Shortlist revealed for RTÉ Sport Awards Team of the Year – who would you pick?
By THE SIX NOMINEES have been announced for the 2020 RTÉ Sport Team of the Year award. The awards takes place this Thursday night with four Gaelic Games sides in the running along with one rugby team and one soccer outfit. There are two Dublin selections with Dessie Farrell’s Gaelic football team nominated after they won […]
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Club call – the big hurling names in new roles around the country for the 2021 season
THERE IS STILL plenty uncertainty over when exactly GAA club action will commence around the country for the 2021 season, not least with the amount of competitions still unfinished from last year. But while the pandemic removes clarity on that front, it is apparent that the presence of some big hurling names in different coaching […]
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‘The more you coach, the more you realise that nobody cares about your formulas’
SHANE KEEGAN IS joined by a two-time All-Star on the latest instalment of How To Win At Dominoes. Clíodhna O’Connor, Dublin’s goalkeeper during their 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies’ Football Championship triumph, is the guest for the third episode of the second season of The42‘s coaching podcast. Since hanging up her gloves, O’Connor has honed her […]
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Cork’s Keane out ‘for extended period’ from AFL action after surgery on finger injury
CORK’S MARK KEANE is facing time on the sideline after undergoing finger tendon surgery due to an injury suffered in pre-season training with his AFL club Collingwood. Mark Keane celebrating his goal for Cork against Kerry last year. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Keane is expected to be out for up to two months due to the […]
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Former senior stars and Dublin club winning boss part of Wexford U20 management
FORMER SENIOR HURLER David Redmond and Dublin senior club winning boss Joe Fortune will both be involved with the Wexford U20 hurling management for the coming season. James Sheil, who guided Wexford to Leinster minor glory in 2019, remains as manager of the team. Redmond brought his Wexford senior playing career to a close after […]
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Dual star Saoirse Noonan generating attention from clubs abroad
SAOIRSE NOONAN IS weighing up options outside Ireland following her exploits with Cork City during the 2020 season. The 21-year-old played a pivotal role for her hometown club as they reached last month’s FAI Cup final, which ended in defeat to Peamount United at Tallaght Stadium. She was named Women’s National League Player of the […]
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Dublin’s Paul Flynn to step down as GPA Chief Executive later this year
DUBLIN ALL-IRELAND winner Paul Flynn is to step down later this year from his role as CEO of the Gaelic Players Association. Dublin All-Ireland winning footballer Paul Flynn. Source: INPHO The players’ body made the announcement this afternoon with Flynn set ‘to take on a new and exciting opportunity in another business sector’. The board […]
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The former Wexford star who surfs in Kerry and still finds joy in club hurling at almost 40
DIARMUID LYNG IS thinking about a recent video on David McSavage’s Instagram page in which the comedian chastises those who claim to enjoy swimming in the Irish sea. Diarmuid Lyng [file photo]. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Known for his caustic wit, McSavage is ripping through the philosophy that sea swimming on our shores is a natural […]
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Dublin’s Goldrick wins with Melbourne as Clare’s Considine triumphs against Eagles Irish trio
THERE WAS MIXED fortunes for the Irish players in action in today’s AFLW games on the opening weekend of the season in Australia. Melbourne’s Sinead Goldrick and Adelaide Crows player Ailish Considine. Adelaide Crows ran out comprehensive 56-18 winners over the West Coast Eagles with Clare’s Premiership victor Ailish Considine scored a goal as part […]
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‘You couldn’t pick two better people as captains’ – The club producing Kerry’s new football leaders
THE CLOUD SWEPT in over them instantly, the silver lining would take some time before swinging into view. In October 2019 the Rathmore club saw their senior membership end after 20 years, falling through the relegation trapdoor in Kerry club football. It was a setback they had to absorb. Last year didn’t produce a quick […]
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