EQUALITY OF MEN and women in sport is something that’s been discussed to no end for as long as I can remember. That gap between the two, the differences, the inequality more than anything. I do think it is getting better though, there is much more parity than before. I can only speak from my … Continue reading "‘Back then I just played with the boys – now there’s 220 girls at a ladies football summer camp in Fermoy’"

CORK LEGEND BRIEGE Corkery has ended an exile of almost two years to return to the champions’ panel for tomorrow’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final with Tipperary at Semple Stadium. Corkery hasn’t played for the Rebels since the 2016 All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny and last donned the red jersey when the Leesiders … Continue reading "Guess who’s back! 17-time All-Ireland winner Corkery returns to Rebels’ camogie panel"

Ciara Mageean came agonisingly close to winning a bronze medal in which event at the European Athletics Championships? INPHO 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres Shane Lowry spearheaded the Irish challenge at the US PGA Championship. How many shots adrift of eventual winner Brooks Koepka did he finish? PA 5 6 7 8 … Continue reading "Know Your Sport? Take our weekly quiz"

GALWAY HURLING MANAGER Micheal Donoghue has named his starting team to face Limerick in the All-Ireland senior hurling championship final on Sunday. Gearoid McInerney has recovered from injury to start at centre-half back for the Croke Park showdown (throw-in 3.30pm, live on RTÉ / Sky Sports) as the Tribesmen look to make it back-to-back titles. … Continue reading "McInerney returns as champions Galway name team for Sunday’s All-Ireland final"

GALWAY AND KILKENNY have shown their hand for their 2018 All-Ireland minor hurling final showdown in Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 1pm, live on TG4). The Tribesmen are reigning champions — they beat Cork in last year’s decider — and are contesting their third final at this grade in four years. They’ve made one change … Continue reading "Galway and Kilkenny both show their hand for All-Ireland minor hurling final"

BEFORE THE BRIGHT lights of All-Ireland final day, there are always those moments of hardship. At the outset of 2017, Limerick were trying to get things going as the John Kiely era began. Their first afternoon out on their home turf saw Cork arrive to the Gaelic Grounds. It was January hurling, it was a … Continue reading "‘Paul and Alan are very astute guys, very good at what they do’ – the duo helping Limerick chase Liam"

TIPPERARY LADIES FOOTBALL manager Shane Ronayne will be on taxi duty tonight, on the eve of his side’s crunch relegation final against Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland senior championship. In order to accommodate Tipp dual star Orla O’Dwyer, the relegation clash was scheduled for Sunday in Virginia, but Ronayne has taken it upon himself to … Continue reading "‘I’m going to wait for Orla and bring her up after the game’ – Two games in two days with Tipp boss on taxi duty"

BRIEGE CORKERY WILL not be the only player who has recently become a mother striding into battle in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-finals at Semple Stadium today. Kilkenny’s Anne Dalton in action. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Click Here: sydney roosters jersey While the Cork legend makes a dramatic comeback after an almost two-year … Continue reading "‘I don’t turn off from camogie but now, there’s something else there that’s more important’"

LIMERICK SKIPPER Declan Hannon admits he’s thought about what he’d say if he’s tasked with making an historic All-Ireland-winning speech tomorrow, but insists his mind is on the task at hand. And the Treaty camp know they have a huge challenge in front of them in dethroning defending champions and much-fancied Galway. Hannon is one … Continue reading "Skipper Declan Hannon happy to lead youthful Limerick from the back"

Kilkenny 1-10 Galway 1-7 A GOAL IN the 48th minute by Katie Power finally separated Kilkenny from a Galway side that left nothing in the tank but for a third consecutive season, bowed out of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship at the semi-final stage. Kilkenny will be hoping that the trend of the unlucky Tribeswomen … Continue reading "Kilkenny have the Power to deny Galway and book place in All-Ireland final"