Tue, 30 Jun, 2020
Thu, 23 Apr, 2020
The Ulster Council will heed any lessons to be learned from the troubled Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium project when redeveloping Casement Park and are confident the new venue will be delivered on budget, and be able to pay for itself, when it finally opens.
Fri, 17 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
Former Galway hurler David Forde has joined new manager Shane O’Neill’s backroom team — as a selector.
Thu, 21 Nov, 2019
Antrim senior football manager, Lenny Harbinson, has labelled the inertia around the crumbling Casement Park stadium an “absolute disgrace”, after their defeat to Tyrone in the Ulster Championship quarter-final on Saturday.
Tue, 28 May, 2019
Attendances for the opening two rounds of the Munster senior hurling championship are up over 15% on last year’s corresponding four fixtures.
Mon, 20 May, 2019
Central Council are expected to rubberstamp an increase on the price of Allianz League tickets and possibly All-Ireland finals at tomorrow’s meeting.
Fri, 18 Jan, 2019
On Thursday lunchtime, a group of 23 Ulster Council coaches gathered in the head offices in Market Street, Armagh City.
Sat, 15 Dec, 2018
Ulster secretary Brian McAvoy admits the recent spate of brawls at county matches in the province is “disturbing”.
Wed, 10 Oct, 2018
Attendance figures for this year’s Munster SFC are up by 11%, but there has been a strong drop-off in Leinster and Ulster, with crowds falling by 29% and 20% respectively.
Tue, 26 Jun, 2018
The introduction of the Super 8s will make it extremely difficult for any county to win the All-Ireland title through the qualifiers, Mickey Harte believes.
Wed, 09 May, 2018
Mattie McGleenan says there is “no logic” to the Ulster Council’s revamp of their provincial senior football championship.
Tue, 17 Apr, 2018
Club footballers in Donegal will be starved of championship fare until September, following a county board decision on Monday evening.
Wed, 07 Mar, 2018
Tyrone and Fermanagh made it two wins from two in the McKenna Cup, but Kieran McGeeney is worried about a possible fixture pile-up in the wake of postponements elsewhere yesterday.
Mon, 08 Jan, 2018
A “desperately slow” process to redevelop Belfast’s Casement Park won’t speed up should Ireland’s 2023 Rugby World Cup bid fail.
Wed, 01 Nov, 2017
Simon McCrory is the captain of the Antrim hurling team, favourites to claim a 16th Ulster title in a row tomorrow against Armagh. McCrory works for the county board as a Hurling Development Officer in Belfast.
Sat, 15 Apr, 2017
Fri, 07 Apr, 2017
Thu, 30 Mar, 2017
A specially convened sitting of the Donegal county committee last night ratified Rory Gallagher as senior team manager for another three years, with an option of a fourth.
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016
Tue, 05 Jul, 2016
GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail says Louth are responsible for having to play their qualifier against Derry six days after they lost a Leinster quarter-final to Meath.
Thu, 30 Jun, 2016
Clare manager Colm Collins says the decision to refix the Laois-Armagh qualifier has “big implications” for the ‘A’ side of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.
Wed, 22 Jun, 2016
The GAA has asked the Ulster Council to play the semi-final replay between Tyrone and Cavan this Sunday to avoid mayhem in the All-Ireland qualifier series.
Tue, 21 Jun, 2016
Wed, 11 May, 2016
Derry boss Damian Barton says he doesn’t want to quell his passion on the sideline despite picking up an eight-week touchline ban.
Tue, 05 Apr, 2016
Ulster secretary Danny Murphy has hit out at how media treated claims by a safety official that the proposed Casement Park could suffer a tragedy similar to the Hillsborough Disaster.
Fri, 29 Jan, 2016
Thu, 07 Jan, 2016
Tue, 05 Jan, 2016
Wed, 16 Dec, 2015
The GAA’s Interprovincials are in danger of being cancelled after all six games were postponed due to Storm Desmond over the weekend.
Mon, 07 Dec, 2015
Wed, 02 Dec, 2015
Michael McCann has confirmed he was bitten during Sunday’s Ulster Club SFC quarter-final defeat by Crossmaglen.
Tue, 03 Nov, 2015
The Ulster Council have hit back at suggestions they “disrespected” hurling by playing extra-time in Sunday’s AIB Ulster Club hurling final.
Tue, 27 Oct, 2015
GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail says The Sunday Game has become “predictable” and “tiresome” in its negativity.
Tue, 25 Aug, 2015
The Central Hearings Committee (CHC) face a busy schedule in Croke Park this and tomorrow evening as they address challenges to the proposed bans for Tiernan McCann and two players arising from last month’s Dublin-Armagh challenge game.
Wed, 19 Aug, 2015
A week in the life of women and sport, eh?
Mon, 27 Jul, 2015
The “massive costs” associated with HawkEye is the primary deterrent to the installation of the score detection system at Clones, according to Ulster Council chairman Martin McAviney.
Tue, 21 Jul, 2015
Watching the football over the weekend, the old Depeche Mode song and lyric kept making its way into the jukebox in our head: "It’s just a Question of Time." It started in Killarney, with...
“To rock up” is one of those great new verbs. It came to mind watching Bryan Sheehan approach each of the five frees he kicked on Sunday.
Tue, 07 Jul, 2015
The Ulster Council are liaising with the PSNI to ensure supporters attending the three football qualifiers games in the province scheduled for the July 12 weekend don’t have any difficulty getting to and from the venues.
Wed, 01 Jul, 2015
He’s been hearing it for 15 years now, even more: he’ll be a future president of the GAA.
Sat, 13 Jun, 2015
Kerry football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has slammed the Munster Council’s decision to ban live video analysis on All-Ireland matchdays.
Fri, 12 Jun, 2015
The Donegal County Board are expected to appeal after it learned yesterday that two of its minor footballers and two minor backroom team members have been hit with eight-week bans by the Ulster Council.
Wed, 10 Jun, 2015
Ulster Council chairman Martin McAviney insists referee Maggie Farrelly’s championship debut on Sunday was not a once-off, predicting a bright future for the Cavan official on the men’s inter-county scene.
Tue, 02 Jun, 2015
Donegal had the half-time ‘right of way’ in Ballybofey, confirms the Ulster Council, who expect to hear from the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) about Sunday’s interval fracas.
Tue, 19 May, 2015
Too much time is spent analysing the performance of referees, according to Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy.
Mon, 02 Feb, 2015
The Ulster Council have been defended for their handling of the recent sectarian abuse case — but the punishment as per rule was inadequate, says GAA president Liam O’Neill.
Tue, 27 Jan, 2015
Tyrone 1-13 Cavan 0-10: Dr McKenna Cup final: Mickey Harte admitted Tyrone needed to "change the script" in order to secure another four-in-a-row of McKenna Cup titles after Saturday night’s win in the Athletic Grounds.
Mon, 26 Jan, 2015
Ulster Council chiefs aim to complete the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup on schedule despite the postponement of four group stage fixtures last night.
Thu, 15 Jan, 2015
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