Ger Cafferkey, Neil Douglas and Jason Gibbons all back involved for Mayo. Source: INPHO THE RETURN FROM injury of experienced duo Ger Cafferkey and Jason Gibbons along with the addition of All-Ireland U21 and Castlebar Mitchels club winners, are key features of the additions to the Mayo senior squad ahead of the start of their 2017 campaign. … Continue reading "Injured duo back for 2017 for Mayo while U21 and Castlebar winners to get their chance to impress"

The futures of Donaghy, Cooper and O’Mahony should become clear soon. Source: INPHO KERRY MANAGER ÉAMONN Fitzmaurice expects to find out during January whether long-serving trio Aidan O’Mahony, Kieran Donaghy and Colm Cooper will be part of the Kingdom setup for 2017. O’Mahony (36), Donaghy (33) and Cooper (33) have yet to offically announce their … Continue reading "‘I would be expecting to know during this month either way’ – Kerry trio to make decision on future"

TYRONE BOSS MICKEY Harte says the GAA could put an end to the playing of Amhrán na bhFiann and the flying of the tricolour at future matches “when the time is right”. Harte’s comments come in the wake of GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail recently saying that the organisation would be “open-minded” to considering such changes, while … Continue reading "Mickey Harte says GAA flag and anthem changes a possibility"

Shane Kingston, Ronan Lynch and Luke Scanlon are three of the players to watch out for in 2017. Source: INPHO AROUND THIS TIME last year, we nominated our young hurlers to watch for 2016.  It was pretty much a mixed bag for the nine players we selected, as Waterford’s Patrick Curran and Limerick All-Star nominee … Continue reading "On our radar! 11 young hurlers to watch in 2017"

NEW YEAR AND the familiar sight of pre-season provincial competitions coming down the tracks to signal the start of another GAA campaign. Dublin’s footballers are at home in Parnell Park on Sunday Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The 2017 offering gets underway tomorrow night with Walsh Cup action in Parnell Park before switching to Kilkenny’s game on … Continue reading "The 2017 GAA pre-season kicks off this week and there’s 30 games to get stuck into"

NEW CLARE MANAGEMENT duo Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will get the chance to experiment in the coming weeks as they’ll be without seven All-Ireland senior hurling winners for the start of their 2017 campaign. Tony Kelly, Paul Flanagan and Conor McGrath all out for the early stages of 2017 for Clare. Source: James Crombie/INPHO … Continue reading "New Clare hurling bosses must plan without 7 All-Ireland senior winners for start of season"

Colm Basquel, Jason Foley and Conor Loftus are three of the players we’ll be keeping an eye on. Source: INPHO AS FANS EAGERLY await the start of the 2017 pre-season competitions, it’s a time to keep an eye out for some new talent in many county squads. Before Christmas, inter-county managers up and down the … Continue reading "Eyes peeled! 13 young Gaelic footballers to watch in 2017"

A GALWAY ALL-Ireland U21 winner and a Kilkenny All-Ireland minor winner are part of the Dublin hurling squad for their 2017 opener in the Walsh Cup tonight. Dublin hurling manager Ger Cunningham Midfielder Donie Fox, a 2011 U21 winner with the Tribesmen, and attacker Canice Maher, a 2008 minor victor with the Cats, have both … Continue reading "Galway and Kilkenny All-Ireland winners in Dublin hurling panel for 2017 Walsh Cup opener"

FORMER DUBLIN STAR Conal Keaney has launched an appeal on Twitter for the return of the medals he won during Ballyboden St Enda’s All-Ireland winning club campaign of 2015/16. The Dublin, Leinster and All-Ireland SFC medals Keaney picked up with the Rathfarnham club were recently stolen from his car. The 34-year-old tweeted an image of the … Continue reading "Conal Keaney had his medals from Ballyboden’s All-Ireland club run stolen from his car"

Home Dublin star Conal Keaney has appealed for the return of three club medals after they were stolen from his car. A right knee injury to Ruan Pienaar is Ulster’s latest major concern as they try to put some form together to avoid an early Champions Cup exit. Chris Henry at Ulster’s press conference in … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Medal theft, Pienaar problem and all today’s sport"