I have a good friend who regularly remarks that words only mean something if they are followed by actions.

Helen O’Callaghan on ways to get children active outdoors ALMOST 60% of Irish parents don’t know how much daily exercise is recommended for their children. One in three believes 30 minutes is enough — yet Department of Health guidelines say children should be active at a moderate-to-vigorous level for at least one hour a day.

The director of a body representing the country’s school principals has said that proposed legislation empowering them to confiscate mobile phones from pupils may be unenforceable and “problematic”.

Pushy sideline parents and over competitive clubs are putting children off sport.

The Tipperary County GAA Board managed to stay in the black this year, despite spending almost €1.1m on team expenses as the Premier went all the way to All-Ireland senior and minor hurling glory and an historic senior football semi-final.

Twenty years ago, Loughnane’s Clare emerged from nowhere to set the summer alight. Are we there again, waiting for a bolter to win the All Ireland, a team to come from the clouds and cut a swathe through a mediocre field?

The man can take himself out of the fight but can he ever take the fight out of himself? 

As Pete Townshend and the lads put it; we won’t get fooled again. We are a chastened people, with watchdogs in place to rein us in, to stop us making the same old mistakes.

Dublin defender Rory O'Carroll is back in light training after undergoing ankle surgery last month, and expects to be fully fit within the next three weeks.

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THE highlight of my career has to be the 1995 All Ireland Hurling final win for Clare.

THE GAA is paying players directly from the Croke Park coffers as part of the association’s new proactive approach to the marketing of its games.