Conor McManus rolled back the years as he inspired Monaghan to yet another Allianz League great escape. The Clontibret icon scored 1-6, including an emphatic late penalty as he sealed the deal on a 2-14 to 0-14 win over Mayo in Round Seven of the Allianz National Football League. In order to survive, Monaghan needed […]

3 years ago

Stephen Cluxton warmed up with the Dublin footballers ahead of their Round Seven Allianz National Football League group game against Louth. He hadn’t been named on the panel, but along with Paddy Small and Paul Mannion, was announced over the Croke Park PA as a late replacement on the subs bench. It comes as a […]

3 years ago

Injuries took their toll on Kerry jockey Bryan Cooper, who has announced his retirement from race-riding at the age of 30. The Kerry native will be a huge loss to the weigh-room, jockeys as talented as he is are far-from ten-a-penny, but he leaves quite the legacy behind. Son of renowned trainer Tom, Cooper was […]

3 years ago

The Cavan ladies football team have pulled out of their National League Division Two game against Tyrone this afternoon. The team spoke out this week over an ongoing dispute with their county board. The dispute has taken place over player welfare and expenses issues and they issued a statement on Sunday morning to say that […]

3 years ago

It’s the biggest GAA weekend of the year. That might sound strange to hear but it’s the truth. With promotion and relegation up for grabs in the football, and a League final spot there dangling in front of Kilkenny and Cork in the hurling, there is so much at stake, and so much in store. […]

3 years ago

Leinster and Munster have added players from Ireland’s U20 Grand-Slam winning team to their respective squads ahead of the knock-out stages of the Heineken Champions Cup. The U20s secured the grand slam with a 36-24 win over England and some of the team’s key players have been rewarded as a result of their contributions. Scrum […]

3 years ago

Paul Conroy is in the middle of his 15th season with Galway but it’s far from winding down the St James’ man is… It’s 15, still going strong. He will turn 34 in May but as he says himself, how he performs and how he feels matter a hell of a lot more than any […]

3 years ago

Aisling Hanly was born profoundly deaf but that doesn’t stop her from playing the game she loves. “I don’t let it bother me at all,” she says. “I don’t let it define who I am.” Clearly not. Captain of the Convent of Mercy Roscommon team that will contest the All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools ‘B’ ladies football […]

3 years ago

Things are going from bad to worse for Donegal. The upheaval in Donegal GAA is showing no signs of calming with the news breaking this afternoon that Paddy Carr has resigned from his position as manager of the county’s senior football team. Things started well for Carr and Donegal when they beat Kerry on a […]

3 years ago

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has picked his British and Irish Lions squad, on current form. Unsurprisingly, on the back of their Grand Slam triumph, Irish players dominate the selection with Gatland naming ten Irish starters, as well as two players on the bench. Writing for his Telegraph column, the Kiwi has picked a team […]

3 years ago

Shauna Ennis has heard the talk. The mastermind’s gone, the dynasty’s over and that, as a team, the Meath ladies footballers’ best days are behind them. Ennis has heard it all but, frankly speaking, as captain of the team, she doesn’t care for the talk. Meath have had a very poor League campaign – they’ve […]

3 years ago

Freddie Steward is free to play immediately after having his red card overturned. The England fullback was sent off after a collision with Hugo Keenan during Saturday’s Six Nations clash but that card has now been rescinded after a meeting of the Independent Disciplinary Committee. The red card has been the subject of much conjecture […]

3 years ago

Dubai was never as good as this… Diarmaid Byrnes made his first start of the year a fortnight ago, against Westmeath, and for all he’s done and won and all the big games he’s played in, it might come as a surprise when he says that he’s rarely felt nerves like it. But Cusack Park […]

3 years ago

Darran O’Sullivan was a sprinter not a stayer. He came to that realisation a long time ago. Anything under 100metres and he was golden but as the Glenbeigh-Glencar legend says himself, anything over it and he was in up against it. Distance running has been a part of GAA pre-season training for donkey’s years though […]

3 years ago

For Donagh Murphy, this was what it was all about. “This is a day I’ll never forget,” he told CRKC Sport after the game. “We didn’t want to feel the pain of last year again.” St Kieran’s College had just won the Croke Cup for a record 24th time but it was their first in […]

3 years ago

Paul Townend has won his third Cheltenham Gold Cup after a stunning ride on Galopin Des Champs. Going off as the 7/5 favourite, Townend dropped his ride in at the back of the bunch early on but made all the right moves, at all the right times. He came off the bridle later than any […]

3 years ago

There was huge drama in the Albert Bartlett Novice’s hurdle as favourite Corbett’s Cross ran out before jumping the last fence. A recent purchase by JP McManus, Corbett’s Cross was vying for the lead when he opted to run into the rails rather than jump the last fence. His jockey Mark Walsh is only just […]

