Interprovincial hurling final to be held in Abu DhabiTHE ALMOST terminal decline of the interprovincial competitions may be at least temporarily stalled with the decision to stage…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
GAA won't offer grants bail-outGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THE GAA won’t be stepping in to the breach should the Government reduce or indeed remove their player grant…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
McCarthy rules out any more talksIN A perhaps pivotal development in the Cork senior hurling crisis, county manager Gerald McCarthy last night cut off any further…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
O'Sullivan, McCarthy reach dual agreementLIMERICK SENIOR football manager Mickey Ned O’Sullivan has revealed that he has come to an agreement with hurling counterpart…Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Criticism of card rules in hurling dismissedFRESH CRITICISM of the GAA’s yellow card rules regarding their application to hurling has been categorically dismissed by Liam…Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Corcoran, Ormond call timeWHEN YOU lose one hurling match all year, and that was the All-Ireland semi-final, the natural inclination is to press on in …Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
New move in Cork stand-offTHERE IS fresh expectation that the striking Cork hurlers will meet the county executive before the end of the week in the latest…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
GAA to focus on stadium fundingGAELIC GAMES: THE GAA will be exploring additional uses for Croke Park following confirmation that neither the IRFU nor the …Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Early evidence suggests new rules cut foulsGAELIC GAMES: IT’S EARLY days but there are signs the new yellow-card rule in football and hurling is serving its purposeTue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Kildare profit from late first-half flurry against windKildare 1-10 Meath 1-8: USUALLY THE O'Byrne Cup is a mostly futile exercise in trying to find a few tell-tale signs for the …Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Battle to break records becoming a finite businessATHLETICS: Although 13 world records were set during 2008, one French study suggests the days of this happening are now numbered…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
So near and yet so far as Cullen puts up a superb effortEUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: COME THE end of yesterday's European Cross Country Championships in Brussels the Irish…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
A lifetime dedicated to nurturing young talentATHLETICS: A record to be proud of - Eddie McDonagh's coaching role in almost 300 national champions during a 30-year reignSat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Fagan looking to get among medalsATHLETICS: IRISH ATHLETICS could sure use an injection of optimism at the moment and Sunday's European Cross Country championships…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Kerry stand by their menAFTER A fairly tumultuous year for Kerry football on and off the field, it was inevitable that next Monday's annual convention…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Young Canning is going to be a busy manGAELIC GAMES NEWS: GIVEN HIS practically unending commitments over the past year, the last thing Joe Canning must have fancied…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Budget cutbacks will have serious impact on everyday GAA runningCONVENTION NEWS: AS THE GAA county convention season continues to highlight the increasing costs associated with preparing intercounty…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Tyrone highlight injuries billALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL champions Tyrone are the latest county to experience increased costs in the business of preparing and supporting…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Grants start to flow, but can the scheme survive?SOME 1,800 senior intercounty players will this week finally benefit from their share of the much-debated €3Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Some things never change in Irish athleticsMy accountant called from Hawaii on Thursday night and more or less demanded that I write something about the crisis in Athletics…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
A key component talking right lingoTALK TO some GAA coaches and you'll do well to get the time of dayFri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Rhode aim to make experience countGAELIC GAMES LEINSTER CLUB FOOTBALL FINAL : TOM COFFEY has been a wanted man all this weekThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Crossmaglen's McEntee wins appeal against red cardGAELIC GAMES NEWS : CROSSMAGLEN'S JOHN McEntee has won his appeal against the straight red card he received in last Sunday's…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
RTÉ can invoke legislation to protect coverageOLYMPIC GAMES TELEVISION RIGHTS: RTÉ MIGHT be forced to invoke legislation which makes selected sporting events available …Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Wada taking close look at Viagra's benefitsATHLETICS: OF ALL the naively thought out and innocently-motivated and foolishly-experimental mistakes of my short and completely…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
