Denise Gaule, Sarah Dervan and Grace Walsh have been included in our team of the year. Source: Photojoiner/Inpho THERE WERE SOME head-scratching moments to suffer “What would your Camogie All-Star team of 2020 be?”
Month: September 2021
Leinster minor hurling and football finals postponed due to Level 5 restrictions
THE LEINSTER MFC and MHC finals have been postponed until further notice due to the new Level 5 restrictions. Leinster GAA have confirmed that inter-county “Leinster minor hurling and football finals postponed due to Level 5 restrictions”
‘It was nearly a full-time job trying to mask what was going on behind the scenes’
Updated Dec 26th 2020, 9:44 PM IT’S SO IMPORTANT to normalise talking about mental health. I think we have this culture, especially in Cavan, where “‘It was nearly a full-time job trying to mask what was going on behind the scenes’”
The strangers we meet along the way – sport is the one great leveller in life
THE CHRISTMAS ADVERT for a popular chain of stores depicts an extraordinary historical event. A special game of football took place during World War 1 “The strangers we meet along the way – sport is the one great leveller in life”
Cork reappoint McCarthy for further two years
Updated Dec 28th 2020, 9:30 PM RONAN MCCARTHY HAS been reappointed as Cork senior football boss for a further two-year term, the Rebel County have “Cork reappoint McCarthy for further two years”
Clare All-Ireland winner appointed as manager of Offaly’s Birr
Updated 16.15, 29 December BRENDAN BUGLER HAS been announced as the new manager of Offaly senior hurling side Birr. The two-time All-Star retired from inter-county “Clare All-Ireland winner appointed as manager of Offaly’s Birr”
Waterford All-Star keeper Stephen O’Keeffe steps away for 2021 season
WATERFORD WILL HAVE to plan for next season’s hurling league and championship without All-Star goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe has informed Déise boss Liam Cahill and “Waterford All-Star keeper Stephen O’Keeffe steps away for 2021 season”
Veteran Galway goalkeeper James Skehill announces retirement
JAMES SKEHILL WILL be a notable absentee from the Galway senior hurling panel for 2021 and beyond. The veteran Cappataggle goalkeeper announced his retirement from “Veteran Galway goalkeeper James Skehill announces retirement”
‘It’s scandalous that lads don’t feel comfortable in those jerseys’ – body image in GAA
“LOOK, YOU’LL BE on this panel but you need to lose two stone.” That sentence is one that will never be forgotten. Johnny McMahon, AKA “‘It’s scandalous that lads don’t feel comfortable in those jerseys’ – body image in GAA”
GAA plans to resume inter-county training ‘under review’ following Covid surge
THE RETURN OF inter-county GAA training may be delayed by the recent increase in Covid-19 cases across Ireland. Inter-county panels are due to resume collective “GAA plans to resume inter-county training ‘under review’ following Covid surge”