Neary's team ready to follow Master's planIt is one of the unchanging rituals of Jim Neary's profession. On the day before the holidays, the children get giddySat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Special congress is unlikelySenior GAA figures say it is unlikely the association would call a special congress to vote again on opening up Croke Park to…Thu Apr 12 2001 - 01:00
IRFU due to hold talks with TaoiseachAs the GAA yesterday insisted its negotiations with Government representatives regarding Croke Park were at no time connected…Wed Apr 11 2001 - 01:00
Cork fine-tune engine then bask in its reassuring roarA soothing passage for Cork on a misty day by the Lee as Waterford were, for the second consecutive Sunday, culled by one of …Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Aintree everything Augusta ain'tAny doubts that may have lingered about the Aintree Grand National being a gloriously parochial affair were dispersed by BBC'…Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Worth opening gates for windfallA combination of financial pragmatism and an underlying degree of goodwill inform the motions for an end to the GAA's Rule 42…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
`There are many layers to this'"It is such a complex issue," says Jarlath Burns, the former Armagh captain and now chairman of the GAA Players' Committee.Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Joy of travel is in the getting thereThe Republic of Ireland team may have finished Wednesday evening as the standard bearers for Group Nine of the World Cup qualifying…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Tipperary forwards cut teeth on WaterfordAfter a month in the darkness, the hurlers of Tipperary and Waterford stretched their limbs in Nenagh yesterday and it was the…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Higgins falls to Ebdon's finesseReigning Irish Masters champion John Higgins was coolly dismissed by the lethally-sharp Peter Ebdon in the first of yesterday…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
No beauty in eyes of beholdersAs a nation, we seem destined to only half master the globally celebrated "beautiful game"Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Battle recommencesThe GAA takes its first tentative steps towards a full resumption of fixtures with Sigerson Cup action in Clones today and the…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Sherlock banDublin forward Jason Sherlock has been given a 12week suspension by the Games Administration CommitteeFri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Counties anticipate joys of return - except LondonConfirmation that the GAC has drafted a provisional fixture list which will see the hurling and football leagues resume in April…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Door stays open for ConnollyMick McCarthy will announce his squad today for the Republic's coming series of the World Cup qualifying games against Cyprus…Tue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
O'Driscoll keeps hand in, legallyOnly in these strange days of foot-and-mouth could Brian O'Driscoll find himself sitting around a college campus discussing the…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
The fatal attraction of Formula OneThe element of danger is central to the increasingly obscure appeal of Formula OneMon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Injury-time to be public knowledgeStand-by linesmen will be used to indicate how much injury-time is to be played in all senior championship matches this summer…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Fitzgerald may not play for Kerry againThere are strengthening rumours that Kerry's Maurice Fitzgerald, the most gifted and revered Gaelic football player of his generation…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Donnellan directs subtle Galway playThis was a match that seemed out of time in these nothing days of FebruaryMon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
Primed to go one step furtherOn St Patrick's Day last year, the footballers of Crossmolina discovered there were few things worse than falling just shortThu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
When darts missed the bullseyePerhaps, in this time of narcissism, material obsession and continued fascination with our precious "boom", we might do well …Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Old reliables still pull strings up northWere we looking at title contenders in Omagh yesterday? It was hard to figureMon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Mannion return a boon for GalwayGalway's 1998 All Star defender Tomas Mannion took part in county training on Tuesday night after reconsidering his decision …Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Hook has O'Driscoll wrigglingRTE opened their Six Nations season on a decidedly temperate note, revisiting the gallows days of Ireland's recent past.Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Pitch puts paid to artistryAt 2 p.m. a crowd of around 500 stood and faced the loudspeaker for a crackling, recorded version of Amhrain na bhFiannMon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
Quiet flanker who's always looking forwardFirst time round was kind of a false startThu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Some money answers questionedFilthy lucre informed much of the debate on Irish television this weekMon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Kildare boss weighs in behind GPAKildare manager Mick O'Dwyer has called upon the GAA executives to accept the validity of the Gaelic Players' Association (GPA…Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Money talks, passion chantsThe last time Liverpool beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, English football was still a manageable entityMon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Remote galaxy of shooting starsThe most affecting sight in The David Beckham Story occurred, most improbably, in Gary Neville's kitchen.Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Sligo win soured by punch-upHorror in the stands! Preaching in the pressbox! And that was just at half-time, when they announced the Ibrox resultMon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00
Gilligan doubt hangs over the 'BridgeSixmilebridge's hopes of upsetting Mount Sion's march towards the Munster club hurling title have been upset by the uncertainty…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Geraghty expected to return for MeathGraham Geraghty is expected to make a return to the Meath team for the final round of Allianz National Football League games …Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
A chill November night of soft words, sweet goals and malnourished streakersA chill November night of soft words, sweet goals and malnourished streakersThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Cork can bank on reliable CashmanAny illusions Tom Cashman may have harboured about stepping up from Cork hurling selector to take on the position of manager …Thu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Draw with England boosts FinnsWith the lush carpeting and the artillery of questions concerning England, this could have been a press conference at Lancaster…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Real mountain for Meehan to climbGalway All Star nominee Declan Meehan will spend the next 10 days hill walking in the Himalayas as part of a charity initiative…Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
Kilkenny and Galway clean upFourteen of the Kilkenny team that captured the All-Ireland hurling title in September have been nominated for the forthcoming…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
O'Mahony decides to stay onGalway football received a heartening morale boost last night when team manager John O'Mahony confirmed that he would be in charge…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
Fitzgerald among Kerry's 13The exclusion of Galway half back Sean Og de Paor and the dismissal of the Offaly team that shook the summer with the early defeat…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Happily hooked on a bright new dayEven the weather is glorious in Thomond Park nowMon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
McCague holds the line on fixturesGAA president Sean McCague remains unrepentant about the Irish team's preparations for the International Rules seriesFri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Carey doubles upIn what may turn out to be a preview to the player of the year awards, Kerry's Seamus Moynihan and Kilkenny's DJ Carey yesterday…Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:00
Out not down as Rangers suffer a blipWhen it finally ended, one of the Crossmaglen boys, slumped on the dressingroom bench, looked up at Joe Kernan and said: "I thought…Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
GAA dismisses `crowd chaos' claimThe GAA has emphatically denied that the crowd difficulties at Sunday's International Rules finale at Croke Park presented a …Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
