will be difficult and matches hard wonMon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00
Refocused Dublin tick all right boxesGAELIC GAMES: TOMORROW CROKE Park readies itself for the first full house of the championship, predictably with the Dublin bandwagon…Sat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00
New league format revives many old argumentsON GAELIC GAMES: Balancing the need for competitiveness and developmental opportunity continues to be a constant difficulty …Wed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
'We made too many mistakes'GAELIC GAMES: IT WAS Séamus McEnaney who, when manager of Monaghan and reflecting an a razor-thin defeat, made the haunting …Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Kerry get their game flowingKerry 1-20 Mayo 1-11: LIKE A skimming stone, Mayo spun through the Kerry tide – above the surface, below the surface, above …Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Dublin to maintain their momentumGAELIC GAMES: DUBLIN’S HURLING momentum at underage quickened last weekend with the minors reaching a first All-Ireland final…Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Galway have seniority over LimerickGAELIC GAMES/ALL-IRELAND UNDER-21 HC SEMI-FINALS: THE AGE-old question in Galway’s underage semi-finals – often adeptly answered…Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Kingdom's firepower to burn off MayoGAELIC GAMES: IT MIGHT be hard to remember and – given the charred landscapes that remained – harder to credit but Mayo didn…Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Target looks a little too lofty for DublinGAELIC GAMES: THIS ISN’T as Dublin envisaged the great breakthroughSat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Improving Dublin must still tread with cautionON GAELIC GAMES: Donegal will expect to test Pat Gilroy’s men more than Tyrone while Kerry still loom large over the horizon…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Form and precedent point firmly to KilkennyGAELIC GAMES: THE ALL-Ireland hurling semi-final takes place tomorrow, but the pre-season expectations of a two-horse championship…Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
No half measures in this quarterGAELIC GAMES: IT’S HARD to think of a more fascinating match in the GAA All-Ireland football championship to dateSat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
A video TMO could solve a lot of the problemsGAA: On Gaelic Games: The litany of errors in the determination of scores has been long and embarrassingWed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
Credit to Horan for making a new MayoGAELIC GAMES: MAYO’S ACHIEVEMENT on Sunday in defeating Cork wasn’t much anticipated even in the county, although it was the…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
Masterson faces suspension over referee criticismsGAELIC GAMES: WEXFORD goalkeeper Anthony Masterson is facing suspension after sharply critical remarks about Longford referee…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
GAA upbeat series will go aheadGAELIC GAMES : THE GAA is confident this year’s international rules series in Australia will go ahead despite threats from the…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
Horan's men weather the early stormALL-IRELAND SFC QUARTER-FINAL: DOING THE time warp: the last time Mayo went on a championship voyage from inauspicious beginnings…Mon Aug 01 2011 - 01:00
Donegal ready to end long waitULSTER SFC FINAL PREVIEW Donegal v Derry: Venue: Clones Time: Tomorrow, 4pm On TV: Live on TV3 & BBC 2Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Seasoned Mayo have the edgeCONNACHT SFC FINAL PREVIEW Roscommon v Mayo: IN A way it’s the champions Roscommon that have the momentum and the apparent whip…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Stafford in race against the clock to face ArmaghGAA: WICKLOW WILL be waiting anxiously on the fitness of midfielder James Stafford, who’s receiving intensive treatment for …Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Tipperary look to have the edgeGAA: MUNSTER UNDER-21 HC SEMI-FINAL THIS EVENING’S Bórd Gáis Munster hurling semi-final in Thurles reminds us that for all the…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Tipperary and Kilkenny on verge of historyGAA; Kilkenny and Tipperary have the great knack of making the most out of underage titlesWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Davy is like a man hit twice by lightningGAELIC GAMES: TAKING OVER management of the All-Ireland champions is a challenging task and Declan Ryan must have known last…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Tipperary rack up magnificent sevenGAELIC GAMES: A WEEK ago Kilkenny gave notice that they were back on track after last year’s disappointment and yesterday in…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Tipperary to march forwardGAELIC GAMES: AFTER KILKENNY’S demolition job in last week’s Leinster final tomorrow’s Munster equivalent adds to the sense …Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
Apocalypse not now but 13-day rule causes stirON GAELIC GAMES: The recent Ballyboden St Enda’s case shows sensitivities on the club-county fault lines remain delicateWed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
Kilkenny have stronger handGAELIC GAMES: AFTER THE counties played last year, who could have foreseen this? Dublin ended the summer in catastrophe by throwing…Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Are you feeling hard done by? Get over itON GAELIC GAMES: The culture of blaming match officials for everything that goes wrong is corrupting Gaelic gamesWed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
'The only blip was to concede the goal after 68 minutes'GAELIC GAMES: DUBLIN MANAGER Pat Gilroy had composed himself by the post-match press conferenceMon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
London alarm to benefit MayoPREVIEW: THE STRANGE fascination of this provincial pairing, in its way as sparkling but ultimately doomed as Burton and Taylor…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Galway 'lack confidence, not talent'GAA: GALWAY HURLERS have been defended and criticisms of the team deemed unhelpfulTue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Talks on ticket prices plannedGAA : THE GAA is hoping in future to standardise ticket prices across the provincial championshipsTue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
'We paid the price for giving away two soft goals'GAA: FOR ALL the encouragement of an unexpectedly vigorous challenge, it was still the task of Clare manager Ger O’Loughlin’…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Shooting options will decide battleDublin v Galway: IF REVISED expectations are a big advantage both counties take to the field in this evening’s GAA Leinster …Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Brady handed job of handling CanningGAA: LEAGUE WINNERS Dublin welcome back Tomás Brady for tomorrow’s Leinster hurling semi-final against Galway in Tullamore…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Farrell angry after losing appealGAA: MEATH FORWARD Brian Farrell hit out at GAA disciplinary chiefs on social networking site Twitter last night after losing…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Hurling's balance sheet looks pretty healthy so farOn Gaelic Games: Unlike the football championship, surprises in hurling are rare and big scalps not easily takenWed Jun 15 2011 - 01:00
Resilient Waterford set to prevailGAELIC GAMES: DIVISION TWO winners don’t have a great record in championship since the restructuring of two years agoSat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Shefflin returns to fray as Kilkenny ring the changesGAELIC GAMES: HENRY SHEFFLIN returns to championship action nine months after having to leave the field early in last year’s…Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Managers have no right to dictate to RTÉGAELIC GAMES : THE RICKETY edifice of Gaelic games’ media relations got another rattle with the bizarre news that a group of…Wed Jun 08 2011 - 01:00
Bonnar points to positives for WexfordGAELIC GAMES: ONE OF the biggest weeks in Wexford GAA gets under way this evening with the county’s under-21s taking on Kilkenny…Tue Jun 07 2011 - 01:00
Brogan hails mature approachGAELIC GAMES: DUBLIN’S RETURN to Croke Park seven weeks after the disappointment of the National League final defeat by Cork…Tue Jun 07 2011 - 01:00
'You have to pull the trigger'GAELIC GAMES: “I’M SURE you want to get this over with as quickly as I do,” was Kieran McGeeney’s slightly discouraging preamble…Mon Jun 06 2011 - 01:00
