“Reality is a social construct reinforced over time.” The reality is, the bar is set higher for women in sport than it is for men. The female sportspeople of Ireland have found that they generally have to do something on a global level to get national attention. They have to produce something far bigger than […]

6 years ago

It’s the same old story for Manchester United. The Old Trafford faithful are growing increasingly frustrated as they see Chelsea splashing the cash in order to compete with Liverpool and Manchester City, whilst their own club seem to be sleep-walking through their most vital summer transfer window in many a year. One would have thought […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Almost five years on from winning a tenth TG4 All-Ireland Senior medal with Cork, Valerie Mulcahy has found a hunger to play football again.  As one of the most decorated Ladies footballers of all time, the Rockbán native thought she had clocked out of the game for the final time before the […]

6 years ago

Eight games in three months. Six Nations League matches and Stephen Kenny wants two qualifier clashes too with a view to helping Ireland qualify for next summer’s Euro 2020 tournament. The new manager hasn’t taken a training session yet but there’s already a buzz in the air and his squad announcement on Monday has made […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney A season of positives ended with a winter of regret for Megan Glynn and the Galway ladies footballers, but after learning so much from the group’s first TG4 All-Ireland final appearance she feels there is much more to come. Glynn (23) will return to a fourth year studying medicine at Trinity College […]

6 years ago

Next time it will be a “red card” Celtic and Aberdeen’s fixtures this week have been postponed after players from both clubs broke Scotland Covid-19 lockdown rules. Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said fans should “not expect to see Aberdeen or Celtic play this week” in a statement that warned of more severe punishments should […]

6 years ago

This could transform how you work out. You probably aren’t blessed with an infinite amount of time to train. So it’s essential you pick the gym exercises that get results while minimising the risk of injury. We have already asked the CrossFit athlete Zack George to outline the most overrated exercises of all time. This […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney It’s been five years since Diane O’Hora took charge of an inter-county team, but don’t be too surprised if she returns to that level of the game in the not too distant future. The four-time All-Ireland winner with Mayo showed her pedigree as a coach and manager at the start of the […]

6 years ago

Update: This competition is now closed. You must be nearly ready for a break? 2020 has been a slog, we’re all due a well-deserved getaway at this stage. Your compadres in SportsJOE are here for you and with thanks to Select Hotels, we have a break to give away at the wonderful Trident Hotel in […]

6 years ago

Aston Villa don’t count. They’ve dropped down once, got back up last season and survived since. Only the clubs who have gone up and down matter in this one and, in the history of the Premier League since 1992/93, 25 teams have yo-yo’d and dropped out of the English top flight at least twice. 49 […]

6 years ago

Well, what about Irwin? Or Evra? Anyone else? Everton fans are a proud breed. And the proudest of them all, Leighton Baines, has called it a day as he leaves behind memories of goals and assists to warm the cold Merseyside winters for years to come. Baines was a top player. But the best? On […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney In the next six days, Cork senior star Áine Terry O’Sullivan will play three club championship football games for two different teams. A native of Allihies on the west coast, O’Sullivan played her early football with Garnish GAA club, before graduating to tog out with Beara as an adult player. Their relegation […]

6 years ago

Hint: This guy is one of them

6 years ago

It’s kit season, baby! I was going to say it’s that time of year when all the new kits for next season start coming out. Then I realised it’s not, they’ve normally all been announced by now. The past few months have completely thrown my mental calendar and I often forget what month it is. […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by  1992 is a long time ago now. Thanks to Sky and BT, the Premier League is the holy grail for a lot of football clubs, so much so that a lot of them risk their futures trying to make it to that promised land. They’re told it’s the place that will […]

6 years ago

A lovely touch for a tremendous cause. Jack Chalrton will forever be synonymous with the greatest times in Irish football and in order to honour the great man, three men in Donal Fallon, Paul Guinan and Daniel Lambert have come together for a powerful fundraiser. They have designed the below t-shirt with the caption ‘Thanks […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Earlier this week Monaghan Ladies footballer Therese Scott’s baby girl turned one, and after this week’s return to club action too, there was plenty to celebrate. Playing under her maiden name Therese McNally won an All Star award in 2011 as the Ulster side experienced a run of ten provincial titles in […]

