SHE MAY NOT have been on the winning side in the 2018 All-Ireland senior final but Kilkenny star Anne Dalton was last night named Camogie Association/WGPA Senior Players’ Player of the Year. Anne Dalton is presented with her award. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Cork beat Kilkenny hearts at the death for the second year in-a-row in the … Continue reading "Kilkenny, Cork and Dublin stars land Player of the Year awards for 2018 exploits"

1. How does Paul Pogba get into his car? 2. The wait is over for St Finbarr’s 33 years of hurt has finally come to an end! During the last 17 of those 33 years there has been so much personal hurt, to have a day like yesterday meant so much to me and both … Continue reading "Paul Pogba’s car, glory for St Finbarr’s and more sporting tweets of the week"

A PIECE OF GAA history was created yesterday afternoon when a provincial title was claimed by a Leitrim club for the first time. Carrick hurling club were crowned Connacht junior champions after a 2-11 to 2-9 success over Galway’s Ballygar. Captain of @carrickhurling James Glancy receives the Connacht Junior Cup from Connacht GAA PRO John … Continue reading "History makers! A first Connacht club title arrives for Leitrim with success at junior hurling level"

Na Piarsaigh 3-22 Clonoulty-Rossmore 0-13 Paraic McMahon reports from Gaelic Grounds IT WAS EVIDENT from the off in this AIB Munster SHC club semi-final that Na Piarsaigh meant business as they sought to put the game to bed as soon as was possible. They had two goal chances inside the opening three minutes, Adrian Breen’s … Continue reading "18-point win for Na Piarsaigh as they cruise into Munster final but injury worries over Dowling and Lynch"

Dr Crokes 3-15 Moyle Rovers 0-8 Conor Kane reports from Ardfinnan DR CROKES CAMPAIGN to emulate their recent Munster and All-Ireland club successes got off to the best possible start at Ardfinnan in Tipperary today when they blitzkrieged Moyle Rovers with an exhibition of scoring. The full-forward was in excellent scoring form today for Dr … Continue reading "O’Leary fires 2-2 as Dr Crokes defeat Moyle to set up Munster semi-final against St Finbarr’s"

Updated at 19.58 Corofin 1-8 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-5 Declan Rooney reports from Pearse Stadium MOUNTBELLEW-MOYLOUGH FRUSTRATED the life out of Corofin again, but the champions still managed to claim their sixth Galway senior football crown in a row thanks to four points from Gary Sice. Corofin’s Dylan Wall and Jason Leonard celebrate after the game. Source: … Continue reading "0-4 for Sice and 3 sent-off as All-Ireland winners Corofin complete county 6-in-a-row in Galway"

THEY ARE THE last two winners of the Galway senior hurling championship and now both St Thomas and Liam Mellows will face off for the right to be crowned 2018 champions in the county. St Thomas, victors in 2016, and Liam Mellows, kingpins last December as they ended a 47-year wait, will meet each other … Continue reading "2016 and 2017 champions set for Galway hurling final meeting after wins in today’s semi-finals"

Foxrock-Cabinteely (Dublin) 4-11 Sarsfields (Laois) 1-08  By Aisling Clery in Kinnegad Four in-a-row: Leinster champions Fox-Cab. Source: FM104 Twitter. 2-4 FROM CAPTAIN fantastic Amy Ring sealed Foxrock-Cabinteely’s fourth successive Leinster Ladies Senior Football crown in front of a large crowd in Kinnegad on Sunday afternoon.  A determined and gritty Fox-Cab dominated the early stages, taking … Continue reading "2-4 for captain fantastic Ring as superb Foxrock-Cabinteely seal Leinster four in-a-row"

Ballygunner 2-26 Ballyea 2-23 Eoin Brennan reports from Walsh Park IT HAD TO take 90 minutes for Ballygunner to finally prevail over a never-say-die Ballyea and set up a third Munster senior club hurling final against Limerick’s Na Piarsaigh in fours years in Walsh Park this afternoon. Philip Mahony celebrates his late goal in normal … Continue reading "53 scores and 90 minutes of action as Ballygunner defeat Ballyea in Munster club hurling thriller"

Ballintubber 0-6 Tourlestrane 0-5 Mike Finnerty reports from Enniscrone DESPITE SCORING JUST once from open play, Mayo champions Ballintubber did just enough to squeeze past Tourlestrane in today’s Connacht club senior quarter-final at a windy Enniscrone. As expected this game was a cagey and tactical affair with the winners struggling to break down Eamonn O’Hara’s … Continue reading "O’Connor brothers hit all of Ballintubber’s points in win and Shine shoots 0-9 as Clann na nGael march on"