Down to a tee, Mark Williams predicted what Ronnie O’Sullivan was going to say in his post-match interview. Having been clawed back from a 7-2 first session lead to lose by 13 frames to ten in their World Snooker Championship quarter final, Mark Williams took solace from the fact that he’d just lost to the […]

5 years ago

Players want to play. 2018 was a write off for Davy Byrne, who missed the whole summer because of a broken foot. He’d been long enough on the sidelines and that made the 2019 All-Ireland winning season, when he started every game bar one, that bit more special. “It was a frustrating one because it […]

5 years ago

Straight in, no kissing. With trademark swagger, Colm Parkinson cuts to the chase. “I have to let you know I’m completely against anyone leaving their home club,” he says, without a hint of irony. “So why did you transfer” “It was you who set the trend! I just followed it,” replies Gearoid McKiernan swiftly. Touché. […]

5 years ago

The rule for wearing a gum-shield on the Gaelic football field is a simple one. If a player is not wearing a gum-shield, he should be ‘cautioned.’ If that player persists, he should be ordered off. On Wednesday night, Skerries Harps defeated last year’s beaten county finalists Thomas Davis by three points in the Dublin […]

5 years ago

For Caitriona Cormican, the dream was almost over. As a Gaelic footballer, she’d lived the dream. May not have won a senior All-Ireland with Galway but had represented her county at the highest level for years. As a camogie player, she played for the Galway intermediates, dreamed about making the seniors. A couple of years […]

5 years ago

“I can score 20 points if I want to, but that’s not my desire” – Dennis Rodman. Unlike the majority of NBA icons, Dennis Rodman’s career wasn’t based on running up big scores or ruling the stats sheets. Rodman, as seen in The Last Dance documentary, was a unique and often controversial character but on […]

5 years ago

What else would you be at of a bank holiday Monday?

5 years ago

Corofin 7-17 Oughterard 0-11 Corofin created goal chances for fun in Pearse Stadium. And they weren’t in the mood for passing them up. This was a baptism of fire for the recently crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions Oughterard, who were quite simply destroyed by Corofin in the first round of the Galway senior championship on Sunday. […]

5 years ago

Are you ever going to bonk that 20/20?

5 years ago

No bother to you.

5 years ago

At Inter Milan, Robbie Keane was just a 21-year-old trying to make it. Clarence Seedorf meanwhile, was a 25-year-old in the prime of his life. So when they were paired to room together at the Inter training ground, the seasoned professional was always going to be the boss. Unfortunately for Keano, the Dutch man had […]

5 years ago

20 years old and making progress fast. It was just two years ago, as an 18-year-old, when Mitchelstown’s Mark Keane made his move Down Under to sign for Collingwood FC but the former Cork minor and under-20 star hasn’t been slow to make a name for himself on the far side of the world. On […]

5 years ago

The good news for Killeavy, and indeed for GAA clubs all over, is that the virus didn’t spread throughout their team or their community. Having carpooled to training together, three playing members of the Killeavy GAA club in Armagh contracted the coronavirus last week. Just one of these three players had experienced symptoms of the […]

5 years ago

Donaghy is back on the edge of the square and Austin Stacks are back on the playing fields. The Tralee club started off their Kerry SFC campaign with a hard earned draw against a talented young Dingle side last weekend but one third of their panel didn’t get to tog out and more than three […]

5 years ago

Let’s get ready to rumble.

5 years ago

“We came into make a statement.” So said Kilmallock manager Tony Considine, and a statement his team made. Having failed to beat top dogs Na Piarsaigh since their county title win in 2014, the South Limerick side had a point to prove on Friday night and they’re motoring along nicely now. Central to the win […]

5 years ago

Start the week with a PB.

5 years ago

In a Galway club championship game last year, Ronan O’Meara scored 0-11 from play. The fact that this astounding contribution came against the eventual county champions, from a player whose team were beaten by more than 20 points, serves to make that tally even more impressive. But anybody with half an eye on Portumna hurling […]

5 years ago

Give it a lash.

5 years ago

Lockdown certainly didn’t do Ciara Mageean any harm. Running in her first race back since track and field’s enforced shut-down, the Down athlete hit the ground running with a personal best and an Irish record for 800m. A relatively low-key meet in Switzerland is a long way from the Tokyo Olympics, which were due to […]

5 years ago

Perhaps the most alluring aspect of the GAA is that, unlike in the Premier League for instance, its stars walk among us as ordinary people. People you’d say hello to in the supermarket, people you’d see down at the local field, training alongside their childhood friends who never really made the cut. Giving a slagging, […]

5 years ago

It’s a football friendly offering today.

5 years ago

If you don’t go to bed kicking the ball like Matty Forde, You won’t wake up kicking the ball like Matty Forde. Every night at training, the Wexford ace used spend 45 minutes on his own, lacing balls, honing his technique, perfecting his craft. All told, he will go down as one of the most […]

5 years ago

For TJ Reid, the buzz is coming back. Ballyhale have played a couple of challenges games and Tullaroan are only around the corner in the first round of the Kilkenny hurling championship. Lock-down wasn’t a rest – far from it – with the Kilkenny talisman and captain running a ‘Joe Wicks’ style PE class for […]

5 years ago

Y’all ready for this?

