Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO THE ISSUE OF the GAA better protecting its players was on Sean Cavanagh’s mind before he suffered horrific facial injuries during a club game last weekend. Cavanagh was left hospitalised after taking a knee to the face 20 minutes into Moy’s Tyrone SFC first round defeat to Edendork on Saturday. He later confirmed … Continue reading "Cavanagh called for second referee in GAA before weekend injuries"

A GROUP OF Irish sportswomen will bid to earn professional rookie contracts with an AFL club for the 2019 season when they visit Melbourne for an intensive week-long trial on Thursday.  After a worldwide recruitment process spanning eight weeks attracted over 100 applicants, 11 Irish players from a range of sports including rugby, Gaelic football … Continue reading "Ireland rugby international among 11 Irish hopefuls heading to Melbourne for AFLW trial"

DUBLIN ARE CELEBRATING another All-Ireland victory today after they were crowned senior ladies football champions for the second successive year. A 3-11 to 1-12 victory over Cork in yesterday’s final, before an attendance of 50,141 in Croke Park, ensured Dublin would retain the Brendan Martin Cup.   After suffering three final losses to Cork between … Continue reading "Dublin’s All-Ireland heroes bring the Brendan Martin Cup to Crumlin Children’s Hospital"

APPOINTED IN OCTOBER 2017, departed in September 2018. Pat Gilroy’s first spell as Dublin senior manager may have been a wide-ranging one, overseeing an exhaustive process to overhaul the fortunes of the county’s football side, but his second tenure, at the helm of the county hurling team, ended up being brief as it lasted just … Continue reading "After sudden Gilroy exit, will Dublin turn to Galway to solve hurling manager issue?"

RETAINING THEIR ALL-Ireland title in front of a record 50,141 crowd was a proud moment for Mick Bohan’s Dublin team.  1-7 from Sinead Aherne helped the Dubs to a five-point win over Cork, avenging their three previous final defeats to the same opposition between 2014-16. Dublin defender Sinead Goldrick was thrilled to string together the … Continue reading "‘We wanted to do two-in-a-row, I don’t think we would be happy with just the one’"

Updated at 8.00pm THE TYRONE COUNTY Committee have condemned scenes of violence which marred a championship meeting between Moy and Edendork on Saturday, where Sean Cavanagh suffered concussion and a broken nose. The former county captain was taken to hospital at half-time after suffering a brutal knee to the face after 20 minutes of play, with … Continue reading "Tyrone condemn ‘ugly scenes of unwarranted violence’ after 26 cards mar Championship game"

MICKEY LINDEN ROLLED back the years on Saturday afternoon, as the former Down All-Ireland winner kicked a superb individual score for Mayobridge in the Down Premier Reserve Championship, aged 55. Linden is considered one of Ulster’s greatest ever footballers, helping Down to All-Ireland titles in 1991 and again three years later in 1994, where he also … Continue reading "Aged 55, Down All-Ireland winner Mickey Linden rolls back the years with incredible score"

WATERFORD GAA HAVE confirmed the appointment of new hurling and football managers for the 2019 campaign. Pauric Fanning and Benji Whelan have been put in charge of the hurlers and footballers respectively. Fanning, who succeeds Derek McGrath, is a Mount Sion club man who worked with Davy Fitzgerald during his spells in charge of Wexford and Waterford. … Continue reading "Waterford confirm new hurling and football managers for 2019"

IRELAND AND MUNSTER wing Keith Earls said he was delighted to see his native Limerick end their All-Ireland famine, but played down the role he had in the success. He said his contribution to going in and having a questions and answers talk with the squad earlier this year as they embarked on their quest … Continue reading "‘They were all winners before I went in’: Keith Earls plays down role in Limerick’s All-Ireland triumph"

LIAM MACCARTHY CUP holders Limerick will take on Cork, the Munster title winners from the last two years, in their opening tie in the 2019 provincial senior hurling championship. The schedule of round-robin games have been released with John Kiely’s Limerick team absent from the Round 1 action and instead set to face Cork in … Continue reading "All-Ireland champs Limerick at home to Cork in their 2019 provincial opener"