Person: Derek Kavanagh

When Cork searched for a leader, Paul Kerrigan stepped up

It can’t be easy being a Cork footballer in recent years and had they lost last weekend, it would have been a whole lot worse, writes Kieran Shannon.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2017

Conor Counihan: Cork decline ‘partly down to poor club structures’

All-Ireland winning Cork football manager Conor Counihan believes the county’s decline is partly down to poor club structures.

Wed, 24 May, 2017

‘Super 8’ gets thumbs down from CPA

Members of the Club Players Association (CPA) have given an overwhelming thumbs-down to the Super 8 feature that will form the All-Ireland senior football championship for at least three years from next season.

Wed, 29 Mar, 2017

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Mon, 06 Mar, 2017

How GAA top brass have changed their minds

Change is the name of the game in the GAA at the moment but observers could be forgiven for noting the rise in rethinks, U-turns and changes of opinion from the top table. Here are four examples:

Thu, 02 Mar, 2017

GAA Podcast: The Super 8 - 'Paraic Duffy said there’s nothing to fear. I think there’s plenty to fear'

John Fogarty says the Super 8 is elitist and will make the strong stronger and the weak weaker.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2017

Derek Kavanagh urges Páraic Duffy to shelve championship plans

Club Players Association (CPA) fixtures coordinator Derek Kavanagh believes the “Super 8” All-Ireland SFC proposal will be “the straw that breaks the camel’s back” for club fixtures.

Tue, 21 Feb, 2017

‘Super 8’ a no-go without GPA support, warns CPA chairman Micheál Briody

The Club Players Association (CPA) says the legitimacy of the “Super 8” addition to the All-Ireland senior football championship won’t hold up if the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) also oppose it.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2017

Morning briefing: North braced for snap election after resignation of Martin McGuinness. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Tue, 10 Jan, 2017

This group is hell-bent on change, says Derek Kavanagh

The Club Players Association (CPA) fixtures co-ordinator Derek Kavanagh insists the newly-formed group are going about their business with their eyes wide open.

Tue, 10 Jan, 2017

Fixtures chaos now at breaking point, warns Derek Kavanagh

Former Cork captain Derek Kavanagh believes the establishment of the Club Players Association (CPA) comes at a time where the fixtures situation is at “breaking point”.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

Barry Coffey: Radical action required to restore Cork GAA to glory

Former Cork and Bishopstown footballer Barry Coffey has expressed grave concern at the county’s steep decline in both codes and believes there are serious issues blighting Cork GAA not being addressed.

Wed, 06 Jul, 2016

GPA’s Paul Flynn sees merit in body for club players

Gaelic Players’ Association (GPA) secretary Paul Flynn admits that a new organisation specifically designed to cater for club players could be worth pursuing.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2016

It was Muhammad Ali’s humanity that people responded to

One of the contributors to Thomas Hauser’s biography of Muhammad Ali told a story that sums up one — just one — aspect of the boxer.

Mon, 06 Jun, 2016

Eoin O’Neill: Lack of a training base ‘didn’t help’ Cork

Cork football selector Eoin O’Neill has admitted that having no set training base throughout the winter and spring “certainly didn’t help” their league exploits which ended with relegation from Division 1.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2016

Colm O’Neill: Don’t write Cork's epitaph yet

Colm O’Neill believes it’s premature to claim the Cork GAA brand is broken, insisting the time for review is at the end of the season.

Thu, 26 May, 2016

Beware a Cork display of modesty

I can trace, to the hour, when it became evident that the current Cork crisis would cut very deep. But we’ll come back to that.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Fri, 20 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Fri, 20 May, 2016

It will take a lot more agitation before GAA Championship reform becomes reality

Derek Kavanagh says he has often had to explain the structure of the GAA Championship to work colleagues from other countries before walking away thinking: ‘Why don’t we just change it?’

Fri, 20 May, 2016

Ken O’Halloran and Michael Shields may still play part for Cork, says Eoin O’Neill

Cork football selector Eoin O’Neill has denied Ken O’Halloran and Michael Shields were dropped from the senior panel for a breach of discipline during a recent training camp in Portugal.

