By Daragh Ó Conchúir  There is a growing tendency to label anyone operating in both primary Gaelic games codes a dual star but Kate Kenny is authentic.  Not just good enough to play at adult level for Offaly in both camogie and ladies’ football, Kenny does so on an elite sphere, as evidenced by being […]

4 years ago

What a year it’s been A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. So I won’t waste too many in this introduction. Below are the top 10 football photographs of the year, handpicked by Getty Images’ editors, accompanied by their reasoning behind selecting them. Enjoy. Messi the draft excluder “Perhaps the greatest […]

4 years ago

Here is your guide for all the sport on TV this Christmas. There is a lot of sport due to be on TV over the Christmas period, and here is how you can watch and stream it all. Football dominates sporting TV coverage over the next week or so, with three rounds of Premier League […]

4 years ago

Two-year-old Mike was jumping around excitedly leaving UPMC Nowlan Park. Twice he landed on his knees on the path and you waited for the wailing. It didn’t come. Indeed the second time, you’d nearly swear that he threw himself down full force for the good of it. “We breed them tough down our way,” came […]

4 years ago

‘I hope Roy Keane knows the huge impact he has had on so many lives. I’m sure this is just one example.’ A small but hugely appreciated gesture from Roy Keane and one that, 20 years on, is getting some love. With many of us across Ireland and the UK [and, let’s face it, the […]

4 years ago

“I had a surgery to remove the piece, it was a loose part that was after locking my knee, I couldn’t straighten it. It was kind of ongoing then.” As the eyes flick over the Oulart-The Ballagh team sheet ahead of today’s 2020/2021 AIB All-Ireland senior club camogie final against Bill and Agnes Carroll Cup […]

4 years ago

Keane clinched his victory in style. Keane Barry has won his first-ever match at the PDC World Championships. The 19-year-old from Duleek in Co. Meath is competing in the prestigious darts tournament for the third time and has finally tasted victory. Barry recorded a thrilling 3-2 win over Royden Lam on Friday afternoon at Alexander […]

4 years ago

“It’s important that the sport sector is on a firm financial footing.” The Irish government and Sport Ireland have announced a multi-million Covid support fund for sport in the country. The €80m fund will be used to help sporting organisations recover and grow following the pandemic. The money will also be used to support grassroots […]

4 years ago

Rachael Blackmore is favourite to lift the World Sports-star of the Year at the BBC Sports personality of the year awards. As the 2021 calendar draws to a close, it is once again time to look back on the sporting achievements of the year and at the top of the pile are those of Tipperary […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  The old guard is still doing the job for Oulart-the-Ballagh. First-half goals from Wexford legends Úna Leacy and Ursula Jacob and eight points from play by the Kehoe twins, Shelley and Stacey, ended Slaughtneil’s bid for a fifth consecutive AIB All-Ireland senior club camogie final appearance, as 2015 champions Oulart-The Ballagh […]

4 years ago

“That’s my main goal and that’s what I’m working towards.” By the end of this week, Alex Dunne will find out if he has earned a place in the Scouting World Finals, where he could go on to learn the ropes at the Ferrari Driver Academy. On Monday, the FDA announced that the Meath teenager […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  A strong representation of McGraths contributed heavily to both sides but it was the Sarsfields contingent that was celebrating at Ray Kelly’s final whistle, the AIB All-Ireland senior club camogie champions booking a place in the delayed 2020/2021 decider at Nowlan Park next Saturday by virtue of a 0-11 to 0-4 […]

4 years ago

“Fred has these moments, one shot per year.” Bruno Fernandes praised Fred for his goal and performance in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. In Ralf Rangnick’s first game as Man United interim manager, the Red Devils look a much better side than the one that was floundering under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. They pressed […]

4 years ago

“It was the hardest thing I have ever been through in my entire life.” Brenda Bannon still struggles with the pain and anguish, she says it only gets harder by the day but counselling has helped her to control what she can. It was a week when she should have been celebrating a TG4 All-Ireland […]

4 years ago

Carrick steps down after being in charge of the club on a caretaker basis Michael Carrick has stepped down from his role as first-team coach at Manchester United after he took charge of his final game as caretaker manager, a statement from the club has confirmed. Carrick leaves United after 15 years at the club […]

4 years ago

David Clifford is in UL now and judging by his form in the Ryan Cup, it looks like he’s ready to rock this year’s Sigerson Cup for the Limerick college. The Ryan Cup is the top-tier League competition in college’s football and it was on Monday night when UL hosted DCU for the semi-final. It […]

