Extraordinary lengths to play An Olympic hockey star has decided to amputate part of his finger to ensure he can compete at the Paris Games. Matt Dawson, 30, was a silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 games but was a doubt for Paris after breaking the ring finger on his right hand. Doctors then gave […]

1 year ago

“I think a lot of my hockey skills came from the camogie pitch.” Ireland hockey captain Katie Mullan shows that she is just as handy with a hurl as she is with a hockey stick, as her club Eoghan Rua, won the Junior All-Ireland club championship. The Olympian, who had captain her county to a […]

4 years ago

Paul McGrath and Aidan O’Shea lead the celebrations

8 years ago

Ireland are in the World Cup final. Our hockey heroes in London have defied the odds to make their first ever World Cup final. They came through a tight semi-final against Spain which went right down to the wire. They eventually clinched it after sudden death in a penalty shoot-out. A goal in the first […]

8 years ago

What an incredible achievement. Ireland’s women’s team have qualified for the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup in London. The Irish side advanced past India in the quarter-finals. The game finished scoreless after four-quarters and went to a shootout. Ireland won the shootout 3-1. Ireland have reached the semi-finals of the women's Hockey World Cup. […]

8 years ago

Everybody has been raving about the Irish women’s hockey team’s exploits at the World Cup, but did you know they aren’t the only female hockey side representing our nation with distinction? A famous win over India last week guaranteed the Irish women’s hockey side a passage through to the quarter finals of this year’s tournament […]

8 years ago