O'Rourke can warm hearts in BelfastATHLETICS IRISH INDOOR: GIVEN THE arctic weather conditions currently sweeping the country, there is one sporting event guaranteed…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Dates set for Rules seriesTHE GAA have confirmed that both International Rules Tests with Australia later this year will take place on a Saturday evening…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
GAA decide to sidestep Cork rowGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: THE LAST remaining prospect of an early solution to the Cork hurling crisis died last night when…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Rivals striving to reach Kilkenny's standardGAELIC GAMES NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE LAUNCH: IT MUST be the experience of his day job that gives John McIntyre the sense of …Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Bolt cleared for Ireland visitsATHLETICS NEWS: THE PROSPECT of Usain Bolt doing some strides and general limbering up at the University of Limerick track has…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Revolt in Offaly as players opt out of panelGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: OFFALY ARE the latest county to be facing a player revolt as members of the senior football panel…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Spotlight turns on Cork teamWITH THE chances of a successful intervention in the Cork hurling crisis now running somewhere between slim and zero the spotlight…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Dublin double header mootedTHERE IS still the chance Dublin will enjoy another outing in Croke Park before the end of the National Leagues – this time as…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
It's not called the Athletic association for nothingATHLETICS : Without athletics as one of its root causes, the GAA wouldn’t exist as we know it, nor probably would any Gaelic…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Yellow card rules may not be sold in one lotCONGRESS WILL get to choose whether to incorporate some or all of the new yellow-card offences into the rule bookThu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Hector starts the celebrations Saturday's scheduleCROKE PARK has confirmed the programme schedule for Saturday evening's National Football League opener between Dublin and Tyrone…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Croke Park to mediate in Cork crisisTHE PROSPECT of the longrunning Cork hurling crisis reaching some sort of endgame has finally improved with the decision of the…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Gilroy's selection one for the futureNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE : THE FUTURE of Dublin football begins here: Alan Hubbard at corner back, Denis Bastick at full back…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
O'Connor glad to be blooding new talentJACK O’CONNOR eases his way back into football management on Sunday with Kerry’s National Football League opener against Donegal…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Cautious welcome for yellow-card rule as litmus test loomsGAELIC GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE: LIKE ANY other year the start of the National Football League brings fresh ambitions and fresh…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Taylor takes top award againWOMEN IN SPORT: IT TAKES a special performance by a special athlete to earn the title “Sportswoman of the Year”; it takes an…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
When the going gets tough, athletes get goingATHLETICS: IN THESE times of great economic crisis, there’s always The New YorkerSat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Interprovincial hurling final to be held in Abu DhabiTHE ALMOST terminal decline of the interprovincial competitions may be at least temporarily stalled with the decision to stage…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
GAA won't offer grants bail-outGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THE GAA won’t be stepping in to the breach should the Government reduce or indeed remove their player grant…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
McCarthy rules out any more talksIN A perhaps pivotal development in the Cork senior hurling crisis, county manager Gerald McCarthy last night cut off any further…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
McCarthy rules out any more talksIGAA: N A perhaps pivotal development in the Cork senior hurling crisis, county manager Gerald McCarthy last night cut off any…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
O'Sullivan, McCarthy reach dual agreementLIMERICK SENIOR football manager Mickey Ned O’Sullivan has revealed that he has come to an agreement with hurling counterpart…Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Criticism of card rules in hurling dismissedFRESH CRITICISM of the GAA’s yellow card rules regarding their application to hurling has been categorically dismissed by Liam…Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Corcoran, Ormond call timeWHEN YOU lose one hurling match all year, and that was the All-Ireland semi-final, the natural inclination is to press on in …Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
New move in Cork stand-offTHERE IS fresh expectation that the striking Cork hurlers will meet the county executive before the end of the week in the latest…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Early evidence suggests new rules cut foulsGAELIC GAMES: IT’S EARLY days but there are signs the new yellow-card rule in football and hurling is serving its purposeTue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
GAA to focus on stadium fundingGAELIC GAMES: THE GAA will be exploring additional uses for Croke Park following confirmation that neither the IRFU nor the …Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Kildare profit from late first-half flurry against windKildare 1-10 Meath 1-8: USUALLY THE O'Byrne Cup is a mostly futile exercise in trying to find a few tell-tale signs for the …Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Battle to break records becoming a finite businessATHLETICS: Although 13 world records were set during 2008, one French study suggests the days of this happening are now numbered…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
So near and yet so far as Cullen puts up a superb effortEUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: COME THE end of yesterday's European Cross Country Championships in Brussels the Irish…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
A lifetime dedicated to nurturing young talentATHLETICS: A record to be proud of - Eddie McDonagh's coaching role in almost 300 national champions during a 30-year reignSat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Fagan looking to get among medalsATHLETICS: IRISH ATHLETICS could sure use an injection of optimism at the moment and Sunday's European Cross Country championships…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Kerry stand by their menAFTER A fairly tumultuous year for Kerry football on and off the field, it was inevitable that next Monday's annual convention…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Budget cutbacks will have serious impact on everyday GAA runningCONVENTION NEWS: AS THE GAA county convention season continues to highlight the increasing costs associated with preparing intercounty…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Young Canning is going to be a busy manGAELIC GAMES NEWS: GIVEN HIS practically unending commitments over the past year, the last thing Joe Canning must have fancied…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Tyrone highlight injuries billALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL champions Tyrone are the latest county to experience increased costs in the business of preparing and supporting…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Grants start to flow, but can the scheme survive?SOME 1,800 senior intercounty players will this week finally benefit from their share of the much-debated €3Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Some things never change in Irish athleticsMy accountant called from Hawaii on Thursday night and more or less demanded that I write something about the crisis in Athletics…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
A key component talking right lingoTALK TO some GAA coaches and you'll do well to get the time of dayFri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Rhode aim to make experience countGAELIC GAMES LEINSTER CLUB FOOTBALL FINAL : TOM COFFEY has been a wanted man all this weekThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Crossmaglen's McEntee wins appeal against red cardGAELIC GAMES NEWS : CROSSMAGLEN'S JOHN McEntee has won his appeal against the straight red card he received in last Sunday's…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
RTÉ can invoke legislation to protect coverageOLYMPIC GAMES TELEVISION RIGHTS: RTÉ MIGHT be forced to invoke legislation which makes selected sporting events available …Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Wada taking close look at Viagra's benefitsATHLETICS: OF ALL the naively thought out and innocently-motivated and foolishly-experimental mistakes of my short and completely…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
McCarthy casts net wide for squadGERALD McCARTHY has avoided stirring any further controversy into the Cork hurling crisis by naming a full development squad …Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Walsh and Moran to miss AFL club trialGAELIC GAMES: A SIMPLE twist of fate has helped Kerry safeguard the future of two of their most exciting football talents - …Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Solicitor 'optimistic' player will be clearedO'MAHONY DOPING CASE: AIDAN O'MAHONY'S Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for salbutamol was "fully up to date" and "all in order…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Athletic god still leading from frontINTERVIEW/SEBASTIAN COE: WHILE WAITING for Sebastian Coe in the lobby of the swanky new Sports Surgery Clinic in Santry someone…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Brennan admits it's hard to stop AFL exodusNEWS: THE GAA will continue to explore new ways of limiting the exodus of young Gaelic footballers to the Australian Football…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
GPA honour two players who went extra mileONE OF them has come through a recent cancer scare, having previously endured two heart operations, and a freak domestic accident…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
