Technology companies in Ireland’s South-East have launched a major recruitment drive, hoping to fill almost 700 roles across 40 firms.
Sun, 08 Mar, 2020
“The selection of the best man for the position of Captain of a team is a matter of no little importance,” suggested Dick Fitzgerald in his book How to Play Gaelic Football.
Fri, 24 Jan, 2020
The giants of club hurling stand a little taller this morning. Defiant as ever following this test of their resolve and devoted to their fallen clubmen.
Mon, 20 Jan, 2020
Henry Shefflin paid tribute to his players for holding off Borris-Ileigh’s late surge in yesterday’s All-Ireland club final.
WHEN Siobhan Madigan interviewed Colin Fennelly for RTÉ Radio 1 Sport just moments after yesterday’s All-Ireland club final, Fennelly spoke honestly and succinctly about how far this Ballyhale team have travelled, and the deep satisfaction considering the starting point of that Ballyhale odyssey.
Ballyhale Shamrocks manager Henry Shefflin paid tribute to the late Eugene Aylward in the aftermath of his side’s win in the All-Ireland club hurling championship today.
Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
Last weekend, Slaughtneil and Tooreen, those oases in the hurling wastelands of Derry and Mayo, emerged from the shadows and into the limelight
Wed, 08 Jan, 2020
Ballyhale Shamrocks captain Michael Fennelly has added his voice to the criticism of the condensed club calendar, bemoaning that Christmas was “cancelled” as the prepared for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Slaughtneil.
Tue, 07 Jan, 2020
An hour after the game, and anybody from Ulster who has a passion for hurling is still swamping Ballyhale Shamrocks manager Henry Shefflin, queuing for selfies, presenting hurls and jerseys for his signature.
Sun, 05 Jan, 2020
Ballyhale Shamrocks’ Joey Holden admits he is getting to grips with the scheduling of their AIB All-Ireland club semi-final with Slaughtneil.
Fri, 20 Dec, 2019
Reid was given little space or respite by St Mullins’ Michael Walsh in the provincial decider in Portlaoise on Sunday.
Tue, 03 Dec, 2019
A routine day for Ballyhale. Only the opposition was novel.
Sun, 01 Dec, 2019
Seamus Murphy reckons St Mullins colleagues Marty Kavanagh and James Doyle would “walk onto every club in Kilkenny”.
Fri, 29 Nov, 2019
Already trailing heavily with just 10 minutes on the clock at UPMC Nowlan Park, St Martin’s midfielder Aaron Maddock found himself hurley-less, surrounded and under pressure out on the left wing.
Sun, 17 Nov, 2019
Sat, 16 Nov, 2019
It almost isn’t fair.
Wed, 13 Nov, 2019
Martin Comerford will complete Brian Cody's set of selectors in a new-look Kilkenny backroom team.
Wed, 06 Nov, 2019
Ballyhale Shamrocks manager Henry Shefflin remembered the late Eugene Aylward after yesterday’s county final win — Shamrocks panellist Aylward passed away a few weeks ago and captain Michael Fennelly dedicated the title win to him.
Mon, 28 Oct, 2019
Experienced Ballyhale Shamrocks made it a 17th senior county title in Kilkenny yesterday, throttling a game James Stephens outfit and running out easy winners in the end.
Sun, 27 Oct, 2019
New Offaly manager Michael Fennelly has admitted he was lukewarm on the job at first but came around to the idea after a sleepless night.
Sat, 07 Sep, 2019
Former Kilkenny star Michael Fennelly is set to be appointed as the new Offaly senior hurling manager.
Tue, 27 Aug, 2019
Eight-time All-Ireland winner Fennelly will be given a two-year term with the option of a third, according to a statement from Offaly GAA this evening.
James Barry revealed that he knew he would not be included in Tipperary’s All-Ireland final team over a week before the game, but instead of wallowing in disappointment, he passed on a few nuggets of full-back advice to help Barry Heffernan and Ronan Maher.
Fri, 23 Aug, 2019
Martin Comerford has bemoaned Kilkenny’s “systems failure” following Richie Hogan’s red card in last Sunday’s All-Ireland final.