Tue, 10 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Fri, 06 May, 2016

Cork GAA has nothing that tells our young talents 'This is Cork'

In his first column for the Irish Examiner, Derek Kavanagh raises serious doubts about whether the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh is what Cork GAA needs to create a competitive culture for its teams. Surely a centre of excellence is preferable to a new stadium — with one training pitch?

Fri, 06 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed with our morning briefing

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2016

Derek Kavanagh warns GAA Congress calls will spark uprising at grassroots level

Former Cork football captain Derek Kavanagh says GAA Congress have shown no consideration for club players and predicts it will spark an uprising at grassroots level.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2016

Tomás Ó Sé: The night Cork and Kerry squared up in the Courthouse

It was presumed to be one of the more apocryphal tales of the Cork-Kerry football rivalry.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2015

Paul Kerrigan aiming to be a winning Nemo skipper

Leaning over the fence at Trabeg to find no more than seven players training under Steven O’Brien had Paul Kerrigan questioning if Nemo could go the distance in 2015.

Fri, 16 Oct, 2015

New Cork minor boss Herlihy calls on 2010 All-Ireland stars

Brian Herlihy has been appointed as the Cork minor football manager and his backroom team will feature a strong influence from the county’s 2010 All-Ireland-winning team.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2015

Cork seek new leader as Brian Cuthbert to step down

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert will not seek re-appointment for a third year at the helm following last weekend’s championship exit at the hands of Kildare.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2015

VIDEO: Killarney provides chance for new Cork leaders to emerge

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, it marked the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. 

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Give clubs back captain’s call, say Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins

Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins have called on the Cork County Board to reinstate the jettisoned tradition of club champions nominating county captains.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2015

Lorry drivers share €100k for interrupted rest times

Twenty-one lorry drivers are to share a handout of up to €100,000 for interruptions to what they claim should have been uninterrupted weekly rest periods.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2015

O’Driscoll brothers carry on fine tradition

Apart from county senior football champions Castlehaven, only one other club has more than one player starting for Cork in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC round 4A qualifier against Sligo at O’Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 5pm).

Thu, 24 Jul, 2014

Managers happy as Cork tackling burnout blight

Newly-appointed Cork underage managers Derek Kavanagh and Diarmuid O’Sullivan believe the development squad programme rolled out by Rebel Óg officials last night will eliminate burnout amongst the county’s most talented youngsters.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2014

Support for club championship finish in calendar year

Players involved in Saturday week’s All-Ireland Club senior semi-finals support the idea of the competition finishing in the calendar year.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2014

‘Rock’ ready to mould next line of Rebels

Diarmuid O’Sullivan hopes that he can use his experiences as a Cork hurler to help mould the next generation of Rebel stars.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2014

Legends pass on the flame

Cork GAA announced a series of high-profile underage appointments for their development squads at last night’s Rebel Óg awards.

Sat, 25 Jan, 2014

Star’s omission: Red herring or red alert for Rebel rearguard?

IT’S not like it hasn’t happened before. It’s not as if it was the biggest demotion of the day in the world of sport either. But Kieran Donaghy’s axing from the named Kerry team for Sunday’s Munster final has raised a variety of questions.

Thu, 04 Jul, 2013

Recalling Cork’s horror of 2003

The statistics are stark.

Sat, 25 May, 2013

Cork finals vote a message for top brass

A motion proposing to bring forward the All-Ireland senior finals will be brought to the GAA’s Annual Congress by Cork following Saturday night’s county convention at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Mon, 10 Dec, 2012

‘The rivalry and hatred there just fuels you’

They grasped silverware again in April yet the applause did not come tumbling down from the stands to greet Cork’s third successive league title.

Sat, 09 Jun, 2012

O’Connor leading the way

A summer of stepping up to the mark.

Sat, 17 Mar, 2012

O’Brien’s goal decisive for depleted Nemo

NEMO RANGERS’ goal in the 17th minute proved all-important in deciding this Cork SFC fourth round tie at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2011

Injuries and mileage led to downfall, insist legends

THE loss of key players, rather than any underlying fundamental flaws, is being cited as the main reason Cork lost to Mayo in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final on Sunday.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2011