Kettle confident Gilroy will stayTHE DUBLIN County Board are now confident Pat Gilroy will continue as senior football manager for at least another year – and…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Ryan unveils backroom teamWATERFORD LAST night unveiled Michael Ryan as their new senior hurling manager to succeed Davy FitzgeraldTue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Preparation pays off for KenneallyATHLETICS: THE LONDON Olympic dream is now almost a reality for Dublin’s Mark Kenneally after he clocked an excellent 2:13.55…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
McKeever reluctantly in spotlightCIARÁN McKEEVER found himself in the slightly awkward position of talking up Ireland’s prospects against Australia in the International…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Cluxton quick to answer Ireland's callHE WON’T be engaging with the media nor it seems be making any public statements whatsoeverWed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Focus on Fitzgerald's backroom teamGAELIC GAMES: BOTH CLARE and Limerick will close the deal on their new hurling managements this evening when Davy Fitzgerald…Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Consensus likely on hurling league formatAFTER SEVERAL weeks of wrangling and some not inconsiderable awkwardness the GAA should be in a position to begin completing …Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Ligament damage won't stop LaceyINTERNATIONAL RULES NEWS: BOTH THE new and the familiar are neatly mixed in the 31-man provisional Irish panel for the International…Thu Oct 6 2011 - 01:00
Focus falls on Leinster in draw for 2012 championshipGAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP: WITH THIS evening’s draw for the 2012 championship comes the inevitable if not somewhat premature…Thu Oct 6 2011 - 01:00
Brosnan reflects on the positives in WexfordBEN BROSNAN is cradling his player-of-the-month award like a kid who’d just won his first prize at school, and understandably…Wed Oct 5 2011 - 01:00
Cullen misses out as Dublin lead with 12DUBLIN CAN’T have too many complaints after securing a chart-topping 12 nominations for the 2011 football All Stars, and yet …Wed Oct 5 2011 - 01:00
Brogan feels all the lean years were worth it2011 FOOTBALL ALL STAR NOMINATIONS: SURELY ALL Alan Brogan is waiting on now is the Footballer of the Year award to wrap up …Wed Oct 5 2011 - 01:00
Failing to close out game still ranklesTHERE ARE some things about losing the All-Ireland football final he’s still clearly coming to terms with, and indeed might never…Tue Oct 4 2011 - 01:00
Duffy hopes hurling format will be agreedIT’S HARDLY ideal that the GAA will this Thursday stage the draw for the 2012 intercounty hurling and football championships, …Tue Oct 4 2011 - 01:00
Nolan drinking in all the successGAA: 2011/12 ALL-IRELAND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS: FOR SOMEONE who could quite possibly and fully justifiably be entering a third …Tue Oct 4 2011 - 01:00
O'Brien still hopeful for Dublin and Kerry starsTHE IRISH International Rules management will this weekend stage a final trial and training camp for players still looking to…Thu Sep 29 2011 - 01:00
Fennell says squad worried Gilroy will goTHERE IS growing concern that Pat Gilroy may not continue as Dublin football managerWed Sep 28 2011 - 01:00
Pressure rises on new league formatGAELIC GAMES NEWS: THE GAA’S Management Committee meet in Croke Park on Friday under increasing pressure to present a more satisfying…Wed Sep 28 2011 - 01:00
Macauley dedicates 'unbelievable' victory to heroes of recent pastDUBLIN REACTION: EVERY ONE of the Dublin footballers woke up yesterday feeling like they’d come a long way, even those with …Tue Sep 20 2011 - 01:00
Fitzsimons not burdened by history or expectationsYOU KNOW this really is a whole new generation of Dublin footballers when they talk about chilling out this week by playing their…Thu Sep 15 2011 - 01:00
Flynn fired up by belief in Dublin's characterEVEN IN the long and sometimes distinguished history of Dublin football it would be hard to isolate a so-called defining moment…Tue Sep 13 2011 - 01:00
Ryan justifies that dreaded B-standard markATHLETICS: Deirdre Ryan has been going about her business in a meticulous and determined manner and it all paid off in DaeguSat Sep 10 2011 - 01:00
Fitzgerald yet to indicate interest in Clare jobWITH THE Dublin County Board suggesting that Anthony Daly was now more than “95 per cent certain” of continuing as senior hurling…Thu Sep 8 2011 - 01:00
Kelleher downplays 'great' rivalryGAA : IT’S NOT even All-Ireland week yet and already the nostalgia-fest surrounding the first Dublin-Kerry football final since…Thu Sep 8 2011 - 01:00
Fitzgerald and O'Grady step downWITH THE news that Davy Fitzgerald will not be seeking another year as Waterford senior hurling manager comes the inevitable …Wed Sep 7 2011 - 01:00
