OUTGOING CORK COUNTY board secretary Frank Murphy believes drawn All-Ireland semi-finals should go to a replay rather than have extra-time played ‘in fairness to players’. Long-serving Cork county board secretary Frank Murphy is stepping down. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Murphy has made his remarks in his last report to Cork’s annual county convention, which will take […]
JIM MCGUINNESS FLIES out to North Carolina tonight as he begins the next chapter of his coaching career in the soccer world. Former Donegal boss Jim McGuinness. The former Donegal GAA manager is stepping into his first managerial position in his adopted sport at United Soccer League (USL) Championship side Charlotte Independence, where he has […]
A MEMBER OF the Whelehan family will be back in charge of four-time All-Ireland winning club Birr next season with Barry Whelehan having being appointed as the Offaly club’s new senior hurling boss. Click Here: cheap bulldogs jersey The Whelahan brothers celebrating their 2001 Leinster club final victory. Source: INPHO Congratulations and best of luck […]
WHAT A GOAL. It was a huge weekend of ladies football action as new champions were crowned in the All-Ireland senior, intermediate and junior club competitions. Click Here: kerry gaa jerseys Mourneabbey ended five years of hurt and heartbreak as they finally got their hands on the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup on Saturday night while […]
MULLINALAGHTA HAD FIVE starters on the Longford team that went down by 19 points to Dublin in this year’s Leinster semi-final – Patrick Fox, Donal McElligott, David and James McGivney, and Rian Brady. Kilmacud’s Cian O’Sullivan and Paul Mannion were key members of the Dublin outfit that day in June and would go on to […]
TYRONE GOALKEEPER NIALL Morgan will line out for Dungannon Swifts in a League Cup semi-final tonight after getting permission from manager Mickey Harte. Morgan, who has recently played for Dungannon, has been drafted into the starting line-up for the clash with Linfield at Stangmore Park due to a goalkeeper crisis in the Swifts. The42 understands however, […]
EIGHTEEN-TIME ALL-IRELAND winner Briege Corkery has committed to the Cork camogie team for the 2019 season. Corkery returned to the squad ahead of their All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary in August after an almost two-year absence which included giving birth to her son Tadhg at the end of March. She was introduced from the bench in […]
FOLLOWING A YEAR of unprecedented success in Irish sport at home and on the international stage, RTÉ have confirmed their respective shortlists for Team of the Year and Young Sportsperson of the Year. Last week the broadcaster released its 13-person shortlist for Sportsperson of the Year, with tonight’s announcement completing the lineup for this week’s […]
Dublin 2-21 Carlow 1-16 NEW DUBLIN HURLING manager Mattie Kenny watched his side open their 2019 season with a comfortable Walsh Cup victory over Carlow at Netwatch Cullen Park this evening. Kenny, who guided Cuala to back-to-back All-Ireland club titles, took over from Pat Gilroy last month and goals from Eamon Dillon and Fintan McGibb […]
A WEEK AFTER appearing to rule John Heslin out of his plans for the foreseeable future, Westmeath manager Jack Cooney has indicated that the star forward may feature next season after all. Cooney stated last week that the St Loman’s clubman would not be available to Westmeath in 2019 due to his PhD studies, but he […]