Click:bearing manufacturing company RYAN MCHUGH SAYS he understands Odhran MacNiallais’s decision not to link up with the Donegal panel this summer.  MacNiallais helped Declan Bonner’s side lift the Ulster title in 2018 but following Gaoth Dobhair’s run to the All-Ireland club semi-final earlier this year he announced his decision to take some time off from football.  … Continue reading "‘He’s been going through a lot and you have to accept the decision he has made’"

TWO MORE IRISH players look set to make the move to the Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW], linking up with Fremantle for the 2020 season. The42 understands that Louth captain Kate Flood has landed a deal, and this will come as a double-swoop for the club with another Irish player joining her there. Like with … Continue reading "Louth captain the latest set for AFLW as Fremantle prepare offers for Irish duo"

LIMERICK HURLER AARON Gillane and Kerry footballer Sean O’Shea have landed the the opening GAA player of the month awards for the 2019 season. Limerick’s Aaron Gillane and Kerry’s Sean O’Shea starred this spring. Source: INPHO The PWC GAA-GPA scheme saw Gillane and O’Shea chosen as the individual stars with the April award rewarding their … Continue reading "Limerick and Kerry forwards honoured with opening GAA Player of the Month awards for 2019"

Click:with a CORK ALL-IRELAND winner Diarmuid O’Sullivan has highlighted an ‘ineffective’ attack as an issue at the root of their problems as they fell to defeat in last Sunday’s Munster opener against Tipperary. Patrick Horgan was again top scorer for Cork with 0-14 and O’Sullivan feels it is vital he gets greater support if they … Continue reading "Diarmuid O’Sullivan – ‘The rest of the forwards were ineffective and that’s very worrying’"

THE MAKE UP of a Fixtures Review Group will be announced by GAA President John Horan at the end of this month with their recommendations to be submitted by October/November 2019 before being voted on at Congress in 2020. The CPA have confirmed this afternoon that four members of their executive met with Horan and … Continue reading "GAA Fixtures Review Group to be formed in late May and deliver proposals for vote at 2020 Congress"

THERE HAVE BEEN many calls for amalgamation through the years, but perhaps they heightened last night as ladies football and camogie stars from across the country appeared on our TV screens during GAA Eile. Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The third episode of the RTÉ series focused on the female Gaelic games codes, … Continue reading "A call for amalgamation with the GAA, worrying physicality and the lure of Down Under"

THEY REACHED THE championship summit in dazzling fashion last August and backed that up with their output in the league in March. The upshot for John Kiely as his Limerick hurlers start out on the 2019 championship road on Sunday is his team are concrete favourites to repeat last year’s trick by the close of this … Continue reading "‘I didn’t go home with a very sweet taste in my mouth after that experience and it’s not one I want to go back to’"

CORK HAVE INJURY worries to contend with ahead of their Munster semi-final with defender Sam Ryan ruled out for the rest of the season while Sean Powter is a major doubt for the game. Limerick’s win over Tipperary last Saturday means they will provide the opposition to Cork at the senior semi-final stage on 1 … Continue reading "Cork duo hit with hamstring injuries ahead of Munster semi-final against Limerick"

REIGNING CHAMPIONS GALWAY have shown their hand as their Connacht SFC title defence continues on Sunday, with Sligo also naming their team for the semi-final clash. Markievicz Park plays host to the showdown [throw-in 3.30pm], with the two counties also facing off in the preceding junior semi-final at 1pm. This will be Kevin Walsh’s senior … Continue reading "Galway and Sligo name teams for Sunday’s Connacht semi-final showdown"

THE LEITRIM FOOTBALLERS have been dealt a huge blow following the news that star forward Emlyn Mulligan has stepped away from the panel for the rest of the 2019 championship. Mulligan’s departure comes after Leitrim’s 3-17 to 0-12 defeat to Roscommon in the Connacht SFC quarter-final last weekend, where the Melvin Gaels man was introduced … Continue reading "Massive blow for Leitrim as star forward Mulligan leaves panel for rest of the championship"