Prenty says paying managers could lead to 'pay-for-play'GAA NEWS: A SENIOR GAA official has expressed concern that the option of paying intercounty managers, currently under consideration…Mon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Prenty reiterates opposition to interprovincialsNEWS ROUND-UP: CONNACHT SECRETARY John Prenty has reiterated his opposition to the interprovincial series, which begins this…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
O'Neill set to prioritise ambitious new planNATIONAL HURLING DEVELOPMENT PLAN: YESTERDAY’S LAUNCH of the GAA’s National Hurling Development Plan at Croke Park was described…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
No appeal from DerrytreskBY LAST night Croke Park officials had not yet received any appeal from Tyrone club Derrytresk against the penalties imposed …Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Derrytresk moves may affect finalGAELIC GAMES NEWS: NEXT SUNDAY’S All-Ireland junior club football final was last night in danger, as Tyrone champions Derrytresk…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Pay for managers may well lead to pay for playIs there an argument that the GAA is on an unavoidable course towards the shelving of amateurism?Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Mulholland looks to youth for new driveGALWAY FOOTBALL: ALAN MULHOLLAND faces into his first season as manager of the Galway seniors with a daunting trip to DerryFri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
More teams are jumping on spring school bandwagonON GAELIC GAMES: If nothing else at least the start of the league takes the spotlight off such dispiriting contemplations as…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
McGuinness points to a media witch huntDONEGAL MANAGER Jim McGuinness yesterday fired a broadside at media critics of his team, describing some of the criticism as …Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
GAA planning for all eventualities as weather deterioratesWITH THE weather deteriorating this week just in time for the start of the Allianz Football League, the GAA are prepared to create…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Johnston lodges transfer request with Cavan County BoardTHE ONGOING saga of Seánie Johnston’s putative move to Kildare has progressed with the formal transfer request having being lodged…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Derrytresk carry on till further noticeDERRYTRESK JOINT-MANAGER Paul Hughes says his players will not be disrupted by the controversy surrounding their All-Ireland …Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Link between crime and punishment long brokenON GAELIC GAMES: Sunday’s latest GAA pitch row and the fudge over paying managers stem from the same source: rampant rule bending…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
GAA to look for county feedbackSATURDAY’S MEETING of leading GAA officials at Croke Park to consider the discussion paper on amateurism and payments to managers…Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Big turnout for talks on payment to managers expectedA BIG turnout is expected this morning at Croke Park, as the GAA gets the first opportunity to debate the discussion document…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
McKenna Cup crowds well upTHE BIG crowd in Omagh for this week’s McKenna Cup match between Tyrone and Peter Canavan’s Fermanagh, around 7,000, was part…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Croke Park revenues manage to hold upCROKE PARK stadium revenue has been hit by recession but its core business managed to hold up in the first full year without …Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
O'Mahony favours payment to managersFORMER ALL-IRELAND winning manager John O’Mahony has welcomed the publication of yesterday’s GAA discussion document on Amateur…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Counihan does not foresee major changes to panelSHROUDED IN the anonymity of their earliest championship exit in five years, Cork footballers’ campaign to regain the All-Ireland…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
GAA to consider managerial paymentsGAA: Remunerating inter-county managers is one of the options laid out in the GAA discussion document on Amateur Status and …Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Manager payment report out this weekFOURTEEN MONTHS after being presented to the GAA’s management committee, the discussion document on payments to managers prepared…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
The awesome Black and Amber empire strikes backSPORT REVIEW 2011: Kilkenny set down an early marker with their league win over Tipp in Thurles and rounded off the year by …Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
No denying Dubs after years of workSPORT REVIEW 2011: Dublin’s league performances over the previous two seasons built the platform for what turned out to be their…Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Duffy says no IRFU approach on hosting 2023 World CupTHE GAA have had no contact from the IRFU on the subject of Ireland hosting the 2023 Rugby World CupThu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
