Wishing him a speedy recovery. Saturday night’s clash between Maryland and Kilbeggan Shamrocks was abandoned following a serious injury to Maryland’s Cian Rainey. A three-man clash after 44 minutes of the Westmeath IFC game saw the wing back lying face down, before a 12-minute stoppage. In a sensible call, referee Mickey Dan Murtagh decided to […]

6 months ago

This one goes out to the hurling fraternity. Two huge knock-out club hurling games will be shown on RTÉ and TG4 this weekend as hurling takes centre stage. The group stages have been played out in the majority of counties by now which means that, wherever you look, the action is heating up. It’s win-or-bust […]

2 years ago

Very Ulster-heavy

2 years ago

Give it socks brother. Having represented Galway for eight years, Davy Glennon has been there and done that, took the belts and shipped the knocks, but he’s embracing the role of supportive older brother now. Most of the time anyway. The Mullagh man transferred to Westmeath after he was let-go from the Galway panel in […]

2 years ago

Niall Mitchell was Westmeath’s hero as they rose from the dead, roared back to life and, on a miraculous afternoon, staged an incredible comeback win over Wexford. You talk about super-subs – Mitchell’s contribution is why the very term was coined. The Clonkill/Downs forward always rises to the big occasion, whether it’s hurling or football, […]

3 years ago

Dubai was never as good as this… Diarmaid Byrnes made his first start of the year a fortnight ago, against Westmeath, and for all he’s done and won and all the big games he’s played in, it might come as a surprise when he says that he’s rarely felt nerves like it. But Cusack Park […]

3 years ago