THE DAVID TUBRIDY story with the Clare senior footballers began in July 2007. It was the era of the Tommy Murphy Cup, a time when the bottom tier teams were unwanted in the All-Ireland qualifiers and condemned to a secondary competitive life. Clare were trying to gather themselves after being upset by Waterford in the […]
WHEN DUBLIN NAMED their first team of 2021, number 17 certainly caught the eye. Hannah Tyrrell (Na Fianna) Hannah Tyrrell (centre) facing Cork at the weekend. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO Best known for her stunning exploits with Irish rugby teams of late, the 30-year-old was back in the Sky Blues ladies football set-up. Her inclusion on […]
ROSCOMMON STAR JENNY Higgins has recalled the “very bizarre” goal they conceded against Down in their league clash on Sunday, in which the Ulster side kicked the ball into an empty net while their opponents were still returning from the first water break. Roscommon conceded a very strange goal in their league clash with Down. […]
ROSCOMMON FOOTBALLER JENNY Higgins has paid tribute to her county team-mate Rochelle Mullaney for her bravery in speaking publicly about her battle with cervical cancer. Mullaney spoke candidly and openly about her illness last week, after the 27-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 of the cancer in February. She had been suffering from an ache […]
Updated Jun 1st 2021, 8:40 PM THERE’S A DISTINCT possibility that all four Allianz Football League divisions won’t be crowning champions this year. The GAA made it clear at the start of the season that, in order to facilitate a two-week gap for all teams from the end of the league to start of the […]
CORK FOOTBALLER CIARAN Sheehan has suffered a fresh injury blow after damaging his knee in last Sunday’s league game against Clare, while the news is more positive about star defender Sean Powter who came off in the same game with a hamstring problem. Both players were forced off through injury during the match in Cusack […]
AN AGREEMENT HAS been reached to play the outstanding provincial and All-Ireland series games from the 2020 club camogie championship season from mid-November to December 2021. Mediation talks took place last night between the Camogie Association and representatives of clubs still involved in the 2020 senior, intermediate and junior championships. The42 understands that negotiations went […]
THE GAA HAS confirmed that 100 spectators will be permitted to attend club and inter-county games in the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland from Monday, 7 June. This number is in addition to players, team personnel, stewards or media attendees. A maximum of 200 spectators may attend matches at grounds where the capacity is […]
TÓMAS Ó SÉ doesn’t hold back when asked how he felt watching Kerry trail Dublin by 3-7 to 0-9 at half-time in their recent National League meeting in Thurles. “I’ll tell you, I was livid,” Ó Sé says, before referencing the stage just after the break where Dublin comfortably held onto possession for a sustained […]
Click:cnc turning HENRY SHEFFLIN SAYS he isn’t worried about the current health of hurling, despite some concerns the game is heading in the wrong direction as a spectacle. A growing trend of possession-based games, as well as the high number of frees being awarded and perceived lower levels of physicality has led to some suggestions […]