Updated Apr 4th 2021, 12:00 PM BRIEGE CORKERY DESERVES a lot of credit for how she managed to execute the Irish goodbye on this one. Briege Corkery [file photo]. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO It almost deserves a spot along with her already weighty list of achievements that includes 18 All-Ireland medals across the Ladies football and … Continue reading "‘I was happy enough to slip away’ – 18-time All-Ireland winner on retiring, regrets and an incredible career"

CORA STAUNTON HAS been included in the 2021 AFLW Team of the year after another impressive campaign with the Greater Western Sydney [GWS] Giants. The four-time All-Ireland winner is named among the forwards who made the shortlist, averaging 10.3 disposals, and kicking 10 goals for her club this year. Staunton, 39, who first joined the … Continue reading "Cora Staunton included in 2021 AFLW Team of the Year"

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin and defending league champions Cork will meet in the round-robin stages of this year’s Lidl Ladies National Football League. The old foes have been drawn together along with Tipperary and Waterford in Division 1B ahead of the new campaign which begins on 23 May. Division 1A sees Galway joined by Mayo, Donegal … Continue reading "Old foes Dublin and Cork to meet again in group stages of Lidl National Football League"

THE GAA ARE hopeful that all adult club training in the 26 counties can resume in May. Click Here: mens gaa jersey Inter-county training has been permitted to resume on 19 April with non-contact juvenile training allowed from 26 April. Club training in Northern Ireland can resume on April 12, though no timeline has been … Continue reading "GAA hopeful that adult club training will resume in May"

MONAGHAN SENIOR FOOTBALL manager Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney has been suspended for 12 weeks by the county board following his team’s training breach. Gardaí are investigating after a dossier on a squad training session in violation of Covid-19 restrictions and GAA rules was passed to officials at the Department of Justice. Following their own internal investigation, … Continue reading "Monaghan GAA suspend manager ‘Banty’ McEnaney for 12 weeks following training breach"

THE GAA ARE expected to announce a three-month ban handed down to Dessie Farrell later today, while Dublin may also lose home advantage for an Allianz Football League game as part of the punishment. It’s understood the suspension decided by the GAA’s Management Committee will replace the ban of similar length imposed by the Dublin … Continue reading "GAA expected to announce new Farrell ban and rule him out of Dublin’s league campaign"

Updated Apr 9th 2021, 8:07 PM THE RULE WAS no football chat in the house for the week. Well, for the rest of the week, after the usual Sunday night post-mortem of their respective inter-county league matches. The house was home to some of the best up-and-coming ladies football stars in the country at the … Continue reading "From DCU to Down Under: The team-mates, house-mates and friends dreaming of AFLW glory"

CORK FOOTBALL BOSS Ronan McCarthy’s attempt to have his 12-week ban overturned has been rejected by the Disputes Resolution Authority The independent DRA ruled that the GAA’s disciplinary groups were right in issuing the suspension to the Cork manager which was handed out for the team’s training session on a beach in Youghal in January. … Continue reading "Cork manager McCarthy’s appeal against 12-week ban is rejected by DRA"

1. This is a strange in-between Masters, because of the feeling that we just did this in November, and because Tiger Woods is at home and not here – although the news that he was speeding before his wreck is still bigger golf news than anything that might happen in Georgia this week – and because … Continue reading "The Masters, five-a-side, and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting"

Updated Apr 13th 2021, 12:00 PM THE DRAWS FOR the 2021 All-Ireland senior championships will take place early next week as the new GAA season inches into view. The draws for both codes will be made across Monday and Tuesday of next week, starting with the pairings for the Munster senior football championship, which will … Continue reading "Draws for 2021 GAA championships to take place next week"