4 years ago

Brought to you by Racing Post Greyhound TV Looking for a great night at the races for you and your friends without having to leave your sofa? The 2021 Winter Racing Festival at Shelbourne Park is this weekend and you can watch it all live from the comfort of your own home on Racing Post […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Charlene Tyrrell will usually run between 70 and 100km each week, while last month she ran 504km for charity. In January, she aims to hit 310km for another worthy cause. The Leitrim midfielder still has plenty of life left in her legs and despite joining the adult team almost 20 years ago, […]

4 years ago

You can’t keep a good man down! Matthew Twomey is said to be the leading candidate in the race to replace Paudie Murray as Cork senior camogie manager and the word is that, if the Douglas man gets the job, Davy Fitzgerald will be a part of his management ticket as the team’s coach. The […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Anna Kiesenhofer captured the imagination of the sporting world when she cycled to an unprecedented gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. It was a victory for the ages when the Austrian overcame the odds to beat the mighty Dutch and earn her place in the history books, becoming her country’s […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Advice will come in time but new Down manager Ronan McCartan has already learned so much from Meath legend Sean Boylan.     Both were involved in Down’s brilliant run to an All-Ireland U20 semi-final but the Ballymartin native says he hasn’t fully tapped into the greatest resource of all, just yet. “He hasn’t […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small  Sinéad Burke never got to follow in the footsteps of her role model, Niamh Fahey, and lift the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park on TG4 All-Ireland Final day. It was always Burke’s dream to bring the cup back to Killannin, like how current Liverpool Women’s captain Fahey did in 2004, but […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Dublin forward Carla Rowe remains hopeful that Mick Bohan – who she describes as ‘the best manager in the country’ – will stick with the Sky Blues for a sixth campaign.  Dublin’s hopes of five-in-a-row were derailed earlier this month when Meath beat them 1-11 to 0-12 in a gripping TG4 All-Ireland […]

4 years ago

They’ve quickly changed their name to acknowledge De Gea’s save Football Twitter can be a funny old place at times. No professional footballer – regardless of the level they play at and what they’ve achieved in their career – is immune from being the butt of someone’s joke. Take David De Gea, for example. Despite […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  Sarah Dervan became the first Galwegian to lift the O’Duffy Cup twice after the Tribeswomen’s dramatic All-Ireland senior camogie final triumph over Cork but that sort of history was never a motivating force for the colossal full-back.  In a county never short of individual talent, manager Cathal Murray has emphasised unity, […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  Tears of joy flowed from Hannah Looney after John Dermody blew his whistle for the last time at Croke Park last Sunday week.  Cork had just gotten over the line by a point against Kilkenny, as they had done so many times in previous finals but in that moment, this semi-final […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  It has been a busy day for Lucia McNaughton when she finally takes the call. She has already made the return trip to Croke Park for a photo shoot and a quick once before Sunday’s real thing, when she captains Antrim on the day of her 26th birthday, in the All-Ireland Intermediate […]

4 years ago

By Paul Keane Olympic silver medalist Kenneth Egan says Kellie Harrington made the right decision by staying amateur – just like he did. Harrington mulled over turning pro after clinching gold at the Tokyo Olympics but will instead focus on retaining her lightweight title in Paris in 2024. Egan, who won his medal in Beijing […]

4 years ago

‘SIUUU!’ Cristiano Ronaldo has reported for duty at Manchester United, for the first time since 2009, and he is in line to make his second Premier League debut for the club this weekend. The Portuguese star returned to United, in the summer transfer window, after Juventus let him go for €15m [and future bonuses]. Ronaldo […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Meath manager Eamonn Murray saluted the county’s ‘heroes for life’ after his team created a piece of history by lifting the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park. The Royals were crowned TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions for the first time after a phenomenal win over the five-in-a-row chasing Dublin. Emma Duggan’s goal was the difference in the end but […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Meath 1-11 Dublin 0-12 Meath stunned champions Dublin to win their first TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship, with Emma Duggan’s first-half goal the difference between the teams following a pulsating decider at Croke Park. The win makes Meath the first team outside of Dublin and Cork to win the senior ladies football championship […]

4 years ago

By Daragh Small Wicklow 2-17 Antrim 1-9 Meadhbh Deeney scored the crucial second goal to shake off Antrim’s comeback as Wicklow made amends for last year’s final defeat to claim the West County Hotel Cup with victory in the TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Final. Mark Murnaghan’s side lost the 2020 decider to Fermanagh at Parnell […]

4 years ago

By Cliona Foley On the track he’s all business but, by his own admission, Michael McKillop is still a big kid He might be 31 now but he’s still lolloping around like a big playful puppy, insisting, with a grin, that “I have zero talent except running, that’s the genuine truth. Absolutely nothin! “My wife’ll […]

