Click:100 abs materialWestport 1-9 Shurle-Glenncorrib 0-9 CONOR MORTIMER MADE his return to club action this evening but a cameo off the bench couldn’t prevent Shurle-Glencorrib slipping to defeat to Westport at MacHale Park. Mayo’s all-time leading scorer had to wait until the fifth minute of the second-half to get his chance and while he marked…
Read moreWe’ll Leave It There So: Schmidt names his squad for November Tests and all today’s sport
The O’Donovan brothers have teamed up with Bord Bia To Launch Bord Bia Quality Assured Eggs. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Home Joe Schmidt has included six uncapped players in his 32-man squad for Ireland‘s four November Internationals. Despite concerns over his fitness, Johnny Sexton says he’s 100% fit for the opening game against New Zealand in…
Read more€20k ‘top-up’ to help Galway as Leinster still say no to home hurling games out west
The Galway team before their All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary Source: INPHO GALWAY ARE TO continue to hit a brick wall in their efforts to have a home senior hurling championship game in Leinster and to get their underage sides to compete in the province. Since joining Leinster in 2009, Galway have yet to host a…
Read more9 county senior finals, Dublin last four, Munster opener – here’s this week’s key GAA games
Shefflin, McManamon and Cooper will be in the club GAA spotlight this week NINE COUNTY SENIOR finals, a couple of huge nights in Dublin club football and some significant clashes as the Leinster, Munster and Ulster senior club football championships kick into gear. That’s the lot to get stuck into this week on the club…
Read moreDemand for seating will be key in deciding if Dublin footballers are to travel in 2017
THE DECISION ON whether to take the Dublin footballers out of Croke Park for a second successive year will be decided on 16 November with seating capacity in venues set to be a key factor in making the decision. Dublin have been drawn to play the winners of Wexford or Carlow at the Leinster quarter-final…
Read moreRevenge no motivation for McCarthy ahead of heavyweight clash with Vincent’s
DUBLIN DEFENDER JAMES McCarthy insists revenge is not on his mind as his Ballymun Kickhams side take on St Vincent’s in a heavyweight last four clash in the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park later this evening [throw-in at 19:30]. Last year, the Marino men overpowered their northside rivals at the quarter-final stage before the 2014…
Read moreWe’ll Leave It There So: Double boost for Connacht, death of a Brazil legend and today’s sport
Home Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane are staying at the Sportsground. Katie Taylor is reportedly set to turn professional and could make her debut as soon as next month. Pro12 champions Connacht have received a double boost with the news that Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane have signed contract extensions with the province. Double All-Ireland…
Read more5 players cut from Cork hurling squad as several youngsters added before 2017 campaign
The Cork players before their qualifier against Dublin. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO CORK HAVE CUT five players from their 2016 hurling championship squad and added several youngsters as they get set to commence their pre-season preparations for 2017. It’s been reported by the Evening Echo newspaper today that manager Kieran Kingston has omitted William Egan, William…
Read moreAll-Ireland winning Tipperary defender O’Brien announces his inter-county retirement
TIPPERARY SENIOR HURLER Conor O’Brien has announced his retirement from the inter-county game. The 31 year-old’s decision was revealed this afternoon by the Tipperary county board after a senior hurling career that began in 2007. The Éire Óg-Annacarty club man won All-Ireland senior hurling medals in 2010 and 2016 while also winning five Munster senior…
Read moreRyan O’Dwyer – A year from a serious assault in Birmingham to a Dublin county hurling final
FOR A SENSE of appreciation of preparing in a county hurling final, Ryan O’Dwyer only has to reflect on his ordeal twelve months ago. On Friday 30 October 2015, he was assaulted outside a Birmingham nightclub and knocked unconscious. The 30 year-old suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw and bleeding in the brain. Next…
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