3 years ago

Gold Cup day! It’s Friday, Gold Cup day – the final day of the Cheltenham festival. We’ve had a fantastic week and, to round it all off, it looks like the Gold Cup will be one of the most competitive renewals in years. Whatever happens on Gold Cup day, we’ll keep you up to date […]

3 years ago

It’s hard to believe we’re only half-way through. It’s Cheltenham Thursday. Stayers Hurdle day and Ryanair Chase day. It could potentially be a big day for Davy Russell who, having come out of retirement, takes the ride on two favourites. Russell will hope to vindicate his decision to return to the saddle when he goes […]

3 years ago

Davy Russell has responded to Michael O’Leary’s declaration earlier in the week that he should not have come out of retirement. Russell had retired in Thurles earlier this year but an injury to Jack Kennedy threw a spanner in the works. Gordon Elliott was from that moment left without an experienced number one rider and, […]

3 years ago

One day down…three to go. We’re not even halfway there. You might have won money on Tuesday, you might have lost money too but whatever you did at all, maybe you didn’t even have a bet, a wise person once said that, on Cheltenham week, of all weeks, it’s not money in the bank until […]

3 years ago

There was a fairytale end to the Honeysuckle story as the wonder-mare won her last ever race. Honeysuckle got the perfect run in the mares’ hurdle, settling in behind Love Envoi early on before kicking for home after the last. There was no catching her up the Cheltenham hill then as under a calm ride […]

3 years ago

Marine Nationale put in an outstanding display to win the Supreme Novice’s hurdle for his owner and trainer Barry Connell. The Kildare man had been very bullish coming into the race, claiming straight-up a couple of weeks ago that, bar none, ‘we have the best horse in the race.’ A trainer knows his horse better […]

3 years ago

Who doesn’t love a good outsider? There’s little to lose and plenty to gain. Here are best outside bets ahead of the upcoming Cheltenham festival. High definition 20/1 – Supreme Novices’ (Tuesday) A one-time Derby favourite, High Definition’s class is undoubted. It’s the temperament and more specifically, its ability to clear the obstacles that casts […]

3 years ago

Have you any tips? The Cheltenham festival is finally here. After all the trials, the prep-runs, the talk, the prelims, the preview nights…the waiting is over and the games have begun. What’s the good thing this year? Which one have you picked out? Who are we following this time? Whatever happens, we’ll be here to […]

3 years ago

There aren’t too many players that have O’Connor and Ashbourne Cup medals but Kate Kenny has both. The Ferbane sensation was part of the DCU camogie team that won the Ashbourne last year and 12 months on, she went and did the double. DCÚ Dóchas Éireann beat UL in the O’Connor Cup final on Saturday […]

3 years ago

Liam Burke turned 66 last week. This Sunday, he became the oldest jockey to ever ride a National Hunt winner under rules in Ireland. There were ecstatic scenes in Limerick racecourse when Burke rode and trained Teuchters Glory to victory in the bumper, the final race on the card. The horse won by five lengths […]

3 years ago

Jack Conan says that Sunday’s win in Murrayfield was one of the greatest he’s been involved in as an Irish player. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Ireland, with no fewer than five players having to go off with injuries, but that didn’t stop them. Against the head, Andy Farrell’s team ground […]

3 years ago

“If they want to play with a new ball, that’s their problem, not our problem.” – Peter O’Mahony. In the end, due to a questionable quirk in the rules, the new ball turned out to be Ireland’s problem rather than Scotland’s. Gregor Townsend’s team got away with murder. They had sent a quick line-out out […]

3 years ago

DCU Dóchas Éireann  3-14 University of Limerick 1-13  Kate Kenny kicked 1-10 as DCU won the Yoplait O’Connor Cup for the first time since 2018.  The Offaly dual star was named player-of-the-match, which means that she has now won that award in All-Ireland club camogie and ladies football finals, as well as this top level college’s football […]

3 years ago

Hurling snobs, this is your time. No football, no problem. Let’s not beat around the bush, the hurling League has been pretty boring so far, it hasn’t really got going. But with no football to steal the limelight, hurling is in the spotlight this weekend and we’ll be hoping for some competitive clashes. Tipperary take […]

3 years ago

Sponsored by LiveScore Bet #ad We all know that Paul Townend and Rachael Blackmore are likely to pick up their trip’s worth of winners at next week’s Cheltenham festival. That almost goes without saying. But those two headliners aside, let’s go for something less obvious here, there are still plenty of jockeys with barnstorming books of rides. […]

3 years ago

Sponsored by LiveScore Bet #ad We all remember the ‘bankers’ of years gone by. The 2015 edition is without doubt the most infamous of all, renowned due to a certain, unforgettable final fence fall. It has since emerged that, as Annie Power faced down the final flight in that year’s mares’ hurdle, with their head in […]