McCarthy casts net wide for squadGERALD McCARTHY has avoided stirring any further controversy into the Cork hurling crisis by naming a full development squad …Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Walsh and Moran to miss AFL club trialGAELIC GAMES: A SIMPLE twist of fate has helped Kerry safeguard the future of two of their most exciting football talents - …Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Solicitor 'optimistic' player will be clearedO'MAHONY DOPING CASE: AIDAN O'MAHONY'S Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for salbutamol was "fully up to date" and "all in order…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Athletic god still leading from frontINTERVIEW/SEBASTIAN COE: WHILE WAITING for Sebastian Coe in the lobby of the swanky new Sports Surgery Clinic in Santry someone…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Brennan admits it's hard to stop AFL exodusNEWS: THE GAA will continue to explore new ways of limiting the exodus of young Gaelic footballers to the Australian Football…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
GPA honour two players who went extra mileONE OF them has come through a recent cancer scare, having previously endured two heart operations, and a freak domestic accident…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Walsh latest star to get trial in AustraliaTHE CELEBRATORY tone which greeted Jack O'Connor's return to Kerry football management went a little out of tune yesterday with…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Weekend GAAToday Leinster SHC Quarter-final Ballyboden-St Enda's (Dublin) v Birr (Offaly), Parnell Park, 2Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Internal crisis hits Athletics IrelandAthletics: Not for the first time in recent years Athletics Ireland has found itself with an internal crisis on its hands with…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Farrell sees mediator as only way to go in CorkNEWS ROUND-UP : FOR BETTER or worse, the deepening crisis surrounding Cork hurling coincides with this afternoon's agm of the…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Council expect full €3.5m for playersGOVERNMENT GRANT AID: THE IRISH Sports Council remains committed to distributing the agreed €3Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Sligo look to former Galway All Star Walsh to bring them forwardMANAGERS ON THE MOVE: SLIGO HAVE turned to former Galway midfielder Kevin Walsh in an effort to improve on their football …Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Bonner and Mulgrew to call on DRADONEGAL FOOTBALL: THE INCREASINGLY embittered business of county managerial appointments took another hostile turn yesterday…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Cork hurlers to contact footballers this weekTHE CORK senior hurling panel will contact their football counterparts in the coming days before deciding their next move in …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Mullane gets some consolationGPA NAME 2008 HURLING TEAM AND NEWS: WATERFORD FORWARD John Mullane got some consolation yesterday for missing out on an All…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Cork back coachGAELIC GAMES: THE CORK County Board last night issued a strongly-worded statement which both supported the hurling manager Gerald…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Some players predisposed to conflict - McCarthyGAELIC GAMES/CORK HURLING DISPUTE: THE CORK hurling panel appear to have been backed further into a corner as two fresh developments…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
McCarthy says some players predisposed to conflictGAELIC GAMES/CORK HURLING DISPUTE: THE CORK hurling panel appear to have been backed further into a corner as two fresh developments…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Tyrone dominate players' team with nine awardsTHE ANNOUNCEMENT of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Teams of the Year, coming as they do on the heels of the GAA All Stars…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Dublin and Tyrone agree Croke Park dateNEWS ROUND-UP : THE DUBLIN and Tyrone County Boards have agreed to play their opening fixture in next year's Allianz National…Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Wall in a day's work for NaumovATHLETICS/DUBLIN CITY MARATHON: THERE COMES a point in the marathon where caution surrenders to ambition, and if you're one…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Toucan play at this game as brewery heirs hit the roadsATHLETICS: FOR THE past couple of weeks as the evenings have drawn shorter and the air turned cooler a man in a suit and tie…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Sherlock to undergo late fitness testDUBLIN SFC FINAL : JASON SHERLOCK will this evening undergo a late fitness test to determine whether he'll start for St Oliver…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Cork board retain duo in hurling and footballMANAGERIAL DECISIONS: THIS TRANSITORY and often nervous period for county managers continued last night starting in Cork, where…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
