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Dublin hurler Liam Rushe will relish 'bonus' GAA season
Dublin hurler Liam Rushe will relish 'bonus' GAA season
Dublin hurler Liam Rushe says this season is a “bonus year” given how unlikely GAA inter-county games were just a couple of months ago.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2020

Niall Corcoran: Lack of sanctions mean GAA has given go-ahead for early training
Niall Corcoran: Lack of sanctions mean GAA has given go-ahead for early training
All Laois want is fairness, Corcoran insists, but he says confirmation from the GAA that they won’t sanction counties who train before September 14 doesn’t help.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Why Conor McManus won’t complain about challenging schedule
Why Conor McManus won’t complain about challenging schedule
Monaghan star Conor McManus has insisted that they won't complain about apparently drawing the Championship's short straw.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Parties move to increase geographical spread of ministers
Parties move to increase geographical spread of ministers
Party leaders moved to address concerns on a lack of geographical and gender representation as they got ready to appoint 17 new Ministers of State, but some criticism has been levelled at the choices.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Boot Room: Oisín McConville - 'I came out of the shower and the boots were ripped to shreds'
Boot Room: Oisín McConville - 'I came out of the shower and the boots were ripped to shreds'
"It was an unwritten rule in Cross that you didn’t wear white boots."

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Cork and Kerry's ladies footballers on collision course
Cork and Kerry's ladies footballers on collision course
Champions Dublin have been pitted with Waterford and Donegal in the round-robin phase of the revised 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Criticism of 'devastating' lack of focus on Waterford and southeast in programme for Government
Criticism of 'devastating' lack of focus on Waterford and southeast in programme for Government
Dr Ray Griffin, strategic management lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), said the "political antenna of Dublin and Cork has no understanding of the depth of alienation in the southeast".

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Own points and unfinished matches: The story of hurling championship games in December
Own points and unfinished matches: The story of hurling championship games in December
The 2020 All-Ireland Hurling final, scheduled for December 13, will be just the 13th Senior Hurling Championship game played in the final month of the year.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

'The guilt was overwhelming': Dublin footballer describes having Covid-19
'The guilt was overwhelming': Dublin footballer describes having Covid-19
A Dublin footballer has warned young people that coronavirus can affect anyone.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Picture Perfect: Don MacMonagle - 'Páidí Ó Sé's lifetime achievement in sport cuddled together in a cookie box'
Picture Perfect: Don MacMonagle - 'Páidí Ó Sé's lifetime achievement in sport cuddled together in a cookie box'
Don MacMonagle shares the story behind his favourite photograph.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Calls for Galway GAA to scrap relegation ahead of championship draw
Calls for Galway GAA to scrap relegation ahead of championship draw
Galway intermediate football club Cárna/Caiseal have called on the county’s football board to remove relegation this year in the interest of rural clubs.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Jack McCaffrey and David Gough opt out of 2020 season; Pat Spillane wants 'golden score'
Jack McCaffrey and David Gough opt out of 2020 season; Pat Spillane wants 'golden score'
Dublin’s star footballer Jack McCaffrey is to sit out the inter-county championship later this year.

Sun, 28 Jun, 2020

Cork to face Waterford for Munster hurling final spot
Cork to face Waterford for Munster hurling final spot
Defending Munster champions Limerick have been drawn against Clare with the winners facing 2019 All-Ireland winners Tipperary in a provincial semi-final this October.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Boot Room: Alan Brogan - 'I binned my boots after kicking five wides against Kerry'
Boot Room: Alan Brogan - 'I binned my boots after kicking five wides against Kerry'
"I’d often go out for the start of a training session or even a match wearing a pair and then decide on another pair."

