GALWAY’S JOE CANNING is in the hunt to retain his Hurler of the Year award after being nominated for the 2018 accolade along with team-mate Padraic Mannion and Limerick’s Cian Lynch. Canning would become the first player to win the honour for two successive years if he is voted the victor. It is his third Read more about Galway pair and Limerick midfielder nominated in battle for 2018 Hurler of the Year[…]

THE ALL-IRELAND final man-of-the-match winner from Limerick and a pair of rising Cork stars have all been shortlisted for the Young Hurler of the Year accolade as part of the 2018 GAA-GPA PWC All-Star awards. Limerick’s Kyle Hayes, Cork’s Mark Coleman and his Rebel team-mate Darragh Fitzgibbon are the trio in contention after the nominations Read more about Cork duo and Limerick forward to contest Young Hurler of the Year award[…]

MAYO LADIES FOOTBALL manager Peter Leahy has refuted Cora Staunton’s claims that the Mayo set-up is an unsafe environment to be in, calling her accusations “close to slanderous.” Staunton was one of 12 players to left the Mayo panel earlier this summer. Initially, they cited “player welfare issues” as the reason for their departure. The Read more about Mayo boss Leahy defends his set-up and calls Staunton’s ‘unsafe’ claims ‘close to slanderous’[…]

CONOR NASH HAS retained his place in the Hawthorn team to face Melbourne in tomorrow’s AFL finals series semi-final. Nash has featured in just four games this campaign, but he’s been an ever-present since making his debut in the regular season against Geelong on 11 August. Click Here: New Zealand Kiwis rugby store The Meath native Read more about 4 games into his AFL career, Meath’s Nash named to start in do-or-die clash against Melbourne[…]

BOTH TIPPERARY AND Waterford are likely to have new senior hurling managers in place by early next week as their focus turns to 2019. The Premier and Deise are the only Liam MacCarthy Cup counties with vacant hot-seats but county board meetings next week should confirm their respective appointments.  Waterford were beaten in the 2017 All-Ireland Read more about Tipperary and Waterford set to confirm new hurling bosses next week[…]

MOTHERHOOD. WORK. COLLEGE. Club. County. In no particular order of significance, but each as important as the next. Dublin’s Amy Connolly isn’t afraid of hard work, nor does her world solely revolve around football anymore. Connolly in action for Dublin. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The arrival of son Ciabhan four years ago could have marked the Read more about ‘I thought football was going to be there forever…then I found out I was pregnant’[…]

WESTMEATH GAA HAS this evening announced the appointment of Jack Cooney and Joe Quaid as the county’s senior football and hurling managers respectively. Jack Cooney (centre) was previously part of the Donegal coaching staff. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Cooney becomes the first native of the county to take charge since 1992 and having emerged as the Read more about Westmeath announce appointment of new football and hurling managers[…]

LAST NOVEMBER, LOUTH ladies football manager Mícheál McKeown set a goal for his team: to play in the TG4 All-Ireland junior final in Croke Park. On Sunday, they’ll do just that as they take on Limerick with the West County Hotel Cup and promotion to the intermediate grade on the line.  But the very man Read more about ‘Micheál’s wife asked would I continue on his legacy. That’s what I’ve tried to do’[…]

DUBLIN AND CORK have named unchanged sides for their TG4 All-Ireland final clash this Sunday at Croke Park in what will be a repeat of the 2016 decider [throw-in, 4pm]. Manager Mick Bohan has elected to stick with the same team that started their All-Ireland semi-final victory over Galway last month as reigning champions Dublin Read more about We go again! Dublin and Cork unveil sides for All-Ireland final as 2016 rematch beckons[…]

“THAT LOSS LAST year probably stood to us this year more than anything,” Cork goalkeeper Martina O’Brien concedes as she reflects on her side’s absence from the 2017 All-Ireland final. Martina O’Brien. Mayo had ended their quest for seven in-a-row, a 12th title in 13 years at the semi-final stage and went on to face Read more about 2017 All-Ireland final absence stood to Cork in the long run – number one O’Brien[…]