LOUGHMORE-CASTLEINEY PROGRESSED to the quarter-finals of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on Tuesday night, defeating Killenaule 3-12 to 1-16. The side trailed 0-10 to 0-6 at the half-time interval. However two quick-fire goals from John McGrath in the latter stages saw Loughmore surge into the lead and snatch a dramatic two point victory. They will now face Nenagh Éire […]
TYRONE SIDE MOY have appealed against the county board’s findings regarding injuries sustained by Sean Cavanagh in their recent championship loss to Edendork. Officials ruled that the incident which left Cavanagh with a broken nose, concussion and extensive facial injuries merited no on-field sanction and this decision was backed following an investigation by Tyrone’s Competitions […]
DONEGAL AND KILCAR footballer Ryan McHugh will play no part in the remainder of the 2018 Donegal senior football championship due to a concussion injury. McHugh suffered concussion in a challenge game against Dublin champions St Vincent’s in Cavan last month. The reigning club champions had hoped the 2016 All-Star winner would be given the […]
THE POST-WEEKEND conversation in Magheracloone on Monday morning was expected to revolve around their contesting of a Monaghan county senior football semi-final. But their three-point defeat in Clones on Sunday afternoon against Scotstown paled in comparison to the setback the club suffered that night when a sinkhole opened up on their GAA grounds causing major […]
TWO-TIME ALL-Ireland medal winner Maurice Fitzgerald appears to the preferred choice to succeed Eamonn Fitzmaurice as the manager of the Kerry senior football team, with former Mayo team coach and selector Donie Buckley lined up to be part of the new management team. Kerry football great Maurice Fitzgerald. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO With less than a […]
THE NEWS THAT billionaire JP McManus donated €100,000 to each county board in the country came as a surprise to many, but not to Limerick centre-forward Kyle Hayes. Limerick star Kyle Hayes Source: James Crombie/INPHO McManus made the gesture in honour of Limerick’s All-Ireland hurling final triumph and Hayes, one of the stars of that […]
Source: James Crombie/INPHO AS THE DEMANDS of the inter-county game continues to increase, it’s the clubs who inevitably suffer and see little of their star players during the season. Apart from a round or two of club championship in April and the odd league game during the year, most players are not released to the clubs until […]
THE LIMERICK FOOTBALLERS will have the same manager in charge for the 2019 season but must search for a new coach to lead them. Limerick football manager Billy Lee with his now former coach Paudie Kissane. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Paudie Kissane has confirmed his decision to depart from the position he has held in the […]
CLARE DUAL PLAYER Ailish Considine has signed for Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) side Adelaide Crows on a professional rookie contract. Considine flew to Melbourne last week along with 17 other athletes to take part in the CrossCoders International Rookie Camp. The Kilmihil native adjusted to her first taste of professional Aussie Rules seamlessly and […]
DONEGAL STAR FORWARD Yvonne Bonner will join Cora Staunton at Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants for the 2019 AFLW season after she became the second Irish player to sign a pro deal Down Under today. 31-year-old Bonner, like Clare’s Ailish Considine who has linked up with Adelaide, penned a rookie contract off the back of […]