Person: Helen O’Rourke

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App for female athletes ‘is about training smarter, not harder’

A new fitness app that allows women to adapt their training and nutrition needs around their menstrual cycle has been endorsed by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.

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Women’s fight for equality not won yet, warns Sarah Keane

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Helen O’Rourke Q&A: ‘They liked the game, it was fast, a purer form of football’

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Limerick dual players must choose code over latest fixtures clash

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Ladies chief confident of finding league sponsor

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New York get help to foot replay bill

Monaghan’s McGonagle plans upset by late throw-in switch

A ROW has erupted over the timing of the weekend’s All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-finals.

Wed, 17 Aug, 2011

Tyrone board to probe attacks

LADIES FOOTBALL chiefs in Tyrone have launched an investigation into horrific attacks which left two people unconscious at the end of the county senior football championship final.

Mon, 27 Jun, 2011

Ladies have ambitious plans

BY 2016, the Ladies Gaelic Football Association claim the number of spectators attending their All-Ireland finals will have risen from 22,000 to 40,000.

Thu, 12 May, 2011

Sponsor to help referees keep an eye on the action

AFTER the disappointing outcome of a certain World Cup qualifier between Ireland and France earlier this year, the suggestion that the referee “should have gone to Specsavers” became a common complaint.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2010

Second chance for Mayo ladies

LADIES Gaelic Football Association president Pat Quill is pleased Mayo have the chance to re-enter this year’s Connacht championship.

Tue, 06 Jul, 2010

Curley: it’s time for a change

OFFICIALS have moved to explain the extended injury time which allowed Kerry equalise in Sunday’s Munster SFC draw with Cork at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2009

O’Rourke: Ladies’ finals stay at Croker

CROKE Park will continue to host the finals of the Ladies Football TG4 All-Ireland championship finals in junior, intermediate and senior, chief executive Helen O’Rourke confirmed yesterday.

Thu, 02 Oct, 2008

Rebel ladies build for future with record sponsor deal

CORK have secured the largest sponsorship deal in the history of ladies football.

Wed, 30 May, 2007

Ladies demand equal player welfare rights

CAMOGIE players and ladies footballers have called on the Government for equality of treatment in respect of the dispersal of the Government’s player-welfare funding.

Fri, 06 Apr, 2007

Taoiseach hails ‘healthy growth’ in ladies game

THE Taoiseach endorsed the growing attraction of Ladies Football in Ireland when he formally launched the Suzuki National League in Croke Park this week.

Wed, 07 Feb, 2007

Croker costs may force the ladies out

THE high cost to the Ladies Football Association of staging All-Ireland finals in Croke Park could eventually force them to look elsewhere, chief executive Helen O’Rourke admitted yesterday.

Tue, 06 Feb, 2007

Galway hope to make their point

GALWAY’S attempt to get back into contention for a place in the TG4 All-Ireland senior ladies final against Cork will depend on how the association’s Central Council responds to an appeal from them later in the week.

Tue, 12 Sep, 2006

Gala occasion as minister welcomes camogie investment

JUST 10% of women in Ireland are participating regularly in sport and physical activity said Sports Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday.

Wed, 17 May, 2006

Kelly rejects criticism of timing of games with Australia

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night rejected criticism from Ladies football chief Helen O’Rourke on the timing of this year’s International Rules series.

Fri, 24 Mar, 2006

‘Landmark’ ladies Singapore tour

THIRTY-SIX of the country’s leading ladies’ Gaelic footballers left Dublin yesterday for a week-long visit to Singapore, where they will play an exhibition game at the city’s Polo Grounds on Saturday.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2006

Ladies football to get full-time development officer

THE Ladies Football Association will shortly appoint a full-time national development officer in a bid to enhance the promotion of what is one of the fastest growing sports in Ireland.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2005

Cork determined to make amends

JULIET MURPHY sips her cup of tea and looks forward to another national final.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2005

Ladies officials unhappy with All-Ireland final fixture clashes

THE Ladies Football Association are disappointed that their TG4 All-Ireland finals in Croke Park on Sunday are clashing with finals in Galway and Kildare.

Wed, 29 Sep, 2004

Ladies football in fast lane

THE Ladies Football Association, Cumann Peil Gael na mBan, beat off competition from other sporting organisations in negotiating what Chief Executive Helen O’Rourke described as ‘a substantial’ sponsorship package with Suzuki.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2002

TG4 continue Ladies sponsorship

MOVE over boys, the girls are coming.

Wed, 10 Jul, 2002