GAA president Larry McCarthy has ruled out the prospect of the association implementing stricter rules when it comes to inter-club transfers. The Shane Walsh-to-Kilmacud saga of 2023 caused controversy at the time, with some commentators insisting that there should be more regulations in place regarding player transfers. After all, here was one of the top […]
2 years ago
Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Larry McCarthy says the GAA should perhaps redress the number of teams in certain county championships. This comes on the back of a motion by the Rathkenny club in Meath, put forward for GAA congress next month, which seeks to remedy Kerry’s domination of the All-Ireland junior and intermediate club championships. […]
2 years ago
Larry McCarthy refused to answer a question about the future of GAA broadcast rights at the launch of the All-Ireland hurling championship series on Tuesday. McCarthy, Uachtarán an Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, was down in De La Salle GAA club in Waterford along with representatives of each of the eight hurling counties left in the All-Ireland […]
2 years ago
The comments were “unhelpful.” The GAA president Larry McCarthy has weighed in on the issue that sparked the row between Donal Og Cusack and Joanne Cantwell on The Sunday Game. Cusack had said that football’s tier-two competition, The Tailteann Cup was a ‘Grand National for disappointed also-rans’ something which Cantwell took exception to. The debate […]
2 years ago
“Could abuse in online forums be treated in the same way that misinformation about political events was?” GAA president Larry McCarthy has called on the Government to consider introducing legislation to tackle social media abuse, not just to GAA players, but all amateur sportspeople. Speaking at the GAA Air Dome in Mayo, McCarthy raised the […]
4 years ago
Limerick 3-32 Cork 1-22 After beating Cork by 16 points, Limerick have become back-to-back All-Ireland hurling champions for the first time ever. It was men against boys in Croke Park and, disappointing and depressing as it sounds, this All-Ireland final was over by the 25th minute when Cian Lynch scored the point that put his […]
4 years ago