DONAL ÓG CUSACK says the Cork squad had no other choice but to go on strike to remove Gerald McCarthy as manager in 2009. Cusack, who is the subject of the first episode in the new series of Laochra Gael on TG4 next Wednesday, was a central figure in the infamous stand-off between the Rebels and the […]
OFFALY SENIOR FOOTBALL manager Pat Flanagan is set to meet with the county’s clubs next Tuesday amid calls for his removal following their recent 30-point defeat to Armagh. The Faithful endured a 6-22 to 0-10 hammering by Kieran McGeeney’s side, leaving them bottom of Division 3 and staring down the barrel of relegation to the […]
AS DAVY FITZGERALD’S Wexford renaissance gathers momentum, Lee Chin admits there is genuine excitement building around the county ahead of a promising 2017 season. Wexford have started their Allianz National Hurling League campaign in encouraging fashion, recording victories over Limerick, Galway and Kerry in their opening three outings to sit top of Division 1B. A […]
ALL THE FOCUS on ladies football this weekend turns to the West, with some of the best players in the country in action at the O’Connor Cup weekend. UCD won the O’Connor Cup last year. Source: SPORTSFILE Hosted by Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, all six HEC competitions will be hosted together for the first […]
CLARE DEFENDER OISIN O’Brien is set to miss the rest of the season after damaging his cruciate ligament, his second serious knee injury in the space of six months. The news was confirmed to Club Clare members on Thursday by joint Banner bosses Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor. O’Brien fell awkwardly and was stretchered off […]
Shane Dowling has been named at wing-forward for Limerick. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO THERE’LL BE A welcome sight for Limerick hurling fans tomorrow night with Shane Dowling set to make his 2017 debut for the county. Dowling has been named at wing-forward for the Division 1B Allianz hurling league tie against Laois in O’Moore Park, after […]
SEAN CAVANAGH HAS been handed his first start of this year’s Allianz Football League by Tyrone manger Mickey Harte for Sunday’s re-arranged game against Cavan in Omagh. Sean Cavanagh and Mickey Harte celebrating last year’s league final win over Cavan. Source: Lorraine.O’Sullivan Cavanagh has been named at full-forward for a game that was originally postponed […]
Click:wps官网下载 THE GALWAY TEAM has been named ahead of their EirGridU21 Connacht football championship quarter-final clash with Leitrim tomorrow. Galway, who are fourth favourites to win the All-Ireland, behind Kerry, Dublin and Cork, have named a strong side for their season opener. Robert Finnerty and Desmond Conneely, who kicked five points between them in last […]
Ciara Delany (Kilkenny United WFC), Louise Corrigan (Peamount United), Kylie Murphy (Wexford Youths Women’s LFC), Pearl Slattery (Shelbourne LFC), Meabh de Burca (Galway WFC), Emily Cahill (UCD Waves) and Saoirse Noonan (Cork City Women’s FC) at the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Launch. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Home A Portuguese coach has been named as first-team […]
FORMER KILKENNY ENFORCER Tommy Walsh believes the current squad needs “encouragement and patience” as they look to navigate through a transitional period. Kilkenny travel to Thurles to take on Tipperary tonight, having won just one of their opening three league games. In contrast the reigning All-Ireland champions are riding the crest of a wave and […]