3 years ago

Having scored 4-42 in five games so far, Leitrim’s Keith Beirne is the top scorer across all four divisions of the National Football League. With 3-29, John Heslin is his closest rival while Derry’s Shane McGuigan and Carlow’s Darragh Foley are next-best with 2-27 and 0-33 respectively. Relatively speaking, however, standing as he is 16 […]

3 years ago

Brought to you by BoyleSports The waiting is nearly over. The Cheltenham festival is almost here. All the prep-races have been ran by this stage and so, from a trainer’s perspective, most of the hard work has been done. From a jockey’s perspective, it’s time for the biggest week of the year.  Robbie Power knows […]

3 years ago

“I don’t believe in positions,” said Mickey Harte recently. “The only place you see positions is in the match programme,” he continued. “I don’t believe we have backs and forwards or anything else — we have footballers.” Traditionalists were up in arms. Padraig Faulkner may be a traditionalist, maybe not, but one thing he definitely […]

3 years ago

Brought to you by BoyleSports It’s your very own Cheltenham picture round. Silks, trophies, celebrities – Cheltenham has them all – and you can test your knowledge on the best of them here. BoyleSports have 4 days of Epic Offers on every race, every day. Bet responsibly. 18+ Gamblingcare.ie #ad

3 years ago

Gareth McKinless made a goal out of nothing against Dublin. At his best, the Ballinderry club-man is a tornado of energy and, as soon as he came off the bench at half-time, he had only one thing on his mind. Derry were five down at that stage, they needed a goal and McKinless was the […]

3 years ago

Roy Keane has been in Gary Neville’s corner before. Many’s the time when he’s backed him up like an older brother. How could any of us forget the Highbury tunnel in 2005, when Keane infamously told Patrick Vieira where to go as soon as he went after Gary Neville. “Patrick Vieira is 6 ft 4. […]

3 years ago

Darragh McElhinney put in an incredible performance to finish in fourth place in the European indoor championships in Istanbul. The Cork man was gutted after his 3000m race – it was hardly any surprise that he broke down in his post-race interview with David Gillick – because, as everyone knows, fourth is one of the […]

3 years ago

Mayo 1-16 Roscommon 2-11 The sweeper keeper craze is the new ‘in-thing’ in Gaelic football. But it was exposed on Sunday, this time by Mayo, as Jack Carney intercepted a loose pass in the Roscommon defence. He had a very easy job then because, when he looked up at the goals, all he could see […]

3 years ago

Tyrone 1-15 Kerry 2-9 Darragh Canavan caught a ball in front of Paul Murphy, was pulled down for a free and he knew it, Paul Murphy knew it, everyone knew it, that was the final nail in the Kerry coffin. Canavan’s shirt was ripped from a dust-up that had broke out a few minutes earlier. […]

3 years ago

Sarah Lavin has qualified for her third major championship final in the space of a calendar year. The Limerick athlete finished in third place in her semi-final on Sunday morning, to gain automatic qualification into the European indoor final, which takes place at 5.55pm Irish time on Sunday evening. Having qualified for World indoor and […]

3 years ago

Follow everything GAA-related right here. Oh me oh my, what a weekend of Gaelic football that we have in store for us, and with so much news, action and talking points, we have put it all here in one convenient place. Dublin play Derry in the biggest game of Division Two on Saturday, followed quickly […]

3 years ago

Liam Sheedy lost his dad when he was two and in latter years, he lost his brother. It’s why, when matches are getting tight and when he’s looking for inspiration, the Portroe manager often stares at the sky. “There was definitely somebody minding me a few times in those matches when we just managed to […]

3 years ago

Brought to you by BoyleSports The more things change, the more they stay the same. It will be the first time in his life that Robbie Power heads over to Cheltenham as a retired jockey, without a book of rides, but that doesn’t mean he’ll have the feet up watching it, with a pipe in […]

3 years ago

Brought to you by BoyleSports What’s another year? There is magic at the Cheltenham festival. Year after year, the Pretsbury Park showpiece provides its spectators with these moments. Moments that will live long. Moments that they’ll never forget. Some moments are remembered for all the right reasons and, such is life, some are remembered for […]

3 years ago

Kyle Hayes was lucky not to have been sent off in Limerick’s 0-24 0-19 win over Galway in Division One of the National Hurling League. The Kildimo-Pallaskenry player was one of the best players on the Pearse Stadium pitch, having scored three phenomenal first half points from wing back. But he was lucky to last […]

3 years ago

Rhasidat Adeleke has smashed her own Irish indoor 400m record with a stunning run at the Big 12 university Championships in Texas. Not only that, in what is an unprecedented achievement for an Irish sprinter, the Tallaght athlete also accomplished the considerable feat of breaking the NCAA collegiate record. Adeleke won the race in a […]

3 years ago

The sofa will be getting some touch this weekend. Another weekend of jam-packed GAA action is upon us and this time we have both football and hurling to get our teeth stuck into. To make things even better, there are six games live on TV, including two Saturday night showdowns between Kerry and Armagh, and […]

3 years ago