No moves afoot to restrict the hand passFOOTBALL RULES: THE GAA aren’t about to rush into tweaking the rules of football to counter the growing prevalence of hand passing…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Great figure in Kerry footballDR JIM BROSNAN: THE WEEKEND before last in a piece in this newspaper on the Kerry influence on UCC football, an accompanying…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Costello calls for abolition of provincial systemGAELIC GAMES: DUBLIN CEO John Costello has called for the provincial system to be abolished and replaced with a more symmetrical…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Playing rule changes to be discussed at April congressTHE GAA has unanimously given the go-ahead for playing rule changes to be discussed at next April’s congressMon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
GAA reluctant to grasp nettle of 'amateurism'ON GAELIC GAMES: GETTING THERE is such a sporting drama. It’s like those epic runs the length of a rugby pitchWed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
'GAA Football Gold' is worth its weight in memoriesON GAELIC GAMES: The 1947 All-Ireland final in the USA led to a realisation that there was a big audience for Gaelic games highlights…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Pilot scheme aims to reconnectGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: A BREAKFAST meeting next Sunday in San Francisco hopes to place the GAA at the heart of a project…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Crossmaglen's title strike rate sets them apartCROSSMAGLEN’S LATEST victory in the Ulster football championship underlines the south Armagh club’s status as incomparably the…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Connacht to review assault on officialsGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: CONNACHT COUNCIL will review the appropriateness of playing provincial club finals at the grounds…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Basic changes may make big differenceTHE AUDIT of county grounds going before the GAA’s Management Committee next month may not necessitate extensive work in all …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Dublin's success story set to be a winnerTHE LAUNCH yesterday evening of 6 Steps to Sam, the story of Dublin’s 2011 All-Ireland victory marks the GAA’s seasonal entry…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Ban ref baiters' clubs and that'll put a stop to itON GAELIC GAMES: If every club whose members assaulted a match official were banned from that competition the next season, the…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Everyone wins if Dublin strategic plan a successON GAELIC GAMES: IT WAS Noel Whelan of this parish, who made the point while talking to Marian Finucane on RTÉ radio at the …Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Job well done in series that's falteringINTERNATIONAL RULES: THERE MAY come a day when an International Rules series will be reported on the merits of its football …Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Duffy announces agreement on intention to hold further series in 2013 and '14THE IMMEDIATE future of International Rules has been secured with agreement that there will be further series in 2013 and 2014…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Ireland's domination completeIreland (1-13-5) 50 Australia (0-7-8) 29 IT WOULD be hard to say that yesterday’s second Test in the Metricon Stadium was anti…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
'I thought it was going to boil over'FOR A team who have just posted the record win in an International Rules series, Ireland seem, well, a bit grumpySat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
GAA to address issue of paid managersGAA PRESIDENT Christy Cooney has indicated there is to be some movement on consideration of the issue of payments to managers…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Kennelly and McDonnell prepared for last hurrahTWO OF Ireland’s best international footballers over the past 10 years will play their last Test tomorrow in Gold Coast’s Metricon…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Stynes reveals physical and emotional battle with cancerGAELIC GAMES: JIM STYNES, the former Dublin All-Ireland minor winner who went on to have an extraordinary AFL career both as…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Tohill happy with progress of injuriesINTERNATIONAL RULES AUSTRALIA v IRELAND (Friday, Gold Coast, 9Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Coach criticises 'unfit' AustraliansINTERNATIONAL RULES: WITH THEIR few days’ break cancelled, Ireland’s International Rules panel travelled straight to the Gold…Mon Oct 31 2011 - 00:00
Ireland easily tackle their first testINTERNATIONAL RULES Ireland (4-17-5) 80 Australia (1-8-6) 36: THE INTERNATIONAL Rules series suffered another of its regular…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Two nations separated by a common sportDIARY FROM DOWN UNDER: ONE OF the frequently cited selling points of the International Rules Series is that it facilitates the…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
