SHORTLY AFTER MICHEÁL Donoghue finished his duties at Galway’s All-Ireland hurling final media day, minor boss Jeffrey Lynskey took his place in front of the firing squad. Lynskey is preparing for his third All-Ireland final with the minors, having delivered titles on both of their last trips to the decider in 2015 and 2017. Before Read more about ‘You’d have letters, you’d get text messages, you’d get irate parents on the phone’[…]

GALWAY BOSS MICHEÁL Donoghue has added his name to the growing list of inter-county managers who’ve admitted to receiving anonymous letters of abuse to their homes. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Following his resignation as Kerry manager on Saturday night, Eamonn Fitzmaurice revealed he had “a box full of anonymous letters” at home from disgruntled supporters. At Limerick’s Read more about ‘You can recognise some of the handwriting’: Donoghue admits he gets ‘regular’ letters[…]

TIPPERARY U21 BOSS Liam Cahill admits it is ‘a great honour’ to be associated with the vacant senior manager position on the county but he is placing his focus on their upcoming Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling final against Cork. Last night in the Gaelic Grounds, Tipperary sprung a surprise in their semi-final against Read more about ‘It’s a great honour to be associated’ – Tipp senior boss contender focused on All-Ireland U21 final against Cork[…]

WHO RUN THE world? Phil Healy, Samantha Lambert and Nicci Daly all feature. There’s a new five-part mini-series coming to RTÉ Player soon and it looks really interesting. ‘We Run The World’ documents the journey of five female Irish athletes in their chosen sports and there’s something for athletics, hockey, Gaelic football, camogie and cycling Read more about We Run The World! RTÉ announce new series following five female sports stars[…]

FOUR TEAMS ARE left in the race for All-Ireland football glory. Beggan, Donnelly, Fenton, Walsh and Clifford have been some of the star performers in this year’s championship. Source: INPHO Provincial champions Dublin and Galway, along with Ulster duo Tyrone and Monaghan – who have both travelled the backdoor route – are all still in Read more about And the 2018 August All-Star football awards go to…[…]

OWEN MULLIGAN HAS praised the efforts of Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan for how he responded to a mix-up over a short kick-out which led to a goal against Donegal in last weekend’s Super 8s clash. Morgan was trying to link-up with defender Padraig Hampsey near the end of the first half when Donegal’s Ryan McHugh Read more about ‘I’ve slated Morgan in the past, but what he did in the second half took some balls. You have to give him credit’[…]

MANCHESTER UNITED LEGEND Gary Neville has described the controversy surrounding the Liam Miller tribute match as “an absolute nonsense”. The GAA initially rejected calls for the game to be played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh — a venue traditionally reserved for the association’s matches only – before belatedly agreeing to the star-studded soccer fixture being held there. Read more about Gary Neville hits out at the GAA’s handling of Liam Miller tribute match venue[…]

IT WAS A moment that shifted the course of the hurling season for two counties and for one player it had a more profound impact. It’s just under two months since that 18-second passage of play in Semple Stadium which saw Tipperary hit the post through Jake Morris, lose their grip on the game and Read more about ‘I just remember thinking that was an awful crunch, there had to be something wrong’[…]

TYRONE MANAGER MICKEY Harte has made one change to his starting 15 as they prepare for their All-Ireland semi-final showdown against Monaghan on Sunday. The Red Hand travel to Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm, live on RTÉ / Sky Sports) off the back of a huge 2-17 to 1-13 win over Donegal in Ballybofey last weekend. Read more about One change as Tyrone name side for All-Ireland semi showdown against Monaghan[…]

CORK’S ALL-IRELAND SENIOR football championship semi-final has been switched to 25 August, alleviating a nightmare fixture clash for dual players. Cork dual players Libby Coppinger and Hannah Looney. Their last four clash against Donegal and the camogie side’s All-Ireland semi-final date with Tipperary were both penciled in for 18 August leaving Libby Coppinger and Hannah Read more about All-Ireland semi switch-up means nightmare clash avoided for Cork dual stars[…]