Month: September 2021

NEIL MCMANUS HAS opened up about how a defibrillator from the Cushendall GAA field helped save his father’s life after he suffered a heart attack “‘I just rang an ambulance and said, ‘I think my father is having a heart attack””

DUBLIN STAR SINÉAD Goldrick has been ruled out of this year’s AFLW Finals after undergoing surgery for a hamstring which she picked up in Melbourne’s “Dubs star Goldrick ruled out of AFLW Finals with hamstring injury”

ZACH TUOHY HAS returned from injury for Geelong ahead of their AFL Round 2 clash with Brisbane at home on Friday. The Laois native missed “Tuohy returns from injury for 2020 Grand Finalists Geelong as new season continues”

EXACTLY A YEAR ago this week, Down footballer Clara Fitzpatrick packed up three-and-a-half years of her life in Australia and returned home. And after breaking “Club call and family first – Down star eyeing glory after AFLW stint and three-and-a-half years away”

THERE WILL BE plenty Irish interest in this year’s AFLW finals after the fixtures for the opening knockout games were revealed today. The final set “Cavan, Dublin and Mayo players to feature as 2021 AFLW finals begin next weekend”

Updated Mar 30th 2021, 6:31 PM SENIOR COUNTY GAA teams will be allowed to return to collective training from 19 April, while golf courses and “GAA county senior teams can train from 19 April, golf courses and tennis courts open from 26 April”

Updated Mar 31st 2021, 12:04 PM THE GAA WILL finalise competition structures and dates for the 2021 inter-county season by the end of next week “GAA to confirm new fixture plan next week, warn against early return to training”

Updated Apr 1st 2021, 11:25 AM THE GAA HAVE confirmed that they will “pursue” allegations of Covid-19 training breaches “at the earliest opportunity,” and will “GAA express ‘frustration and extreme disappointment’ after Dublin training breaches Covid-19 rules”

IT’S BEEN A week of contrasting GAA developments. Tuesday evening brought some welcome news for GAA chiefs that inter-county senior teams had received the green “Dublin training session a fresh headache for GAA as they close in on return to play date”

Updated Apr 1st 2021, 5:36 PM DUBLIN GAA HAVE suspended men’s senior football manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks after a number of Dublin footballers “Dublin suspend manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks following players’ Covid breach”