5 years ago

Hugh McFadden is making the most of things. Covid-19 has brought everyone down a peg or two but as the Killybegs man says himself, there’s no point in worrying about the uncontrollables. Yes, county football is a huge miss this time of the year and the lack of clarity has certainly tested players’ levels of […]

5 years ago

EASY MONEY!

5 years ago

There will be skin and hair flying… And that’s before a ball will even be thrown in on the 2020 club championships. Initially, all seemed moderately manageable with 500 set to be allowed to attend outdoor events, i.e GAA club games,  from July 20. But now, on the back of An Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s revelation […]

5 years ago

Quiet these days for Martin O’Connell. With restaurants and hotels only at half capacity, the pork and bacon trade is slow for this supplier. Thank God for the football. He’s the Walterstown intermediate manager and he’s delighted to be back. “That’s my adopted club now, I’ve been living here this 20 year. Ah sure these […]

5 years ago

Many will say that the record books are already warped when it comes to athletics. EPO and other performance enhancing drugs have a lot to answer for there. But now there’s a new kid on the block, the carbon plated Nike VaporFly shoes which have proven to speed up road-runners and in turn, change the […]

5 years ago

“The only thing that bothers me about the trauma and adversities in the past is that I sat still for too long. I allowed it to overcome me for too long. I sat on the end of my bed crying, for too long.” Stephen Scullion is feeling sorry for himself no more. From a fork […]

5 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Give it welly. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a quick lunch or […]

5 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Let’s cut to it. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a quick lunch […]

5 years ago

“We’re all part of Jackie’s army…” You may be too young to remember but you’ve heard all about the stories. Seen the interviews, split yourself at the one-liners, heard tales about the parties. One of the most magical things about the Jack Charlton era is that everyone was in on the act, even those who […]

5 years ago

Brought to you by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy James McCarthy, John Small and Philly McMahon in defence. Evan Comerford in the goals with Dean Rock and Paddy Small in attack. Already, you have the spine of an enviable club team. But Ballymun Kickhams haven’t made a Dublin final in eight years. Since losing […]

6 years ago

Na Piarsaigh have only ever won five Limerick senior hurling championships. They’ve won five in the last nine years. Being a city club, the stereotype exists that success comes easy and that it always has done. But for Na Piarsaigh, it’s been more of a gradual process with hurling having to earn its stars before […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Bit of thinking required today. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker  Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a quick […]

6 years ago

Egan’s got one but he wants another. At one end of the field, John Egan has been a rock of consistency, venom and leadership for Sheffield United this whole Premier League season; at the other, he’s been knocking on the door. On Sunday, the Cork man finally knocked the door down as he scored his […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker The clean sweep is on today… Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a […]

6 years ago

Everywhere Harry Kane turned, with a shoulder, a block or a flying lunge, John Egan was there. John Egan had a point to prove on Thursday and that’s one hell of a proposition. Harry Kane was always going to be in for a tough evening. Having had a disappointing day compounded by a red card […]

6 years ago

Seanie Tobin had a feeling Shane Dowling’s game was up. Tobin bumped into his old partner in crime on his way to the golf course last week and Dowling filled him in on the struggle. “He just told me he was under severe pressure with the knee and I kind of just knew where it […]

6 years ago

“I would have loved to have started. “All you’ve ever dreamt of is the 15 players going around for the parade…” Teenage sensation, Munster champion, All-Star. Shane Dowling hadn’t a clue what it was like to sit on the bench, until 2018. From the next big thing under John Allen to the free-taking fulcrum under […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Have you a score in you? Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a […]

6 years ago

Cork jockey Brian Hayes has picked up a 21 day suspension. Paul Byrne’s horse ‘The Shunter’ meanwhile, won’t be allowed to race again for another 60 days. But perhaps the biggest loser from the 1.00 in Tipperary is trainer Emmet Mullins, who has been hit with a €6000 fine after his horse was called up […]

6 years ago

Easter 1999 and Trevor Giles was enjoying life Down Under. A physio for the Irish under-17 compromise rules team, the Skryne club man settled in well on the other side of the world. Sleeveless AFL jerseys are all the rage in those parts and Giles made sure to look the part. “When I was over […]

6 years ago

Both the LGFA and the Camogie Association have decided to cancel their respective All-Ireland minor championships for 2020, on the back of the corona-virus pandemic. Young footballers and camogie players alike are up in arms over the recent developments, with the upcoming provincial championships deemed an unsubstantial and less prestigious alternative. Indeed, it’s hard to […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker 101 days in, but you ain’t seen nothing yet. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Over 13 is good going today. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just the right size for a […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker It’s down the back nine when things start to get difficult. Brought to you by Momenti Pizza from Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker’s new Momenti Pizza is a small, great-tasting frozen pizza. The two flavours – Tomato, Mozzarella & Pesto and Salami Calabrase – contain up to 450 calories. They are just […]

6 years ago

A good few beats a bad lot. Every day of the week. During Seir Kieran Clareen’s heyday, a few was all they had. With a population of just 500 people, Clareen is one of the smallest parishes in Ireland. Smaller again, the village itself is literally no more than a crossroads; a crossroads which leads […]

6 years ago