Ladies football final set for a showdown between the game’s two in-form forwards
Dublin and Kerry have both named unchanged starting teams for Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Final – the 50th in LGFA history. Kerry will continue to monitor the fitness of Hannah O’Donoghue until throw-in, after she went off injured in the semi-final victory over Mayo. The Finalists have met twice already this year in competitive […]
2 years ago
“Words just weren’t coming as easy to me” – McGrath explains terrifying symptoms of stroke she sufferred
By Daire Walsh In the two years since Siobhan McGrath last donned the sky blue jersey, the personnel of the Dublin senior ladies football team has changed dramatically. From the team that started their TG4 All-Ireland SFC decider defeat to Meath at Croke Park on September 5, 2021, only seven were in the first 15 […]
2 years ago
“For now we just have to live with it” – Meath ladies remaining positive despite tough league
By Daragh Small Kerry joint-manager Declan Quill says his team have a target on their backs after they booked their place in the Lidl NFL Division 1 Final thanks to another fantastic win on Saturday. Kerry had fallen to a heartbreaking defeat against Meath in last year’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior decider but gained revenge in […]
3 years ago
After 18 years, one of the game’s greatest stalwarts calls it a day
By Daire Walsh When Dublin senior ladies football manager Mick Bohan sits down to finalise his squad for the 2023 season, one notable name will be missing from his list. Almost two decades on from making her senior debut as a precocious 14-year-old in July 2004, as a substitute in a Leinster semi-final win over […]
3 years ago
Darran O’Sullivan on the role of the impact sub after Danielle O’Leary’s super sub performance for Kerry
“Sometimes you can’t beat a bit of youthful exuberance.” Kerry beat Armagh in the Lidl National Football League Division 2 thanks to a super sub performance by Danielle O’Leary. The Kingdom were down by four points when the young prospect burst into life, scoring 1-2 to seal a historic victory for the Munster side. Much […]
4 years ago
Female GAA players to be paid same as males for promotional work
“We hope that our influence within the sporting industry can further bolster the movement towards equality for female athletes.” Female inter-county Gaelic games players will now be paid the same for promotional work as males. A pledge agreed between two of the country’s leading sport and sponsorship agencies and the Gaelic Players Association, has been […]
4 years ago