Thu, 22 Aug, 2019
Trust me when I say this — it’s every referee’s worst nightmare to send a player off in an All-Ireland final.
Mon, 19 Aug, 2019
Davy Fitzgerald believes a traditional shoot-out will suit Tipperary more than Kilkenny should it manifest itself in tomorrow’s All-Ireland final.
Sat, 17 Aug, 2019
Former All-Ireland winning captain Michael Fennelly has advised Kilkenny’s players to tap into the tears and emotion of 2016 as they prepare to face Tipperary once more.
Fri, 16 Aug, 2019
There are match-ups all over the field that will be key. That’s the great thing about Tipperary-Kilkenny matches — both sides tend to go orthodox and are 15-on-15.
Wed, 14 Aug, 2019
“I would have felt at the start of the year that there were seven or eight teams capable of winning the All-Ireland final.
Tue, 13 Aug, 2019
Scoreboard Saturday afternoon in Portlaoise was an easy one for those selecting a man of the match in the All-Ireland U20 semi-final.
Mon, 05 Aug, 2019
Four things we learned on Saturday
Mon, 29 Jul, 2019
Lee Chin confessed himself to being “a bit lost for words” afterwards, an occurrence he promptly acknowledged to be unusual. But, in the circumstances, why not?
Mon, 01 Jul, 2019
Thirteen months ago, Henry Shefflin tried to do his club-mate TJ Reid a turn. Rather than calling on referees to protect his fellow ‘hurler of the year’, Sheffin suggested Brian Cody move him to full-forward to avoid man-marking.
Sat, 29 Jun, 2019
Edge, by definition, is a margin of superiority, a quality or factor that provides an advantage over rivals.
Fri, 28 Jun, 2019
After the same county lifted the MacCarthy Cup on seven occasions in the noughties, the decade that followed was always going to be more democratic.
Sat, 25 May, 2019
The only problem with throwing a party like this is that you don’t get to have the final say over the guest list.
Mon, 20 May, 2019
Carlow's first home game in this year's Leinster senior hurling championship may have made for a heartwarming tale but Kilkenny have never been ones for romance or fairytales.
Sun, 19 May, 2019
Colin Fennelly has often been accused of performance-inconsistency in the past.
Wed, 20 Mar, 2019
At times on St Patrick’s Day as the Fennelly brothers, TJ Reid, and Joey Holden breezed to All-Ireland club final success, it felt like going back in time to Kilkenny’s glory era.
Tue, 19 Mar, 2019
Ballyhale Shamrocks are AIB All-Ireland club SHC winners for a record seventh time after a power-packed Croke Park display proved far too much for an overwhelmed St Thomas'.
Sun, 17 Mar, 2019
“Whatever it was, I wish we could have bottled it,” Liam Fennelly says.
Sat, 16 Mar, 2019
A cold night in Thurles twisted decisively with one goal, Eoin Cody’s calm second-half finish for Ballyhale Shamrocks proving the difference in their All-Ireland club semi-final clash with Ballygunner.
Mon, 11 Feb, 2019
Colin Fennelly produced his best display for some time with a sparkling 4-4 in his side’s 16-point rout of first-time Wexford champions, Naomh Éanna, in this Leinster Club SHC semi-final at Innovate Wexford Park yesterday afternoon.
Mon, 19 Nov, 2018
Former Kilkenny midfielder Michael Fennelly believes the demands of club hurling are beginning to match that of the inter-county game.
Thu, 20 Sep, 2018
Donal O'Shea, son of former Tipperary manager Eamon, is selected at full-forward.
Wed, 19 Sep, 2018
Hurling aficionados love drama, an enjoyment forever in need of the unexpected.
Fri, 06 Jul, 2018
He played in three All-Ireland final wins for Kilkenny, and won four medals in total, but the conversation that ended Kieran Joyce’s county career last October was a short one.
Thu, 17 May, 2018
Michael Fennelly believes his old comrade-in-arms and current club boss Henry Shefflin has the drive and ambition to make the step up to county management one day.
Wed, 09 May, 2018
Offaly 3-11
Mon, 15 Jan, 2018
Michael Fennelly never let on to his pal in Belfast, but when he stayed the night there recently he secretly slept on the floor.
Fri, 12 Jan, 2018
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