In recent times, the chase for the extra one percent has become the name of the game. There is a very reasonable argument that we’re disregarding and undervaluing the other 99% in its pursuit, but it’s so widespread these days that it’s at least worth discussing. Indeed, the involvement of every different type of coach […]

7 years ago

And didn’t it work out well for Brian Howard. He passed up the chance to go on Dublin’s team holiday at the start of 2018 because he had an impression to make. They questioned his decision, they told him that the Dublin forward line was already a done deal and they wondered whether he was […]

7 years ago

The weather couldn’t really have been any worse for GAA. Not only wet, but freezing cold too and it was the camógs in Croke Park who beared the brunt of it. Hail, rain, sleet and snow – you name it, it poured down at some stage in Drumcondra. There was an iconic image of the […]

7 years ago

Maurice Fitz, Dublin, 2001, down by the sideline. One of those ‘where were you’ GAA moments. The St Mary’s Cahersiveen man will forever be remembered for the swerving missile that followed and any time his name is breathed these days from Kerry to Dublin and everywhere in between, the minds and imaginations of Gaels will […]

7 years ago

Three games fell by the wayside but we still had plenty to shout about. Offaly 4-8 Carlow 1-10 Some thought Offaly mightn’t bother. They were in a relegation play-off regardless and the big one for them was always going to be next weekend. But that’s not the way Offaly think – in fairness, it’s not […]

7 years ago

Absolutely typical. After a week of glorious weather conditions that had most of us in t-shirts at lunch-time, soon as the weekend arrives and the throw-ins near, it all goes to pot. It has barely stopped raining from anywhere between Derry and Cork on this March Sunday morning and some pitches around the country just […]

7 years ago