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

‘Older brigade’ would welcome Steven Poacher back as Carlow manager
‘Older brigade’ would welcome Steven Poacher back as Carlow manager
Steven Poacher could be on the verge of a return to Carlow as manager, a development that would please experienced forward Sean Gannon.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Round-robin ladies football championship will be played over seven weekends
Round-robin ladies football championship will be played over seven weekends
The ladies football senior championship will be played off in seven weeks this year, with a round-robin format involving four groups of three teams.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Gains made by women's sports can't be allowed to slip away
Kieran Shannon: Gains made by women's sports can't be allowed to slip away
It seemed the most perfectly timed as well as inspired of campaigns: 20x20, by and for 2020, a year in which more young girls – along with the rest of us – could see her to aspire someday to maybe be her: another Noelle Healy or Niamh Kilkenny.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

GAA ready to speed up return to play
GAA ready to speed up return to play
The GAA are prepared to speed up their return to play protocols providing they receive further positive news from the Government.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Former Kerry captain John Joe Sheehan dies
Former Kerry captain John Joe Sheehan dies
The death has taken place of Kerry’s two-time All-Ireland senior football championship winner John Joe Sheehan.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

Waterford v Cork tops GAA classics list, but are TV viewers tiring of nostalgia?
Waterford v Cork tops GAA classics list, but are TV viewers tiring of nostalgia?
The 2004 Munster Hurling Final meeting of Cork and Waterford has been the most-watched GAA match so far in TG4’s All-Ireland Gold series this year.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Heart surgery forces Irish defender Mark O'Brien to retire at 27
Heart surgery forces Irish defender Mark O'Brien to retire at 27
“The club will be doing everything it can to support Mark at this difficult time.”

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Jason Sherlock: Make anti-racism part of GAA coaching
Jason Sherlock: Make anti-racism part of GAA coaching
Jason Sherlock has challenged the GAA to extend its anti-racist policy to coaching players at under-age level.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Gerald McKenna: 'I can’t see a way the Association could be successful if it became professional.'
Gerald McKenna: 'I can’t see a way the Association could be successful if it became professional.'
Few if anyone has served the GAA for as long as Gerald McKenna. The current president of the county board recalls those times and discusses where the GAA is now with John Fogarty.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2020

How counties will shape their GAA championships for Covid-19 era
How counties will shape their GAA championships for Covid-19 era
Cork is hoping to retain their new group stages in both codes.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Scene & Heard: Spike Lee's latest film and child criminal genius Artemis Fowl hit the screens
Scene & Heard: Spike Lee's latest film and child criminal genius Artemis Fowl hit the screens
Da 5 Bloods is Spike Lee's tale of black ex-soldiers returning to Vietnam, and is already winning heaps of praise for a film that intertwines issues of race with the aftermath of that awful war.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2020

Boot Room: Geraldine O’Flynn - There was an air of confidence running through the team. We were all thinking, ‘We can do this’
Boot Room: Geraldine O’Flynn - There was an air of confidence running through the team. We were all thinking, ‘We can do this’
With the Predator, I liked the way the laces were at the side so that when you were hooking your foot for a shot you had a clear run so to speak.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2020

Kieran Shannon: If Croke Park lies largely silent, will Dublin’s ‘marginal gain’ be significantly diluted?
Kieran Shannon: If Croke Park lies largely silent, will Dublin’s ‘marginal gain’ be significantly diluted?
He’s almost back, all eyes on him again, even if no one will be there.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2020

Anthony Daly: So you want to know the secrets of coaching...
Anthony Daly: So you want to know the secrets of coaching...
Despite being gone from Dublin now for six years, the bonds I formed with the management and backroom staff are so strong that we still have our own Whatsapp group. You can always pick up the phone to any of those lads at a second’s notice but retaining that page is our way of keeping that unique dynamic we had as a group alive.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

What the rest of the 2020 GAA season could look like
What the rest of the 2020 GAA season could look like
John Fogarty looks at how the rest of the GAA calendar will play out.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Fianna Fáil party votes could delay Government formation until July
Fianna Fáil party votes could delay Government formation until July
Ireland may not have a mandated government until July, as party votes on the matter may hold up proceedings.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