Knock-out format for Dublin club hurling championshipDUBLIN’S DRIVE for that still elusive All-Ireland continues on Saturday evening when the under-21 hurlers face off against Galway…Wed Sep 7 2011 - 01:00
Connolly had a fall-back caseNEWS: THE GAA’S Central Hearings Committee (CHC) had no choice but to clear Diarmuid Connolly to play for Dublin in their All…Wed Sep 7 2011 - 01:00
Dublin's Connolly cleared to play in finalSFC FINAL THE DUBLIN County Board have been officially notified that Diarmuid Connolly has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland…Tue Sep 6 2011 - 01:00
Murphy still pinching himselfGAA : FOR ALL the familiarity and sense of déjà vu that marks the beginning of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland winning homecoming there…Tue Sep 6 2011 - 01:00
Connolly cleared to play in finalGAA : The Dublin County Board has confirmed Diarmuid Connolly has been cleared play in the All-Ireland football final after …Mon Sep 5 2011 - 01:00
O'Rourke denied shot at medal due to injuryATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: IN THE end the only real disappointment wasn’t so much that medals never materialised but that…Mon Sep 5 2011 - 01:00
O'Rourke faces challenge to progressATHLETICS : AS IF having three Irish finalists going into the climax of the World Championships wasn’t satisfying enough Derval…Sat Sep 3 2011 - 01:00
Cheering all home deep in the Dublin mountainsATHLETICS: IT WAS around midnight when my accountant knocked at the doorSat Sep 3 2011 - 01:00
Great day for Irish as three make it into finalsATHLETICS: NO EXPECTATIONS, no limitationsFri Sep 2 2011 - 01:00
O'Mahony ready to man up for the causeGAELIC GAMES: AFTER ALL the talk and analysis of what Tipperary and Kilkenny will bring to Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling showdown…Fri Sep 2 2011 - 01:00
Loughnane struggles in conditionsATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: IT WON’T be much consolation to Olive Loughnane that the women’s 20km walk this time went entirely…Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
O'Lionaird times his run to perfection to book semis spotATHLETICS: IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : THE BEST thing about Ciarán O’Lionaird progressing to the semi-finals of the 1,500 metres…Wed Aug 31 2011 - 01:00
Loughnane is 'feeling very strong'ATHLETICS: IT’S NOT necessarily a good thing that Olive Loughnane has enjoyed a perfectly low-key build-up to her 20km walk …Tue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
Pressure proves too hot to handle for CuddihyATHLETICS: IT DIDN’T matter whether it was dusk or dawn in Daegu, because the pressure came on thick and fast for the Irish …Mon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00
Little to smile about for Irish in DaeguAthletics : Usain Bolt wasn’t the only one to fall foul of the starter’s pistol in Daegu this morning, with Ireland’s Joanne…Sun Aug 28 2011 - 01:00
Maher gives Ryan dilemmaGAELIC GAMES: WHILE THERE are some mixed reports coming out of the Kilkenny camp – Colin Fennelly may be definitely out, Michael…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Brogan seeks his forward momentumGAELIC GAMES: IT SAYS a lot about Dublin’s path to Sunday’s All-Ireland football semi-final that their top scorer and 2010 footballer…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Walsh apologises for Cork defeatsGAELIC GAMES: WITH SPECULATION still circulating as to whether or not Jimmy Barry-Murphy is about to return as Cork senior hurling…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Tragedy forces walker's returnATHLETICS : IRELAND IS already down one medal hope for the World Championships in Daegu following the sudden withdrawal yesterday…Wed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
Cooper ready for the main stageGAA: HE WAS always going to be Kerry’s most marked man going into an All-Ireland football final yet, after his performance against…Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00
'No, we were never overly worried about Gooch'GAELIC GAMES: “SURE THIS is his theatre, his happy hunting ground. No better place to come into formMon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Mageean hits a high in 1,500mATHLETICS: CIARA MAGEEAN capped off her astonishing junior track career by running 4:07Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
McCann and Antrim a little bit more than hopefulALL-IRELAND UNDER-21 HC SEMI-FINALS: GIVEN THE number of times Conor McCann uses the word “hopefully” in the course of our short…Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Downes calls for O'Grady to stay onGAA: FOR A county on the brink of hurling anonymity just a year ago Limerick’s fortunes continue to rise – and a place in the…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Cost the key factor for goal-line technologyGAA CENTRAL COUNCIL COST WILL be the overriding factor when Saturday’s meeting of Central Council considers the GAA’s potential…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00