Sign of the times as gate receipts dropTHE LEINSTER Council have reported a drop in 2008 gate receipts of almost €2 million compared to the previous yearTue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
County board to consider responseCORK STAND-OFF: THE CORK County Board will this evening contemplate the implications of the latest development in the hurling…Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Hearing requested over six-week banGAELIC GAMES/RYAN McMENAMIN SUSPENSION AND LEINSTER COUNCIL REPORT: TYRONE’S ALL Star defender Ryan McMenamin has requested …Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Brown leaps in to Irish team for European Indoors in ItalyATHLETICS NEWS: ZOE BROWN will make a piece of Irish athletics history when she competes in the European Indoor Championships…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Treacy's keen Providence keeps his PC running strongON ATHLETICS: THE DRIVE up I-95 from Providence to Boston takes about an hour provided the traffic is good and usually feels…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Treacy's keen Providence keeps his PC running strongON ATHLETICS: THE DRIVE up I-95 from Providence to Boston takes about an hour provided the traffic is good and usually feels…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Gaynor takes the short notice in his strideINTERPROVINCIAL HURLING: DESPITE THE incentive of playing for a free trip to Abu Dhabi, there have been the usual problems in…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
English enjoying the fearless journeyALL-IRELAND CLUB SF SEMI-FINAL: SATURDAY IS semi-final day in the AIB All-Ireland club football championship and Dromcollogher…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Green light for semi at Croke ParkHEINEKEN CUP: IN CONFIRMING Central Council’s decision to allow Croke Park be used for the rugby’s Heineken Cup semi-final in…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Gillick scorches field in DusseldorfATHLETICS : David Gillick sent out a serious warning sign that he intends defending his European Indoor 400-metres title when…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Cork players invite club officials to meetingGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: IF THE Cork hurling crisis has so far played out like a Beckett drama it may be about to reach endgame…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Gilroy looks to improve on Dublin's first outingTHE TIMES they are a-changin’ all right when Dublin stage a press conference in a fancy hotel to announce the team to play Galway…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Farrell sees no rise in player powerTHE GAELIC Players Association (GPA) has called for improved structures between players and county boards to help avoid the sort…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Cork chaos takes from Semple showpieceNEWS ROUND-UP AND FITZGIBBON CUP: AFTER THE lights, cameras and action in Croke Park, now Thurles gets to mark the GAA’s 125th…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Door is left open for GillickATHLETICS EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAVID GILLICK was a notable absentee from the Ireland team named yesterday for next…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Focus sports to be reduced in numberBEIJING OLYMPIC REVIEW: REDUCING THE number of focus sports and maintaining the high level of funding were among the key recommendations…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Athletics Ireland has core budget withheldATHLETICS IRELAND is to have its core funding for 2009 withheld until the appointment of several key positions are agreed with…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
O'Rourke can warm hearts in BelfastATHLETICS IRISH INDOOR: GIVEN THE arctic weather conditions currently sweeping the country, there is one sporting event guaranteed…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
GAA decide to sidestep Cork rowGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: THE LAST remaining prospect of an early solution to the Cork hurling crisis died last night when…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Rivals striving to reach Kilkenny's standardGAELIC GAMES NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE LAUNCH: IT MUST be the experience of his day job that gives John McIntyre the sense of …Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Dates set for Rules seriesTHE GAA have confirmed that both International Rules Tests with Australia later this year will take place on a Saturday evening…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Revolt in Offaly as players opt out of panelGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: OFFALY ARE the latest county to be facing a player revolt as members of the senior football panel…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Spotlight turns on Cork teamWITH THE chances of a successful intervention in the Cork hurling crisis now running somewhere between slim and zero the spotlight…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Dublin double header mootedTHERE IS still the chance Dublin will enjoy another outing in Croke Park before the end of the National Leagues – this time as…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Bolt cleared for Ireland visitsATHLETICS NEWS: THE PROSPECT of Usain Bolt doing some strides and general limbering up at the University of Limerick track has…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
It's not called the Athletic association for nothingATHLETICS : Without athletics as one of its root causes, the GAA wouldn’t exist as we know it, nor probably would any Gaelic…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Hector starts the celebrations Saturday's scheduleCROKE PARK has confirmed the programme schedule for Saturday evening's National Football League opener between Dublin and Tyrone…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Croke Park to mediate in Cork crisisTHE PROSPECT of the longrunning Cork hurling crisis reaching some sort of endgame has finally improved with the decision of the…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Yellow card rules may not be sold in one lotCONGRESS WILL get to choose whether to incorporate some or all of the new yellow-card offences into the rule bookThu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
O'Connor glad to be blooding new talentJACK O’CONNOR eases his way back into football management on Sunday with Kerry’s National Football League opener against Donegal…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Gilroy's selection one for the futureNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE : THE FUTURE of Dublin football begins here: Alan Hubbard at corner back, Denis Bastick at full back…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Cautious welcome for yellow-card rule as litmus test loomsGAELIC GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE: LIKE ANY other year the start of the National Football League brings fresh ambitions and fresh…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Taylor takes top award againWOMEN IN SPORT: IT TAKES a special performance by a special athlete to earn the title “Sportswoman of the Year”; it takes an…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
When the going gets tough, athletes get goingATHLETICS: IN THESE times of great economic crisis, there’s always The New YorkerSat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
McCarthy rules out any more talksIGAA: N A perhaps pivotal development in the Cork senior hurling crisis, county manager Gerald McCarthy last night cut off any…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
