Without drawing too many hard and fast conclusions from a February league fixture, John McIntyre’s Galway would seem to...
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Open sesame
Open sesame
The GAA are nothing if not flexible (when it suits them) and it was no surprise to me when it was announced, on the eve of...
Choice Words
Choice Words
“We’re not Brazil.” – Giovanni Trapattoni can’t hide his disappointment at ending up in Malahide...
Slán Seamus
Slán Seamus
As Croke Park prepares to appoint the Waterford GAA County Board’s first full-time secretary – understood to be...
Two ‘strikers’ in the same family
Two ‘strikers’ in the same family
Setanta Ó hAilpín shows his anguish after Cork’s 2003 All-Ireland Hurling Final defeat by Kilkenny. |...
Choice Words
Choice Words
“I just couldn’t walk away on that note. I just couldn’t. We were all devastated by the All-Ireland final. It...
Out with the old, out with the new
Out with the old, out with the new
Two managerial casualties on the same Monday is some going even for the panic room environment of the English Premier League....
Score ‘keeper
Score ‘keeper
Clinton Hennessy joined Davy Fitzgerald in the gallery of scoring hurling goalkeepers with his 20-metre rocket against Tipp on...
Pride before a fall?
Pride before a fall?
Gerald McCarthy cut a hunted figure after Sunday’s anticipated NHL defeat by Dublin at a practically-empty Páirc Uí...
Flying Dutchman
Flying Dutchman
David Beckham’s erstwhile coach at LA Galaxy, Ruud Gullit, flew in for the eircom FAI International Soccer Awards at...
Croker roars once more
Croker roars once more
Given the awful anti-climax of the Eddie O’Sullivan era, there’s been a understandable tendency to get a tiny bit...
‘Neglect of club players puts GAA in danger of dying a slow death’
‘Neglect of club players puts GAA in danger of dying a slow death’
Letter to the Sports Editor Is the GAA dying a slow death? People will say it has never been so good. Large crowds, lots of...
