Month: March 2022

Some of the managers in this year’s top flight. Source: Inpho DUBLIN AND WEXFORD have been the surprise packages of the Allianz Hurling League so far, going unbeaten in the opening three rounds of action. Cork have responded well to their 2021 All-Ireland final hammering, winning every game so far. Their form was crowned by…

IT WAS AFTER her club defeated Slaughtneil in the 2020 All-Ireland camogie club semi-final that Stacey Kehoe could see a hectic schedule of events coming down the line. The concluding stages of that competition was delayed until the end of last year due to the Covid pandemic. There was also a high-profile fight to protect…

CORK CAMOGIE HAS announced a new three-year sponsorship deal with Kearys Motor Group. Laura Treacy, Amy Lee and Amy O’Connor. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Cork lost last year’s All-Ireland senior final against Galway but enjoyed recent O’Duffy Cup triumphs in 2014, ’15, ’17 and ’18. Advertisement The new sponsorship deal will cover the Cork senior, intermediate,…

WICKLOW ARE SEARCHING for a new senior football manager after Colin Kelly has departed ‘due to a change in work commitments’. The announcement was made this evening by the Wicklow county board as they now embark on the search for a successor. Kelly was appointed last October, filling the vacancy created by the August departure…

SARSFIELDS PLAYER LAURA Ward believes the integration of the Camogie Association with the GAA would be a major benefit in securing appropriate pitches for championship games. Sarsfields player Laura Ward. Source: Sam Barnes/SPORTSFILE Ward will line out for the Galway club in next Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland senior final against Oulart-the-Ballagh of Wexford in Croke Park.…

JAMES O’CONNOR HAS joined the Midleton set-up as coach for the 2022 season.  The Waterford native brought Ballyhale Shamrocks to the All-Ireland club decider where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to Ballygunner in Croke Park. He led them to two Kilkenny titles and a Leinster crown during his two-year spell with the Kilkenny kingpins.  Advertisement…

Ardscoil Rís, Limerick 1-18 Presentation College, Athenry 1-12 John Fallon reports from Dangan ARDSCOIL RÍS FROM Limerick finished strongly to book an All-Ireland post-primary schools senior hurling semi-final date with Good Counsel of New Ross next weekend after this hard-fought win at Dangan in Galway. Click Here: The sides were level four times in the…

THE GAA HAVE confirmed the fixture details for five football league games that were postponed last weekend due to the stormy weather conditions. The fixtures have been pencilled in for next weekend 5-6 March, where there was a gap in the football league calendar, but means a hectic month of action is on the cards…

DESSIE FARRELL REMAINS fully confident in Dublin’s ability to arrest their slide and turn the season around following their fourth defeat on the bounce. The All-Ireland winning player and manager is enduring the most difficult period of his reign since replacing Jim Gavin at the end of 2019. Their winless start to the league arrives…

Allianz Football League results Division 3 Click Here: Longford 1-10 Fermanagh 3-11 Louth 1-15 Westmeath 1-13 Division 4 London 1-6 Wexford 0-11 Cavan 0-19 Carlow 1-12 Waterford 1-13 Leitrim 2-17 ***** LOUTH GAVE THEIR promotion hopes a boost after a hard-fought win against neighbours Westmeath.  Advertisement The Lake County’s first defeat of the Division 3…