4 years ago

Cork 0-15 Kilkenny 1-11  Paudie Murray explained the decision to leave out skipper Linda Collins as a requirement for impetus from his bench and that call proved a masterstroke, as the Courcey Rovers forward was a danger for all 14 minutes of her involvement, concluding with a dramatic winner as the clock just wound into the […]

5 years ago

CORK 0-15 KILKENNY 1-11 Captain Linda Collins shook off the disappointment of being left out, writes Daragh Ó Conchúir, by scoring a sensational winning point just seconds from the end to book a place in the All-Ireland senior camogie final. Not for the first time this year, champions Kilkenny mixed the good with the bad […]

5 years ago

GALWAY 1-13 TIPPERARY 0-12 Galway had to withstand a heroic effort by Tipperary but a fortuitous goal, writes Daragh Ó Conchúir, finally gave them the breathing space to advance to the All-Ireland senior camogie final on September 12. They will be sweating on the availability of excellent corner-back Dervla Higgins, who was sent off by referee Ray […]

5 years ago

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5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir at Páirc Uí Chaoimh It wasn’t always pretty but the ever-improving Tipperary furnished their growing reputation with the professionalism of their second-half showing against a valiant Waterford, proving full value for their 0-17 to 0-11 triumph in the All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-final.  It is the fourth year in a row that […]

5 years ago

It’s a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final pairings with Kilkenny to take on Cork while Galway face Tipperary. Last year, Kilkenny and Galway advanced to set up a second successive final but the Munster duo will surely have other ideas next Sunday, when the All-Ireland semi-finals go to Croke Park for a double header. […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir  Despite the setbacks, the All-Ireland final defeats and in particular, the significant injuries, there has never been cause for Kellyann Doyle to regret the path she took when meeting the fork in the road.  The tears she was captured shedding at the final whistle of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat of […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir   You might not know the singer but you will more than likely recognise the song. What a Difference a Day Makes was popularised by Dinah Washington in 1959, having been written initially in Spanish by Maria Grever a quarter of a century earlier.  “24 hours, brought the sun and the flowers where there […]

5 years ago

By John Fallon Meath 2-12  Cork 2-10  Meath manager Eamonn Murray said it was the proudest day of his life after witnessing the character shown by his charges to stage an astonishing comeback and qualify for their first ever TG4 All-Ireland SFC final.  Cork looked set for their sixth All-Ireland final showdown with Dublin in […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Small For Aoibheann Leahy, game day used to be the most difficult, but she has learned to focus on the opposition in front of her and compartmentalise the pain and anguish that lingers. Two years ago, it was a weekend where she should have been playing for Meath in a Leinster Intermediate Final […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Small With the use of team buses discouraged during Covid-19, Derbhla Doyle is one of the lucky ones as she and her sister, Loren, get to travel to and from club and county training together. The duo play club camogie for Oylegate/Glenbrien and Ladies football for Crossabeg-Ballymurn but they only wear the Wexford […]

5 years ago

Liveline Tom says Paul Galvin may be a ‘Dunnes Stores ambassador’ but he’s no fashion-icon. Not in his eyes anyway. Not in a month of Sundays would this writer listen to Liveline but when the topic, as raised by Tom Corr from Dublin, was the “ugly tattoos” on “three of the Kerry footballers,” it’s safe […]

5 years ago

By Aisling Clery Dublin 2-12 Donegal 2-7 Two goals from Carla Rowe paved the way for champions Dublin into the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-final after Donegal threatened to dethrone the champions in Carrick-on-Shannon. An early goal from Geraldine McLaughlin and a second from Katy Herron just before half time was just what Maxi Curran’s […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Tipperary did not come out of the hat for another semi-final appearance but Mary Ryan and Bill Mullaney are focusing on the countless positives of winning all three group games, with Waterford standing in their way of a return to the last four in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The other […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Small It’s been a tough summer on a liquid diet after breaking her jaw against Dublin but Mayo’s Maria Reilly is hopeful of getting her teeth into some championship action.   She has returned to contact training and is hoping to be available for Monday’s TG4 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against neighbours and arch rivals […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir   “If the glass is half-empty, fill it up” – Ronan O’Gara  The clock ticked into the seventh minute of injury time as Chloe Foxe addressed the penalty, with Wexford trailing by a point to Limerick in their first-round All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship tie in Newcastle West.  The hosts had been hot […]

5 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir   Bill Mullaney described the performance of his Tipperary team as “awesome at times” but both he and player of the match Grace O’Brien noted areas where improvement was required, not least a lack of economy that gave Limerick some hope for a brief period in the second half before the home […]

5 years ago