Home Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Roy Keane hits out at Everton: ‘Maybe their players need to toughen up a bit’ James McClean sat out Ireland training with a back issue today Mick Kearney backed Jamie Heaslip for World Rugby Player of the Year SGB featherweight James Gallagher is predicting ‘the best Conor McGregor we’ve ever seen’ at UFC 205 New … Continue reading "We’ll Leave it There So: Keane hits out at Everton, Cork duo return and all today’s sport"

EXPERIENCED DUO MICHAEL Shields and Ken O’Halloran will return to the Cork football winter training squad as preparations for the 2017 season begin. The42 understands that former captain Shields and goalkeeper O’Halloran will link up again with the Rebels setup, along with attacker Donal Óg Hodnett. The three players all departed during the 2016 campaign … Continue reading "Shields and O’Halloran to return to Cork senior football squad for 2017 pre-season"

LIMERICK ARE TO add former senior dual player Brian Begley and Cork All-Ireland winner Paudie Kissane to their backroom team under new manager Billy Lee. The new management team was unveiled last night at a Limerick football committee meeting before going forward for ratification next week at a meeting of the Limerick county board. Lee … Continue reading "Limerick add former dual player and Cork All-Ireland winner to football backroom team"

Castlebar Mitchels and Corofin will meet again on Sunday. Source: James Crombie/INPHO WE’VE GOT A busy weekend of club action on our hands as the AIB provincial football championship heats up across all four provinces. The game of the weekend is undoubtedly the Connacht semi-final showdown between Castlebar Mitchels and Corofin. Both clubs have been … Continue reading "St Vincent’s, Castlebar and Dr Crokes in action – here’s this weekend’s key GAA club games"

Fintan Goold in action in the 2015 Munster final replay FINTAN GOOLD IS the latest Cork All-Ireland winner to call time on his inter-county Gaelic football career. The 30-year-old’s announcement comes two weeks after Daniel Goulding revealed he was retiring from action with the Rebel County. The Macroom clubman was a member of Cork’s All-Ireland-winning team … Continue reading "All-Ireland winner Fintan Goold retires from inter-county football"

ON SUNDAY AT the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, Kerry club Kilmoyley created a significant piece of hurling history. They’ve been playing in Munster competitions at various grades since the 1960s but had never won a game until scoring an 11-point win over Limerick’s Monaleen in the AIB provincial intermediate semi-final. For Kilmoyley, it was a … Continue reading "Meet the Clare man masterminding success for one of Kerry’s greatest hurling clubs"

OFFALY AND LAOIS have finally filled their senior hurling management posts, with Kevin Ryan and Eamonn Kelly set to take over the respective roles. Ex-Carlow, Antrim and Tyrone supremo Ryan, a native of Waterford and a former Déise selector, will succeed Kelly as Offaly manager, and is set for ratification next week. And Kelly, who … Continue reading "Offaly and Laois confirm new senior hurling managers"

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Home Dundalk duo Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle make the final Ireland squad as Martin O’Neill cuts it down to 28 Jamie Heaslip is on a six-man shortlist to be named World Rugby Player of the Year ACL damage has ruled Jordi Murphy out for up to 9 months as 6 players link up … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Dundalk duo make the cut, Heaslip nominated and the rest of today’s sport"

ROSCOMMON HAVE ANNOUNCED the retirements of the county’s former senior football team captains Geoffrey Claffey and Niall Carty this evening. A statement confirms that the pair have played their last games for the Rossies, as manager Kevin McStay looks ahead to the 2017 campaign. Goalkeeper Claffey has indicated that he is also retiring from club football with Castlerea … Continue reading "Two former Roscommon captains have retired from inter-county football"

1. Missed opportunity for Thurles Sarsfields THURLES SARSFIELDS’ PLAYERS likely still woke up this morning wondering how they let it slip…again. Leading Clare’s Ballyea — who won their first county title a week previously — by seven points with 10 minutes to play, it looked almost certain that the Tipp champions would advance to this … Continue reading "Sarsfields’ missed opportunity, O’Callaghan’s frightening talent and other club hurling talking points"