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Galway’s Conor Whelan and David King of Offaly battle for possession. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Galway 4-22 Offaly 0-17 John Fallon reports from Pearse Stadium Click Here: HENRY SHEFFLIN’S GALWAY got their Allianz Hurling League campaign off to a flying start with a double-scores win over Offaly in a low-tempo game in Salthill. The Tribesmen always […]

Armagh 2-14 Tyrone 0-14 Declan Bogue reports at Athletic Grounds TYRONE HAD FOUR players red carded after a fracas in injury time in this chastening defeat to neighbours Armagh, who also lost Greg McCabe to a red card in that dramatic ending. In front of a 14,328 attendance here in a squally Athletic Grounds, they […]

St Sylvester’s [Dublin] 1-6 Castlebar Mitchels [Mayo] 0-7 Darren Kelly reports at Ballinasloe DUBLIN CAPTAIN SINÉAD Aherne scored 0-4 and St Sylvester’s were crowned currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Intermediate club champions following a thrilling win over Castlebar Mitchels at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe. Kate Sullivan’s goal in the first attack ultimately proved the difference between the teams but […]

GALWAY ALL-IRELAND winner Kieran Fitzgerald is the next GAA figure to feature in the current season of TG4′s Laochra Gael. Fitzgerald enjoyed a successful career with the Galway footballers, winning a senior All-Ireland title in 2001 and an All-Ireland U21 crown the following year. The episode also features the unprecedented levels of success he enjoyed […]

LET’S BEGIN WITH some unwanted statistics for Dublin.  This is the first time they’ve lost three competitive games in-a-row since 2009 and their first time losing successive league ties since 2012. It was their largest defeat to Kerry in 13 years. Last week’s loss to Armagh aside, it was their biggest losing margin in a […]

A NEW HURLING league season commences this weekend, the pre-season business completed as the major action starts for 2022. A bunch of new managers step out into the county spotlight. What awaits them as they take on major responsibilities for the new campaign? ********** Henry Shefflin – Galway The most eye-catching inter-county appointment this season.  […]

Cork 1-13 Clare 1-13 CORK AND CLARE played out an entertaining draw in Pairc Uí Chaoimh in Division 2 of the Allianz NFL tonight. In a tie that was level on seven occasions it was the visitors who came from behind to earn a deserved draw as substitutes Emmett McMahon and Daniel Walsh kicked the […]

Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-11 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park FIRST BLOOD OF the season to Kerry in what might or might not be a two-game series this year if, as still expected, they meet Dublin in an All-Ireland semi-final down the road in July. What, if anything, this seven-point win will mean in high […]

Tipperary 0-21 Laois 1-14 Steven Miller reports at O’Moore Park JASON FORDE HELPED himself to 11 points and Mark Kehoe and Jake Morris hit seven between them from play as Tipperary began Colm Bonnar’s reign as manager with a four-point win over Laois in O’Moore Park. Laois played most of the second half with just […]

Naas [Kildare] 0-16 Kilmoyley [Kerry] 1-11 Kevin Egan reports at Croke Park NAAS GAA CLUB continues to break new ground across both primary sporting codes, as they became the first club from the county to win an All-Ireland club hurling title this evening. The reigning senior football and hurling champions in the Short Grass County arrived […]