6 years ago

By Jackie Cahill Champions Dublin have been pitted with Waterford and Donegal in the round-robin phase of the revised 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship. The draws were conducted in Portlaoise this evening (Tuesday), with the four-in-a-row chasing Sky Blues handed a spot in Group 3 of the pool stages. Galway, the 2019 […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney You might think that Síofra Ní Chonaill deserved her break when the Covid-19 crisis struck Ireland in March, but she’s not one for twiddling her thumbs. This time last year she was in the middle of Minor and Senior club campaigns as a Ladies footballer and camogie player with St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by  Some illustrious careers in here… If the title didn’t give the game away, or you don’t know the drill by now, the premise of this quiz is simple. We provide you with a screenshot of the Wikipedia page of a well-known Premier League legend and offer up multiple choice options as […]

6 years ago

Playing a game of chess is similar to the game played by corner backs. A life of risks, moves and careful consideration, they’re also united by the fact that it’s the last game the majority of people would want to play. In Brian Corcoran’s GAA Hour tribute show on Thursday, the legendary Cork player was […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by  Legends as far as the eye can see… Now that the Premier League is back, we can return to discussing some of the players that have lit up this season and will continue to entertain us until it concludes at the end of next month. Your Virgil Van Dijks, Jamie Vardys, […]

6 years ago

17 players in 15 minutes… simple

6 years ago

You’d want to be getting at least 15/22 in this

6 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Colin Keane and Ger Lyons rounded off a weekend they will never forget when landing both Listed prizes at Leopardstown today. The Glenburnie operation registered a maiden Classic success in thrilling style courtesy of Siskin in Friday night’s Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh and were at it again courtesy […]

6 years ago

10 months ago, but if feels like a ruddy life-time! The 2019/20 Premier League season resumes on June 17 and we can all have our footballing fix again. To get your footballing brain whirring again, we want you to cast you mind back to the 2019 summer transfer window. You have to answer where these […]

6 years ago

“If that’s losing, I say let’s continue losing!” The unstoppable force meets the immovable object. Eddie O’Sullivan and Ewan MacKenna go head to head in the ring over one of the most divisive topics in this country’s being; the Irish rugby team and the argument of whether or not they’re celebrity losers. SportsJOE’s Great Debate […]

6 years ago

Cathal Dennehy Of all the ways his story could gave gone, this one existed on the outer edges of realism. From a childhood in a “crack den”, hopping from foster home to foster home, to becoming one of the fastest 200-metre sprinters in the world, living and training with an all-time athletics great. Leon Reid […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney In a perfect world Tipperary Ladies footballer Aishling Moloney would have been tapering her training ahead of a TG4 Munster Senior Championship semi-final against record winners Cork this weekend. But instead of plotting the downfall of her neighbours to the south she has become enthralled by people bettering lives in her community. […]

6 years ago

Why did Ronaldo leave Barcelona after one brilliant season? Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima arrived in Europe from Brazil in 1994, joining Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven from Cruzeiro. He scored almost a goal a game at PSV, and was awarded the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year award at 20 years old, becoming the youngest player to […]

6 years ago

By Jackie Cahill Dublin star Sinead Goldrick is longing for the day when she and her club and county team-mates can get back out on the pitch again. But for now, the triple TG4 All-Ireland Senior champion and seven-time All Star is taking some time out to reflect on how privileged she has been to […]

6 years ago

By Cathal Dennehy  When she heard the news, Nadia Power refused to believe it. The Dubliner had been walking on air, beaming with pride as she left the track in Gavle, Sweden last July, having won the first major international medal of her career.   A bronze over 800m at the European U-23 Athletics Championships, something she’d worked towards for years – something which was about to be snatched from her grasp.   Power had already done a delighted […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney “In 2016, I played outfield and got a taste for it.” Michelle Guckian was not the only GAA goalkeeper to have a look at what was unfolding in front of her and fancy her chances in the outfield. Four years ago, she took the plunge and Leitrim found themselves a scoring star. […]

6 years ago

By Cathal Dennehy When an Olympic finalist is struggling for motivation, it’s safe to say there are few corners into which the pendulum of the pandemic has not yet swung. But Thomas Barr won’t pretend. He’s never been one to dabble in sports psychology or recite the whole self-help shtick. Put simply, there are mornings […]

6 years ago

If you pick one outside the top 10, the quiz is over!

