Kilkenny minds refocus on the challenge aheadAlthough Kilkenny reversed the result of last year's All-Ireland final against Cork, the exercise was more about examining the…Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
Champions hit top formAll year long, the All-Ireland champions have been dawdling along the club route, hanging in there like gnarled old veterans …Mon Feb 21 2000 - 00:00
Students earn place with carnival styleThe UCC Gaelic football carnival hits the television screens and sports pages again this weekendWed Feb 16 2000 - 00:00
Languid Galway never at racesThere must be days when football men like John O'Mahony walk the sideline, pleading, howling and cajoling their charges while…Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
Lowry may pay for incursionThe Leinster Council are expecting a report before Friday on Sunday's fractious O'Byrne Cup final and have indicated that the…Tue Feb 08 2000 - 00:00
Longford emerge from maelstromSometimes sport is instructive about nothing except man's inherent foolishness. Yesterday in Mullingar was one such occasion.Mon Feb 07 2000 - 00:00
When the heights hit the fansTickets for the upper tiers of the stands in Croke Park are to carry warnings for sufferers from vertigo following a significant…Thu Feb 03 2000 - 00:00
Sky want £70,000 from RTE for rightsSky Sports are demanding £70,000 from RTE for the rights to delayed transmission of Ireland's opening Six Nations match against…Wed Feb 02 2000 - 00:00
Hogan Stand paying dividendsAlthough construction work on the ground tier of the new Hogan Stand is still in its infancy, the GAA yesterday confirmed that…Wed Feb 02 2000 - 00:00
Fans forced to reach for the SkyAlthough negotiations between RTE and Sky Sports will continue throughout the week, it seems extremely unlikely that the domestic…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Tolka's cup hopes endedFriday night Cup basketball at the Arena and a gloomy evening for the Tolka Rovers club; the men's side were breezily pushed …Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
Laois still some way off targetAfterwards, the Laois players gathered gravely and sat together in a circle on the fieldMon Jan 24 2000 - 00:00
Waterford WildcatsHave been the standard bearers for women's basketball in recent yearsSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Clare HurlersMore than any team, they seemed to encapsulate the massive leap forward gaelic games took in the 90sSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Kerry footballersThe latest bunch won their last All-Ireland football title in 1997 but the magic is in what the green and gold hoops represent…Sat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Nicky EnglishNow the manager of the Tipperary team on which he was for so long an idolSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Southern HeroesIf anything, Cork supremacy typifies the rich vein of sporting tradition prevalent throughout the Munster regionSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
ShannonThe team that dominated the All-Ireland League since its inception, winning four titles in a row in the 90sSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Roy KeaneThe most expensive player in the Premiership and the midfielder most commentators regard as being the bestSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Winter hurling in the sunThere is a common misconception prevalent throughout GAA circles that county teams - amateur, hard-working, and all that - put…Thu Jan 06 2000 - 00:00
Playing with their livesOn saturday, March 6th, 1993, at Anfield football ground, a minute's silence was held for Tony BlandMon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00
Defining moment of magic in the Australian sunClose your eyes and it's still realMon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00
Students teach Doonbeg lessonAre this UCC team the last great GAA story of the century? Feelings run hot on the issue of college kids participating in the…Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
No greeting for Christmas league fixturesArmagh, Galway, Fermanagh and Meath have all delayed naming their teams for Sunday's rescheduled league fixtures, a date which…Wed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
A Twiss in the tale for DoonbegA torrid close game brimming with breathless twists left it all square after an absorbing Munster final in Limerick yesterday…Mon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00
Meath clean up with seven All StarsAll-Ireland football champions Meath and defeated finalists Cork dominate the 1999 Eircell All Star team which was announced …Sat Dec 04 1999 - 00:00
Loughnane criticises Fitzgerald omissionClare hurling manager Ger Loughnane last night voiced his dismay at the 1999 All Star hurling committee's failure to acknowledge…Thu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Birr prove men for all seasonsAs news of proceedings in Munster swept through the icy stands in Nowlan Park yesterday afternoon, the Birr faithful fell into…Mon Nov 29 1999 - 00:00
Draw date yet to be finalisedThe postponed hurling and football championship draws, which were scheduled to be broadcast live on television last Sunday evening…Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Hakkinen makes it all downhillWhen viewed at four in the morning, Jim Rosenthal is a strange and ultra-vivid creatureMon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Moynihan's masterclassOn Saturday in Pairc Ui Rinn, about 4,000 brave souls turned out to see neighbouring teams on the same field but in different…Mon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Blackrock forwards prove irresistible in stylish finaleAlthough lop-sided by the conclusion, this was a game of silvery passages and refreshing openness, a fitting conclusion to a …Mon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Spirited welcome for new formatBoth the Church and General national league final and the division two title match will be played in Croke Park next SpringWed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Only three Mayo selectionsMayo football supporters are likely to be most disenchanted by the division of the 1999 Eircell All Star football nominations…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Corcoran is the banker from Cork's 13Cork, the All-Ireland hurling champions, dominate the 1999 Eircell All Star nominations, with 13 of the side included in the …Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Athenry's forwards carry dayWhen Kevin Broderick rapped home a goal from nothing with 12 minutes remaining, he brought to life a flickering earnestness behind…Mon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
People will see me and cryHard truths emerged in the wake of Ireland's shocking loss to Argentina at the mezzanine stage of the rugby World Cup last week…Mon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
Athenry's Feeney in race to be fitBrian Feeney is Athenry's main concern as they prepare to defend their Galway hurling title against Abbey-Duniry in Ballinasloe…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Ball back in Tipperary courtThe Games Administration Committee of the GAA have informed officials in Tipperary and Fermanagh that their delayed B championship…Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
All-in row mars Bellaghy victoryAn unsightly combination of Ulster passion and spite which spilled into coarse violence at the end of normal time will be the…Mon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
Eternal optimists sucked back inWhen it comes to sports in this country, we are nothing if not hopeless optimistsMon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
Connacht football opens back doorThe Connacht council will tonight vote on a motion to introduce a modified version of the back-door system ahead of next summer…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Sunday's Club Hurling and Football PreviewsUlster Club SF Championship replaysSat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00