VIKKI WALL, FOR one, was certainly taken aback by the positive response. On last month’s ladies football All-Stars programme on TG4, the Meath All-Ireland winner opened up about the regular verbal abuse — related to her weight — she has been subjected to from the sideline and stands while playing inter-county football. The 2020 Intermediate … Continue reading "Verbal abuse and body image in Gaelic games – ‘More conversation and awareness is a good thing’"

THE 2021 AFL season kicks off this morning at 8.25am Irish time and unlike last season’s opening round of fixtures, there will be crowds present this time around. Fans will return to AFL grounds in Victoria for the first time in almost 12 months, with a 50% capacity set to be permitted at Melbourne’s MCG … Continue reading "9 AFL clubs featuring Irish players to keep an eye out for in 2021"

WATERFORD GAA HAS demanded that the GAA perform a U-turn on its recent move regarding the loss of wages benefit on the player injury scheme.  It was recently confirmed that loss of wages would not be covered by the GAA’s player injury fund in 2021. The fund has been in existence since 1929 and provides … Continue reading "Waterford demand U-turn on GAA’s move to ‘pause’ loss of wages cover on player injury fund"

AFTER ANOTHER STELLAR season, Paddy Durcan’s 2020 concluded in less than ideal circumstances. The Mayo wing-back’s All-Ireland final lasted just 35 minutes. When his team-mates jogged out onto the Croke Park turf from the dressing rooms for the start of the second-half, Durcan wasn’t among them. A quad injury sustained in the early stages of … Continue reading "‘I ran straight over to the doctor at the water break and said, ‘I’m in serious bother here”"

DUBLIN’S SINÉAD GOLDRICK, Niamh McEvoy and Lauren Magee are heading for the AFLW finals with Melbourne after they edged a Round 8 thriller against Fremantle on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mayo sisters Niamh and Grace Kelly were both key players for the West Coast Eagles as they lost out to Richmond. Grace chipped in with a goal … Continue reading "Dublin trio heading to AFLW finals with Melbourne as Kelly sisters shine in defeat"

FORMER CLARE HURLER and manager Ger Loughnane is calling for Clare fans to help at a time of crisis. Loughnane is calling on supporters to join Club Clare to financially assist the county’s hurling teams.  “We are in disarray, so much so that the gap between us and our main competitors is widening at a … Continue reading "‘We are in disarray’ – Ger Loughnane calls for Clare fans to help at a time of crisis"

STAR PLAYERS FROM Tipperary, Cork and All-Ireland SHC champions Limerick are among those who have been honoured in the 2020 Munster GAA awards. Limerick’s Cian Lynch caps off an impressive season with John Kiely’s Liam MacCarthy winners by picking up the Senior Hurler of the Year award while Tipperary’s Conor Sweeney accepts the Footballer of … Continue reading "Tipp, Cork and Limerick stars honoured in 2020 Munster Player of The Year awards"

FOUR-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Sean O’Sullivan has been ratified as manager of the South Kerry division for the 2021 Kerry county SFC. The Cromane clubman replaces John Shanahan as manager of a side that reached the final in 2017 and were last crowned winners in 2015. They lost out to St Kieran’s in the 2020 quarter-finals. … Continue reading "All-Ireland winner takes leading managerial job with Kerry division"

ALL-IRELAND HURLING champions Limerick have unveiled their new county jersey ahead of the 2021 season. Click Here: NRL Telstra Premiership The O’Neill’s strip, which was launched on Wednesday morning, features the names of 65 Limerick clubs across the front and back.  Adult jerseys start at €70 while the children’s version costs €35. Be part of … Continue reading "All-Ireland champions Limerick unveil new county jersey ahead of 2021 season"

NEIL MCMANUS HAS opened up about how a defibrillator from the Cushendall GAA field helped save his father’s life after he suffered a heart attack in 2015. Neil McManus is an ambassador for the GAA Community Heart Programme. Source: David Fitzgerald/SPORTSFILE Speaking at the launch of the GAA’s Community Heart Programme, an initiative around defibrillator awareness, McManus spoke … Continue reading "‘I just rang an ambulance and said, ‘I think my father is having a heart attack”"