Sports

Sports Review of 2024 [Pt. 2]

In Gaelic football most talk was about the rules and former Dublin player and manager showed the faith new GAA president Jarlath Burns and together...

January 03, 2025 by Sean Creedon

Sports Review of 2024 [Pt. 1]

We Irish love sport and our sporting heroes. Every year we welcome new national stars, but every four years we have a chance to watch some of our h...

January 02, 2025 by Sean Creedon

Leinster serve up tough lesson for Munster at Thomond

Leinster 28; Munster 7 It was once a fixture which favored the host but long gone is the day since Munster have been Leinster’s equal in the the BK...

December 30, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Leinster made to fight at Aviva; Munster edge win in Belfast

Leinster 20; Connacht 12 To Leinster the spoils but to Connacht the glory for making this such a Christmas spectacle - especially in the second hal...

December 23, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Australia needs to pay for GAA players: Kerry official

Kerry GAA chairman Patrick O’Sullivan believes clubs and counties should be compensated by Aussie Rules clubs who sign their players. Addressing de...

December 20, 2024 by Sean Creedon

Brennan eyes Garden rematch

Reveling in his second win in New York, two-division Irish champion Emmet Brennan is now gearing up for a possible rematch with Kevin Cronin on the...

December 19, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

K-C make it 4 in a row

Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway) 0-13; Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-9 Kilmacud fought might and main but ultimately had to bow the knee to a slightly sup...

December 18, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Na Fianna win with 2nd-half display, set up final showdown

Na Fianna (Dublin) 0-17; Loughrea (Galway) 0-16 Semi-finals are there to be won, no matter what way it happens. Teams who win handsomely often put ...

December 17, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Leinster eke out win vs. Clermont

Leinster 15; Clermont 7 It was pretty - ugly that is - as Leinster huffed and puffed in front of a packed Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening before ...

December 16, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Heartache for Derry's Slaughtneil as Sarfield bridge 18-yr Cork gap

Sarsfield (Cork) 0-18; Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-17 Two teams who were level five times and were fighting for the honour of reaching an All-Ireland Sen...

December 16, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Rovers make history in Europe

Shamrock Rovers became the first League Of Ireland team to reach the knockout stages in a major European competition when they defeated Borac 3-0 i...

December 13, 2024 by Sean Creedon

FAI won't renew Gleeson's contract as women's boss

The FAI has confirmed that it is not going to renew the contract of senior women’s manager Eileen Gleeson. Let’s hope it doesn’t take as long as it...

December 12, 2024 by Sean Creedon

New rules for Sam finalists

The new Gaelic football playing rules being trialled in 2025 will have a grand opening on Jan. 25, with three big National Football league games fi...

December 11, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Brennan on right track with win

Emmet Brennan went into his fifth prize-fight expecting a war. He got one against seasoned Argentine Victor Hugo Exner at the Melrose Ballroom in L...

December 10, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

Leinster bring on big guns

Leinster (7) 35; Bristol Bears (7) 12 You had to pity the Bristol boys as they tasted the big time in Europe against a juggernaut which kept its po...

December 10, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Defiant Errigal prevail in Ulster

Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) 1-8; Kilcoo (Down) 0-10 Scoring was limited, man to man confrontations were confined to spoiling and marking tightly rather...

December 09, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham