McNamara focused on the big pictureONE OF the deliberate components of the new National Hurling League format is that it can very quickly bring the pressure on, …Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Sign of the times as gate receipts dropTHE LEINSTER Council have reported a drop in 2008 gate receipts of almost €2 million compared to the previous yearTue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
County board to consider responseCORK STAND-OFF: THE CORK County Board will this evening contemplate the implications of the latest development in the hurling…Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Hearing requested over six-week banGAELIC GAMES/RYAN McMENAMIN SUSPENSION AND LEINSTER COUNCIL REPORT: TYRONE’S ALL Star defender Ryan McMenamin has requested …Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Brown leaps in to Irish team for European Indoors in ItalyATHLETICS NEWS: ZOE BROWN will make a piece of Irish athletics history when she competes in the European Indoor Championships…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Treacy's keen Providence keeps his PC running strongON ATHLETICS: THE DRIVE up I-95 from Providence to Boston takes about an hour provided the traffic is good and usually feels…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Treacy's keen Providence keeps his PC running strongON ATHLETICS: THE DRIVE up I-95 from Providence to Boston takes about an hour provided the traffic is good and usually feels…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Gaynor takes the short notice in his strideINTERPROVINCIAL HURLING: DESPITE THE incentive of playing for a free trip to Abu Dhabi, there have been the usual problems in…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
English enjoying the fearless journeyALL-IRELAND CLUB SF SEMI-FINAL: SATURDAY IS semi-final day in the AIB All-Ireland club football championship and Dromcollogher…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Green light for semi at Croke ParkHEINEKEN CUP: IN CONFIRMING Central Council’s decision to allow Croke Park be used for the rugby’s Heineken Cup semi-final in…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Gillick scorches field in DusseldorfATHLETICS : David Gillick sent out a serious warning sign that he intends defending his European Indoor 400-metres title when…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Gilroy looks to improve on Dublin's first outingTHE TIMES they are a-changin’ all right when Dublin stage a press conference in a fancy hotel to announce the team to play Galway…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Cork players invite club officials to meetingGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: IF THE Cork hurling crisis has so far played out like a Beckett drama it may be about to reach endgame…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Farrell sees no rise in player powerTHE GAELIC Players Association (GPA) has called for improved structures between players and county boards to help avoid the sort…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Cork chaos takes from Semple showpieceNEWS ROUND-UP AND FITZGIBBON CUP: AFTER THE lights, cameras and action in Croke Park, now Thurles gets to mark the GAA’s 125th…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Door is left open for GillickATHLETICS EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAVID GILLICK was a notable absentee from the Ireland team named yesterday for next…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Focus sports to be reduced in numberBEIJING OLYMPIC REVIEW: REDUCING THE number of focus sports and maintaining the high level of funding were among the key recommendations…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Athletics Ireland has core budget withheldATHLETICS IRELAND is to have its core funding for 2009 withheld until the appointment of several key positions are agreed with…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
