DCU are aiming to reach a third successive Sigerson Cup final this year. Source: PressEye/Jonathan Porter/INPHO DCU 3-10 Queen’s University 0-3 Orla Bannon reports from The Dub, Belfast DCU THRASHED QUEEN’S University with three second-half goals in Belfast easing them through to the quarter-finals of the Sigerson Cup. The 2015 champions, chasing a place in … Continue reading "Last year’s finalists DCU hit 3 goals as they thrash Queen’s in Sigerson opener"

GOALSCORING SPREES WERE key as NUI Galway recorded victories in the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup today. The Galway college’s hurlers defeated St Pat’s 4-14 to 1-11 in the Fitzgibbon Cup group stages while their footballers saw off Trinity College by 4-12 to 1-7 in the Sigerson Cup. Clare senior defender Conor Cleary and Galway senior … Continue reading "Clare’s Cleary and Mayo’s Gallagher bag goals as NUI Galway triumph on the double"

Home Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt was at the Six Nations launch in London today and is confident Johnny Sexton will be fit for the Championship. Schmidt’s rival coach Conor O’Shea has called on his Italy side to end debate over relegation. Robbie Brady looks set to complete a €10.5 million move back to the … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: One in the eye for Eddie, Bolt loses a medal and all today’s sport"

Cork 0-19 Clare 0-15 Cork ensured a Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League final meeting with Limerick this Sunday, after finally pulling away from hosts Clare to maintain their perfect start to 2017 in Sixmilebridge this evening. In a rather lacklustre contest played in blustery conditions, the sides were level on eight occasions by the turn … Continue reading "Cork to face Limerick in the Munster senior league final following victory over Clare"

DUBLIN’S SINÉAD GOLDRICK believes that inter-county ladies footballers, are victims of ‘inequality’ when Government funding is being dished out. And Goldrick insists that the money on offer for female players should be on a par with their male counterparts. It was announced recently that the Gaelic Players Association is due to receive €1.6m from Sport … Continue reading "Dublin’s Sinéad Goldrick calls for equal Government funding for men’s and women’s GAA players"

IT’S NOT A fresh complaint but Darren Hughes is the latest player to row in behind the call for change in the GAA calendar. The two-time Ulster medal winner has witnessed how prolonged Gaelic football seasons can be through his demanding schedule with his county Monaghan and club Scotstown. He didn’t finish up in 2016 … Continue reading "‘The calendar needs to be scrapped and looked at from scratch again’"

Updated 15.00 FIVE PLAYERS WILL be hoping to win their first international cap for Ireland Women during the Six Nations after head coach Tom Tierney unveiled his 30-strong squad for the Championship today. Click Here: newcastle knights team jersey Fullback Niamh Briggs will once again captain the side after missing out on two of the … Continue reading "Ex-Clare GAA star Considine among 5 uncapped women in Ireland’s 6 Nations squad"

Garda College 0-8 Cork IT 0-3 Jackie Cahill reports from Templemore GARDA COLLEGE BREEZED into round 2 of the Sigerson Cup with a five-point victory over Cork IT in Templemore this afternoon. Garda College had home advantage and they made it count to set up a clash with University of Ulster – a repeat of … Continue reading "Limerick and Clare forwards to the fore as Garda College defeat Cork IT in Sigerson Cup"

St. Munchin’s Ewan O’Brien consoles Ruairi Woodcock of Glenstal Abbey after today’s Munster Junior Schools Cup. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Home Aston Villa have completed the signing of in-form Irish midfielder Conor Hourihane from Barnsley. The new National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown was officially opened today. Dublin’s Sinead Goldrick has called for equal Government funding for … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Hourihane on the move, the Fed Express and all today’s sport"