IRELAND’S LATEST ADDITION to the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) Aisling McCarthy says she “couldn’t believe it” when she was picked in the 2018 Draft. Aisling McCarthy was Player of the Match in the 2017 All-Ireland intermediate final. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The Tipperary star and 2017 Intermediate Player of the Year was watching on from … Continue reading "‘It hasn’t even hit, I don’t think it’s real’ – Tipp ace McCarthy relishing dream move to AFLW"

FOR THE MAJORITY of high-level sportsmen, it’s the defeats rather than the victories that will stick with them.  Rory Beggan after Tyrone ended Monaghan’s season. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO While Rory Beggan admits he took his game “onto a new level” in 2018, the All-Star nominee was frustrated with his decision-making late in Monaghan’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat … Continue reading "‘At the final whistle I just closed the eyes and said, ‘What was I doing?”"

THE TIPPERARY COUNTY board have ratified the appointment of former All-Ireland winning captain Tommy Dunne and former inter-county player and Kiladangan native Darragh Egan as coaches within Liam Sheedy’s backroom team. Sheedy has returned to the position of Tipperary senior hurling manager, eight years after leading the Premier County to the Liam MacCarthy Cup against Kilkenny … Continue reading "Dunne and Egan ratified as Liam Sheedy assembles Tipperary backroom team for 2019"

DONAL MOLONEY AND Gerry O’Connor will manage the Clare senior hurlers again for the 2019 season. O’Connor and Moloney have been in charge of Clare since October 2016. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The pair were formally ratified on Tuesday evening at a Clare county board meeting as the joint managers for next year’s campaign. It will … Continue reading "Staying put: Clare GAA confirm duo will manage senior hurling side again for 2019 season"

AIDAN O’ROURKE has officially ruled himself out of the running for the position of Roscommon senior football manager, the county confirmed on Tuesday. The former Louth boss was the County Board’s leading candidate to take over from Kevin McStay, however a phone call from O’Rourke has ended his involvement in the running. As a result, … Continue reading "O’Rourke withdraws from running as Roscommon’s search for new senior football manager continues"

WHEN LIAM SHEEDY last took charge of the Tipperary senior hurlers, Lar Corbett was the star of the show. The final game of Sheedy’s first tenure as Tipperary boss yielded an All-Ireland senior title in 2010, Corbett ransacked the Kilkenny defence for three goals in that epic decider. Click Here: Corinthians soccer tracksuit The news … Continue reading "Sheedy’s return – ‘It gave a great lift to Tipperary people when we heard Liam was back in’"

DUBLIN CAMOGIE GOALKEEPER Faye McCarthy has admitted “it was a surprise” to hear that recently departed manager David Herity was appointed as Kildare’s new hurling boss. Naomh Jude and Dublin camogie goalkeeoer Faye McCarthy at the launch of the AIB Camogie and Club Championships. This is AIB’s 28th year sponsoring the AIB GAA Football, Hurling and … Continue reading "David Herity’s departure as Dublin manager, puck-out strategies and a big weekend for St Judes"

“WE THOUGHT HE was gone.” When the news of Mike Curran’s accident in France filtered through to the tight-knit community in Waterville, Kerry, they feared the worst. Waterville’s Mike Curran. Curran was cycling in France on a stretch of road between Reims and Paris when he was struck by a speeding car. He was barely 10 … Continue reading "‘It was a huge shock. We thought he was gone that first week’"

ON FRIDAY MORNING Peter Acheson will leave his home in Dubai, head to the airport and his flight is scheduled to touch down in Dublin at lunchtime. Peter Acheson celebrating Tipperary’s 2016 quarter-final victory over Galway, Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO All going well he’ll back home in south Tipperary that afternoon and on the field training … Continue reading "‘I won’t be travelling over and back every year so this could be my last one’ – back from Dubai for Tipp final"

THREE DECADES AFTER Meath lifted Sam Maguire after a victory over Cork that completed two-in-a-row, some of the legendary figures from both setups will convene on Friday night in aid of the Support Seán Cox fund. Colm O’Rourke and Stephen O’Brien in action in the 1988 All-Ireland final. Source: James Meehan/INPHO Meath defeated Cork on … Continue reading "Meath and Cork GAA legends to come together 30 years on from All-Ireland final to fundraise for Sean Cox"