Kill off pre-season comps: GPA
The Gaelic Players Association wants the GAA to remove pre-season competitions after an overwhelming backing of a motion at their AGM last weekend....
October 20, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Sars win an honor to Teddy
Sarsfields 0-21 0-19 Midleton The Seán Óg Murphy Cup ended up in Glanmire in a fitting tribute to mark the passing of former great Teddy McCarthy, ...
October 18, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Fine margins key in Irish exit
All Blacks 28; Ireland 24 So near and yet so far! Irish rugby followers the world over will spend most of this week contemplating what might have b...
October 17, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Summerhill on top in Meath
Summerhill 0-22 Ratoath 1-13 (AET) Meath Manager Colm O’Rourke was an interested spectator among the 3,000 attendance at Pairc Tailteann where he s...
October 09, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Irish beat Scotland to earn QF vs. a revenge-focused All Blacks
Ireland 36; Scotland 14 Scotland certainly talked the talk in the run-up to this crunch Pool B clash in France all last week but it was Ireland who...
October 09, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
McCarthy omission from top short-list is inexplicable
He was the Dublin captain who engineered the return of such stalwarts as Paul Mannion, Jack McCaffrey and Stephen Cluxton; he was the on-field gene...
October 05, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland must be wary of Scots
Amid all the hubris of a historic winning streak now totalling 16 matches, including three current World Cup victories, there is still the chance t...
October 04, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Éire Óg reclaim Carlow crown
Éire Óg 2-13 Tinryland 0-7 Welcome back to Carlow town side Éire Óg who annexed their 31st senior football crown with 12 points to spare at Dr Cull...
October 02, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Irish prevail in titanic 'Boks battle
Ireland 13; South Africa 8 This Pool B top of the table clash eschewed the total rugby manual and instead became a battle of alpha males looking fo...
September 25, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Slaughtneil ease to 11th consecutive hurling title
Slaughtneil 3-23 Kevin Lynch's 1-9 Far from finding it harder with every passing year, Derry’s hurling supremos Slaughtneil had 20 points to spare ...
September 21, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland overcome Tongan power in 2nd runaway World Cup win
Ireland 59; Tonga 16 The rugby world is licking its lips as the globe’s No 1-ranked rugby team Ireland prepare to take on reigning World Champions ...
September 18, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Ballygunner hurlers make it 10 in a row in Waterford championship
Ballygunner 2-26; De La Salle 0-21 Beat that. Ballygunner’s 10-in-a-row of senior hurling crowns is one of the great feats of modern GAA history. O...
September 12, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham