Former GAA president Christy Cooney is in favour of the minor age-grade at inter-county level returning to U18.

Hurling is going from strength to strength in the east Cork area.

The Mayo GAA executive are facing pressure from Croke Park and their clubs following their non-attendance at last Saturday’s Special Congress in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

South Dublin County Council has said a €1m budget for park security will be used to restrict access to a particular park in Tallaght plagued by joyriding and anti-social behaviour.

Former Tipperary All-Star Liam Cahill was ratified as the new Waterford senior hurling manager on a two-year term, with the option of a third, at last night’s county board meeting in Dungarvan.

With both counties needing a win to be sure of an All-Ireland semi-final place, a sell-out at MacHale Park is anticipated though there will now be almost 6,000 supporters less than hoped.

The growing natural beekeeping movement supports our honey-making friends in the kindest, most bee-centric ways.

The rise of Gaelic for Mothers and Others can benefit the next generation of girls too, writes Larry Ryan

More energy, better composure and a ferocious work-rate were the three vital ingredients that helped Mayo to get back to winning ways in the National League against Kerry last weekend.

The seventh annual running of one of the world’s richest juvenile greyhound races, the Con & Annie Kirby Memorial Stake, was launched at Limerick Greyhound Stadium yesterday.

Tommy Murphy never took a drink in his life, but three and a half decades as PRO of Carlow GAA brought him through the front doors of a lot of pubs. He saw one-liners based on Gaelic games floor more men than bad whiskey.

As expected the well-flagged appointment of Liam Sheedy as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team was ratified last night by Tipperary GAA board.

Next to Frank Murphy, there are very few who have given as much service to the GAA as Joan Cooney.

Former GAA PRO Danny Lynch is concerned the criteria set out to appoint the new director general indicates the association remain intent on maximising revenue.

Former Tipperary All-Ireland winning minor football manager David Power says he wants to see potential dual players play for their county rather than being threatened with being dropped from hurling squads.

Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

Munster Hockey’s first series of provincial fixtures could go the same way as last Saturday’s national EY Hockey League with a blanket set of postponements looking imminent.

The OPW has agreed to re-examine the cost of building a tidal barrage as it finalises the design of Cork’s €140m flood defence scheme — the largest single investment in flood defences in the history of the state.

Gardaí had to be called to remove drunken teenagers from an Easter break disco in Cork City.

Kerry defender Killian Young has defended the decision to host Saturday’s blockbuster Allianz football league tie with Dublin at Austin Stack Park in Tralee and not Killarney.

Kerry corner-back Shane Enright has been ruled out of Saturday’s Allianz Division 1 clash against Mayo with concussion but he may be available for the Monaghan game on February 26.

Our ‘shameful’ reputation internationally for how we treat our animals has prompted those working on the frontline to call for tougher deterrents and greater political action to stem the tide of abuse, writes Kelly O’Brien

There are fears that Tipperary’s 2010 All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly may have played his last competitive game after he sustained cruciate knee ligament damage last weekend.

Anybody looking for some activity in their life and thinking of joining Ballymartle ICA in September should look at what the Cork guild has been up to since last autumn.

A hand-sewn teddy bear made from a sweatshirt, a christening gown up-cycled from an old wedding dress and a crocheted bag made out of plastic bags – these were just three of the entries to the new ICA up-cycling competition, with prizes awarded at the recent national AGM.

A trip round the primary school circuit lately, to see would anyone take the twins, pulled my handbrake on a Dunphian u-turn.

Bantry ICA PRO Ursula Kingston has fond memories of the massive annual carnival held in post-Second World War Cologne. 

February 24, 2007. One of Irish sport’s greatest days. One of the GAA’s proudest too, as rugby and England were made welcome in Croke Park. 

In the 60s the population in Limerick’s northside was growing, and there was a sense those people would be well served by a new GAA club.

Fianna Fáil members would not accept a coalition with Fine Gael and would rather do a deal with Sinn Féin provided Gerry Adams steps down as leader.

A man has lost his fight for life after being involved in a boating accident in the River Shannon in the early hours of this morning.

Cork ladies PRO Pat Culloty insists there are “no hard feelings” following Eamonn Ryan’s decision to step down as senior football manager to join Peadar Healy with the men’s footballers.

Waterford county board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan assured delegates at last night’s convention at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, that the end of the club levy is in sight and that spending on county teams will be carefully monitored.