Kellie Harrington: 'People think you are invincible as an athlete, that you're always positive'
Kellie Harrington: 'People think you are invincible as an athlete, that you're always positive'
Talk to athletes who frequented the Sport Ireland Institute in Abbotstown before the world was shunted off its axis and many will tell you that a few minutes in the company of Kellie Harrington can do wonders for someone struggling to stay on the hamster wheel.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

Eoin Murchan: Hard for Conor Lane to count steps on All-Ireland final goal
Eoin Murchan: Hard for Conor Lane to count steps on All-Ireland final goal
Dublin defender Eoin Murchan says it would have been difficult for referee Conor Lane to know if he took too many steps in scoring his famous goal in last September’s All-Ireland final replay win over Kerry.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

B-Side the Leeside: Nine Wassies from Bainne and 'the struggle'
B-Side the Leeside: Nine Wassies from Bainne and 'the struggle'
Don O’Mahony talks with Giordaí Ua Laoghaire about the offbeat outfit he headed up, and some of the most innovative Irish music of the 1990s.

Wed, 03 Jun, 2020

Willie McCreery looking forward to the Irish horse racing's return
Willie McCreery looking forward to the Irish horse racing's return
After 10 barren weeks, it is just a matter of days before horse racing returns in this country, and for most within the industry it cannot come soon enough.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Dublin loses Navy-Notre Dame college game to coronavirus
Dublin loses Navy-Notre Dame college game to coronavirus
Talk has turned towards sport's return in recent weeks but some dominoes continue to fall.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Sinn Féin party reps in Dublin 'not consulted' about abortion motion in Stormont
Sinn Féin party reps in Dublin 'not consulted' about abortion motion in Stormont
Sinn Féin party reps in Dublin say they were not consulted over a party motion that would seek to restrict abortion in the north.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Ryanair looks to use crisis to put squeeze on Irish airports to slash airline fees
Ryanair looks to use crisis to put squeeze on Irish airports to slash airline fees
Ryanair has written to every airport on its route network - including Dublin and Cork - looking to put the squeeze on them to lower landing and usage charges in return for more business.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Boot Room: 'There might have been a bit of aggro with us not wearing Puma'
Boot Room: 'There might have been a bit of aggro with us not wearing Puma'
Tommy Dowd (Meath), Adidas Copa Mondial. 1996 All-Ireland SFC final replay goal v Mayo.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Kevin Moran never believed Kerry's golden years could be eclipsed
Kevin Moran never believed Kerry's golden years could be eclipsed
Dublin great Kevin Moran has revealed his surprise that the current Sky Blues group have managed to eclipse the successful Kerry team of his era, admitting he thought Mick O'Dwyer's team was untouchable.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Neamh Woods: 'Sport has given me the opportunity to travel the world'
Q&A with Neamh Woods, Tyrone senior football captain.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Spurned three times, Colm O’Rourke fears he’ll never get to manage Meath
Spurned three times, Colm O’Rourke fears he’ll never get to manage Meath
Colm O'Rourke has revealed that he tried to become Meath manager on three occasions but was knocked back each time and now believes his chance has gone for good.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Did a defeat to Meath help shape Dublin dynasty?
Did a defeat to Meath help shape Dublin dynasty?
Bearing in mind they went on to claim 25 All-Ireland medals and nine All-Stars between them, it’s incredible to think that the first four men in that list were cruelly exposed that day as Meath took them for five goals.

Sat, 23 May, 2020

Tony Davis: 'The GAA is going to have to wake up to the fact the juggernaut has become too big'
Tony Davis: 'The GAA is going to have to wake up to the fact the juggernaut has become too big'
The Cork stalwart tells Michael Moynihan what he really thinks about the size and shape of the modern game.

Sat, 23 May, 2020

All-Ireland Gold games for June revealed
All-Ireland Gold games for June revealed
Kerry fans tired of watching reruns of Seamus Darby's famous five-in-a-row-ending goal will get some relief as the June schedule for All-Ireland Gold was released.

Fri, 22 May, 2020

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