Home Dundalk’s Chris Shields. Source: Mikhail Kireev/INPHO Stephen Kenny’s Dundalk once again won plenty of admirers but were beaten 2-1 away to Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League tonight. Joe Schmidt has named Rob Kearney at fullback for Ireland’s clash with New Zealand on Saturday while Garry Ringrose and Joey Carbery could make their international … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Schmidt names Ireland team, brave Dundalk fall short and today’s sport"

Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO THE FINEST HURLERS from around the country will descend on Dublin’s Convention Centre for the latest installment of the GAA/GPA All-Stars. The football awards were already announced but the awards for the small ball code will be announced live on Friday night. The ceremony is live on RTE 1 from 7pm. You can check … Continue reading "Open Thread – Who makes your 2016 All-Star hurling team?"

AIDAN O’SHEA WILL spend the winter honing his handling skills on the basketball court after EJ’s Sligo All-Stars announced they’ve signed the 26-year-old Mayo star. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO An avid basketball fan, O’Shea hasn’t played on the hardcourt since he featured for St Declan’s basketball club in Dublin in 2009. He also played schools basketball in … Continue reading "Aidan O’Shea is returning to basketball for the first time in 7 years"

THE FOOTBALL ALL-STARS were announced this morning, as 15 players were honoured for spectacular seasons in 2016.  That left 30 footballers who were nominated out in the cold. Of those, these seven players can consider themselves particularly unfortunate to have missed out. These players were just about pipped at the post, but regardless they deserve … Continue reading "7 players who were unlucky to miss out on a football All-Star this year"

Mayo’s Lee Keegan and Dublin’s Diarmuid Connolly are amongst the award winners. Source: James Crombie/INPHO SIX PLAYERS FROM All-Ireland champions Dublin and four from beaten finalists Mayo have been honoured in the 2016 GAA-GPA All-Star football team. There are two award winners from Ulster champions Tyrone with one player apiece from Donegal, Tipperary and Kerry. … Continue reading "6 from Dublin and 4 from Mayo – here’s the 2016 GAA-GPA All-Star football team"

Wexford’s Keith Rossiter and Kilkenny’s PJ Ryan have been recruited Source: INPHO NEW WEXFORD SENIOR hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald has included forward star Jack Guiney in a winter training squad of over 40 players. Fitzgerald has also confirmed the make-up of his backroom team – with former county star Keith Rossiter and ex-Kilkenny goalkeeper PJ … Continue reading "Leinster club winner and Kilkenny All-Ireland champion join Wexford backroom team"

IT WAS SHORTLY before midday yesterday when Eoghan Donnellan received the news that he’d been waiting for. He was free to leave the National Spinal injuries unit at Dublin’s Mater Hospital – and thankfully able to walk out of there. As Ballyea were busy collecting a very first Clare senior hurling title last Sunday, 23-year-old … Continue reading "‘They wouldn’t let me get up off the bed, collar on straight away. That was the scariest part of it’"

Ireland second row Devin Toner attempts a dunk at the Chicago Bulls’ training facility. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Home Martin O’Neill has included Dundalk pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle in his 35-man squad for Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria. Former UFC champion Bas Rutten believes Conor McGregor can score an early win against Eddie … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: Dundalk duo in Ireland squad, boost for Ulster and today’s sport"

Click Here: Advertisement And this is where I sign out @WexfordYouthsFC it has been a pleasure #Youths pic.twitter.com/wBJJOPpssK — Lee Chin (@LeeChin8) November 1, 2016 Source: Lee Chin/Twitter HURLING STAR LEE Chin has said he will not be involved in Wexford Youths’ promotion/relegation League of Ireland play-off second leg on Friday. Chin scored as Shane Keegan’s … Continue reading "Hurling star Lee Chin will miss Wexford Youths’ crucial play-off clash to attend GAA All-Star Awards"

BALLYEA MANAGER ROBBIE Hogan is hopeful Eoghan Donnellan will be well enough to attend next Sunday’s AIB Munster club hurling semi-final against Thurles Sarsfields after the player was diagnosed with two broken vertebrae following a training ground collision. Donnellan was injured on the Friday evening after the drawn Clare county final with Clonlara, and ruled … Continue reading "After breaking two vertebrae, Clare champs hope team-mate can attend Munster semi-final"