GAA accounts to buck recession trendGAELIC GAMES: THE GAA will today announce their annual accounts for 2009, which are expected to defy the recession and maintain…Thu Mar 11 2010 - 00:00
Calls to keep Croke Park open to other sportsCONGRESS MOTIONS: FIVE SEPARATE motions have made it to the clár of next month’s GAA Congress calling for Croke Park to be made…Wed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Kenneally ends long wait in some styleATHLETICS: IF THE victory salute didn’t illustrate what winning the National Cross Country meant to Mark Kenneally, the smile…Mon Mar 08 2010 - 00:00
O'Rourke to miss World indoorsATHLETICS NEWS: SHE DIDN’T exactly blame it on the weather, but one has to wonder if Derval O’Rourke wasn’t forced to train …Fri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Brennan back for KilkennyEDDIE BRENNAN has returned to the Kilkenny panel ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League refixture against Tipperary at Thurles…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Galvin's eight-week ban adds to Kerry woesFIRST THEY lost Tadhg Kennelly and Tommy Walsh to the Australian gameWed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
New player welfare services announcedIT WAS an unusual sight, the GAA president Christy Cooney sitting next to Dessie Farrell, chief executive of the Gaelic Players…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Disturbing trends need to be tackled - FitzgeraldWITH THE Limerick hurling crisis still resigned to apparent stalemate, Munster Council chief executive Pat Fitzgerald makes reference…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Men's relay team complete Irish squadATHLETICS: THE INCLUSION of a men’s 400-metre relay team means Ireland will be represented by an impressive squad of 15 athletes…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Power may start against TipperaryGAELIC GAMES: WHILE THE two-week break in the Allianz National Hurling League affords most counties the chance to regroup after…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Heavy suspensions proposed for PortlaoiseThe GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) have proposed some heavy suspensions to Portlaoise arising from incidents…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Another tough test for DublinDUBLIN HURLER David O’Callaghan probably didn’t expect the interrogation that came with his appearance in Croke Park yesterday…Sat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
Fully focused on staking a claim on home frontINTERVIEW KERRY’S BARRY JOHN WALSH : WITH TOMMY Walsh in line for his first competitive start with St Kilda in Saturday’s Australian…Thu Feb 25 2010 - 00:00
Influx of outside 'experts' cause concernCONNACHT COUNCIL secretary John Prenty has expressed his concern over the apparent influx of coaches and trainers from “other…Thu Feb 25 2010 - 00:00
Referees to retain final say over gamesSEMPLE STADIUM CONTROVERSY : THE GAA have no intention of revising their policy of referee pitch inspections despite the late…Thu Feb 25 2010 - 00:00
Caffrey makes case for FennellFORMER DUBLIN football manager Paul Caffrey has said Eamonn Fennell is Ciarán Whelan’s “heir apparent”, and called for a swift…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
O'Carroll relishing some stiff demandsTHE START of another Cadbury Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship has again underlined the demands being placed on the …Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
GAA breach consumer rights lawTHE GAA are in breach of consumer rights law by not issuing patrons with receipts at non-ticketed gamesWed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
The money trail is becoming more transparentATHLETICS : The issuing and distribution of grants - or the carding scheme, as the Sports Council prefers to call it - has always…Sat Feb 20 2010 - 00:00
Egan says he would be lost without grants schemeIRISH SPORTS COUNCIL GRANTS: KENNY EGAN says he wouldn’t know where he’d be without a grant from the Irish Sports Council. This…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Cahillane now putting Portlaoise firstPORTLAOISE FORWARD Paul Cahillane says he learnt a lot from his three years playing soccer with Celtic’s youth side in Glasgow…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
No end to crisis in sight before leagueTHE CHANCES of finding any resolution to the Limerick hurling crisis ahead of this weekend’s Allianz National League appear to…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
