Month: September 2021

AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE recruitment process encompassing seven weeks and nine potential candidates, Paul Taylor has tonight been appointed Sligo’s senior football manager. The former county player and U21 boss was recommended for the job by Sligo GAA’s selection committee last week, and was ratified at tonight’s county board meeting.    Taylor played inter-county football forRead moreRead more

EIGHT YEARS AFTER leading his native Tipperary to All-Ireland glory, Liam Sheedy will look to guide the Premier back to rarefied heights after last night being confirmed for a second stint in charge. The 48-year-old’s stunning return to inter-county management was rubber-stamped on Monday evening, as the Tipperary county board appointed Sheedy as Michael Ryan’sRead moreRead more

JOSH VAN DER Flier makes it difficult to imagine that ‘dark days’ of injury lay-off really exist. The flanker is relentlessly positive, ever-ready for work, eager to listen out for advice, jot it down and take the chunks that work for him. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Those bright personality traits ensured that he was ideally-skilled toRead moreRead more

PAUL MANNION HAS quashed rumours that former full-back Rory O’Carroll will return to the Dublin set-up for their ‘drive for five’ in 2019.  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO O’Carroll won three All-Irelands, two All-Stars and represented Ireland in the International Rules series before he packed his bags and headed for New Zealand in 2016. His return toRead moreRead more

DUBLIN FORWARD LYNDSEY Davey admits she is considering retirement this winter after collecting her third All-Ireland medal with the Sky Blues. Click Here: Australia Rugby Shop Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO The three-time All-Star is one of the team’s veterans having first joined the panel as a 14-year-old in 2004. A year later, Davey won her firstRead moreRead more

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin lead the way with 14 players nominated for the 2018 TG4 All-Stars while losing finalists Cork received 12 nominations. Orla Finn, Sinead Ahearne and Yvonne Bonner Ulster champions and All-Ireland semi-finalists Donegal had eight players nominated while Galway (3), Kerry (2), Armagh (1), Cavan (1), Mayo (1), Sligo (1), Tipperary (1) andRead moreRead more

LIAM SHEEDY’S RETURN to the Tipperary hurling hotseat was confirmed last night, his second spell in charge is commencing eight years after he walked away from the post. He’s not the first inter-county hurling boss to come back and have a second go at managing a county. Here’s how a selection of other managers fared.Read moreRead more

LOUGHMORE-CASTLEINEY PROGRESSED to the quarter-finals of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on Tuesday night, defeating Killenaule 3-12 to 1-16. The side trailed 0-10 to 0-6 at the half-time interval. However two quick-fire goals from John McGrath in the latter stages saw Loughmore surge into the lead and snatch a dramatic two point victory. They will now face Nenagh ÉireRead moreRead more

TYRONE SIDE MOY have appealed against the county board’s findings regarding injuries sustained by Sean Cavanagh in their recent championship loss to Edendork. Officials ruled that the incident which left Cavanagh with a broken nose, concussion and extensive facial injuries merited no on-field sanction and this decision was backed following an investigation by Tyrone’s CompetitionsRead moreRead more

DONEGAL AND KILCAR footballer Ryan McHugh will play no part in the remainder of the 2018 Donegal senior football championship due to a concussion injury. McHugh suffered concussion in a challenge game against Dublin champions St Vincent’s in Cavan last month. The reigning club champions had hoped the 2016 All-Star winner would be given theRead moreRead more