6 years ago

Some legends of the game in here, and a few under-the-radar gems. Our 2000s GAA quiz features 20 blasts from the past. If you can guess over 14 of them, you’re doing very well. We are taking you back to a decade that spawned the blanket defence and didn’t have a Dublin All-Ireland win in […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Go to see Westmeath Ladies play and you won’t miss Leona Archibold. The team’s playmaker stands out with a flock of blonde hair and her countless tattoos, but it’s her natural skill on the ball that really catches your eye. Back in Sean Finnegan’s squad following a year out due to injury, […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney With 20 All-Ireland medals and ten All Stars between them, it’s hard to find a more successful footballing family that the Lawlors from Ardfert Co. Kerry. Sisters Eileen and Margaret Lawlor both played in Kerry’s nine-in-a-row team from 1982 to 1990, while Margaret won her first in 1976 and as captain Eileen […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Last Monday was huge for Galway star Nicola Ward, as she started running for the first time since injuring her knee last year, while it was also her first day at work in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. The TG4 All-Star winning defender has been out of action since last November’s All-Ireland Senior Club […]

6 years ago

The Premier county lord it. Heartbreak for the Tribesmen. The 2001 All-Ireland hurling final was a class and The GAA Hour pick the bones off that day 19 years ago.

6 years ago

Derry have done it! For the first time in their history, they’re taking Sam Maguire back to the Oakleaf county as Eamonn Coleman’s men saw off Cork in a physical battle. Colm Parkinson and Conán Doherty review Sunday’s final and on the menu: Tony Davis sending off Cahalane punch and Gormley reaction Brolly’s running style […]

6 years ago

Some class players in here, and a few forgotten faces. Following the success of our 1990s footballers quiz, and our 2000s tester, we have devised a 2010s football quiz that should test your wits. 20 footballers to get and anything over 16 is great going. Best of luck!

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Strange times indeed. A childcare worker by profession, Rowe has been cut off from that regular stream of personal contact and care-giving, while her time with the Dublin Senior football panel is now a virtual experience, spent checking in remotely as they try to entertain each other with cooking classes and various […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney It was at the frontline of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic that Carlow footballer and nurse Róisín Byrne celebrated a vital win this week. After a month and a half of staff tending to patients in the main Covid-19 ward at St James’ Hospital in Dublin, the first discharge of a […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Little did they know, but Tyrone Ladies were already fully armed in their battle to cope with home training as the coronavirus called a halt to group sessions. With a squad of more than 30 players all operating out of their back yards, tethered together only by social media, the talents of […]

6 years ago

Football back before Google searches could give you a dig-out. To keep you all going, we have devised a 1990s football quiz that will test your knowledge of a great decade for the sport. There are a few familiar faces in there, and a few that you’ll need all your mental resources to get right. […]

6 years ago

By Daragh Small Life has changed significantly for Niamh McLaughlin during the Covid-19 crisis – with the Dublin-based Donegal star admitting that she’s longing for home and deeply worried about her elderly grandmother. The renowned Santry Sports Clinic in Dublin, where McLaughlin works as a physiotherapist, has come to an agreement with the HSE which […]

6 years ago

By Jackie Cahill In an ideal world, former Armagh All-Ireland winner Marian McGuinness would have been jetting off on the 2020 TG4 All Star tour yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Instead, she’s in self-isolation having received confirmation of a positive test for Covid-19 last Friday. McGuinness, who landed a TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate medal with the Orchard County […]

6 years ago

By DECLAN ROONEY One of the highlights of social distancing has been the various sports stars who have taken to social media to show and share their talents, and from a Ladies Football point of view, Cork’s Orlagh Farmer has excelled. For the last five days, she has posted a daily video for aspiring and […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney Tipperary midfielder Aisling McCarthy says there is a fierce ambition among the county’s ladies footballers to be a force in this year’s TG4 Senior championship. McCarthy (24) only returned on Sunday from a six-month stint in Melbourne where she played with Western Bulldogs and she is currently in a self imposed two-week […]

6 years ago