GAA not using TV to pursue a 'witch hunt'GAELIC GAMES/TRIAL BY TELEVISION: THE GAA has defended the apparent anomaly of “trial by television” whereby some games in the…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Fitzhenry retirement leaves Wexford with void to fillTHE RETIREMENT of Damien Fitzhenry means Wexford has not only lost their first-choice goalkeeper of 17 seasons but one of the…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Sponsorship deal shows strength of GAA brandTHE ANNOUNCEMENT that SuperValu have stepped in to sponsor the All-Ireland football championship is further evidence of the GAA…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Slip-sliding away in the pursuit of curious sportATHLETICS : AS FAR as I can tell, the only difference between the luge and the skeleton is that in the luge you lie on your …Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh pair likely to get the go aheadWINTER OLYMPICS: THE OLYMPIC Council of Ireland (OCI) is confident the latest challenge to the Irish women’s bobsleigh team’…Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Cooney opens door for Limerick solutionLIMERICK HURLING: CROKE PARK is prepared to intervene in the Limerick hurling crisis provided there is full commitment from …Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Top managers happy to give floodlit matches a goALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE: THREE LEADING managers have given tentative approval to floodlit fixtures in the coming National…Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Sports governing body funds down 7%GIVEN THE ever deepening hole in the State finances few of the 59 governing bodies of sport could be too disappointed with their…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh team get green light2010 WINTER OLYMPICS: IRELAND’S WOMEN’S bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin have been cleared to compete at the Winter…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Galvin likely to escape sanction over gesture towards referee in KillarneyKERRY’S FOOTBALLER of the Year Paul Galvin looks likely to escape sanction arising from an incident with match referee Rory Hickey…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Bobsleigh team gets green lightWinter Olympics: Ireland’s women’s bobsleigh team has been cleared to compete at the Winter Olympics, which gets underway in…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Tweaking of rules not envisaged, say GAAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THERE WON’T be any tweaking of the GAA’s experimental playing rules ahead of Congress in April, where they…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Gillick may be added to team for World IndoorsATHLETICS IRELAND have announced a provisional team of six for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, but the…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Footloose and fancy-free or just barefoot liesATHLETICS: MY ACCOUNTANT called down from Glencullen on Thursday night, totally unannounced, with the look of a man who had …Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Dublin start rebuilding process in KillarneyONLY FIVE survivors from the team that exited the championship last August; two backs now in the forwards; a new full-back line…Fri Feb 05 2010 - 00:00
O'Rourke anxious for good run in BelfastATHLETICS : NOT SINCE her World Championships winning season of four years ago has Derval O’Rourke sounded more excited about…Fri Feb 05 2010 - 00:00
Kernan out to change the Galway mindsetNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: IT WAS a little surreal to see Joe Kernan sitting alongside Kieran McGeeney at the Allianz National…Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
Counihan wary Cork might be caught coldGAELIC GAMES: NO OTHER team in the country could be more anxious than Cork to see the Allianz National Football League get under…Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
Youthful Louth on track to keep titleLEINSTER FOOTBALL Louth 1-16 Kildare 0-14 : WHEN YOU’RE known as The Wee County you gladly take every bit of luck that comes…Mon Feb 01 2010 - 00:00
Every generation needs its heroesATHLETICS : Eamonn Coghlan;s immeasurable inspiration and influence is gradually being lost, another reflection of the decline…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Every generation needs its heroesATHLETICS : Eamonn Coghlan;s immeasurable inspiration and influence is gradually being lost, another reflection of the decline…Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
There is no stopping them nowWINTER OLYMPICS: THE BRAKEWOMAN, as every bobsledder knows, doesn’t dare touch the breaks until the end of the runThu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
There is no stopping them nowWINTER OLYMPICS: THE BRAKEWOMAN, as every bobsledder knows, doesn’t dare touch the breaks until the end of the runThu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
Fennell saga is likely to reach DRAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: DESPITE THE county board’s insistence that he is still eligible to play for Dublin, Eamonn Fennell’s future…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Fennell saga is likely to reach DRAGAELIC GAMES NEWS: DESPITE THE county board’s insistence that he is still eligible to play for Dublin, Eamonn Fennell’s future…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
McCrabbe out to make his name on pitch again2010 HURLING CAMPAIGN: THE GAA’S reassertion that all hurlers must now wear their helmets on match days without fail – even …Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Leinster CCC will deal solely with referee Doyle's reportO'BYRNE CUP REVIEW: THE LEINSTER Council's Competitions Control Committee (CCC) will deal solely with the referee's report when…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
McCrabbe out to make his name on pitch again2010 HURLING CAMPAIGN: THE GAA’S reassertion that all hurlers must now wear their helmets on match days without fail – even …Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
