ONE OF THE standout images from Limerick’s post-match celebrations yesterday was of Gearoid Hegarty and Tom Morrissey with their arms around one another and sharing an intense stare. The imposing pair were the dominant players in the All-Ireland final as Limerick returned to the summit with their second title in three years. A 12-point haul … Continue reading "12 points and 21 tackles – How the Hegarty and Morrissey double act took down Waterford"

BOTH THE WOMEN’S Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) and the male equivalent, GPA, held extraordinary general meetings this evening while voting to merge into a single entity. 100% of GPA delegates and 96% of WGPA delegates voted in favour of joining player bodies to form a 4,000-strong association to cover all inter-county GAA players. The new … Continue reading "Overwhelming majority vote to merge GPA and women’s association"

KERRY’S AFL STAR Mark O’Connor has revealed that he would have been available to line out for the county if they had progressed to last month’s Munster senior football final. Geelong Cats player O’Connor had been in action in Australia up until 24 October when he lined out in the AFL Grand Final as his … Continue reading "AFL star would have been available to play if Kerry had reached Munster final"

Updated Dec 15th 2020, 8:25 AM AFTER COMING ON in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, Iarlaith Daly is back in action for Waterford tonight in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U20 semi-final. Daly has been named at centre-forward in the Waterford team that will take on Tipperary in the Fraher Field at 7pm. Tipperary have made … Continue reading "Waterford senior named at centre-forward and one Tipperary change for Munster U20 semi-final"

FOUR YEARS ON and Dessie Farrell’s December focus has changed. At this time in 2016, Farrell was preparing to wrap up his duties as CEO of the GPA after a 14-year spell. During the course of his last interview in that role, Farrell distanced himself from the prospect of becoming Dublin senior boss in the … Continue reading "‘It was probably more out of respect to Jim’ – from ruling out Dublin senior job to getting set for All-Ireland final"

MID DECEMBER IS traditionally a time for winding down in the GAA but 2020 represents a change from the norm. It’s an action-packed week of All-Ireland finals along with underage action from the provinces. Here’s the list of games that are being live-streamed and shown on TV in the coming days. Tuesday There are two … Continue reading "Here’s this week’s schedule of GAA inter-county games on TV and livestreams"

Updated Dec 15th 2020, 3:00 PM CORK LADIES FOOTBALL captain Doireann O’Sullivan has hailed last night’s monumental vote to merge the Women’s Gaelic Players Association [WGPA] and its male equivalent in the GPA. “I think it’s a huge step forward for us. I can only see positives coming from it,” the All-Star forward told the … Continue reading "Historic players’ association merger ‘a huge step forward’ insists Cork captain"

Source: Dublin GAA/YouTube 15 ALL-IRELAND FINALS. Cork 11, Dublin 4. From 2005 to 2016, the Rebels ruled the roost but Dublin broke the chain in 2010. And after turning three consecutive decider defeats into three successes, the four-in-a-row is now on for Mick Bohan’s side. Their rivalry has been well documented through the years, as … Continue reading "Bohan braced for ‘great festival’ of Dublin football as old foes stand in the way of four-in-a-row"

Tipperary 5-18 Waterford 3-16 (After extra-time) Tomas McCarthy reports from the Fraher Field ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Tipperary fought back from five points down to emerge from an extra time epic with Waterford in Dungarvan and set up a Bord Gáis Energy Munster U20 hurling final with Cork on 23 December. Devon Ryan delivered 2-10 for the … Continue reading "8 goals in Munster U20 semi-final as Tipperary take down Waterford after extra-time"

Kerry 0-21 Cork 1-15 (After extra-time) KERRY’S MINOR TEAM produced a strong finishing kick in extra-time to see off the challenge of Cork in a pulsating clash in the Electric Ireland Munster football semi-final tonight in Tralee. The teams were level 1-12 to 0-15 at the end of normal time and 1-14 to 0-17 at … Continue reading "Kerry finish strong to overturn Cork and win brilliant Munster minor football contest"