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THE NOMINATIONS FOR the eir Sports Book of the Year prize have been revealed. Click Here: In its second year running, the inaugural award was won by former Dublin footballer John Leonard with Dub Sub Confidential in 2015 and a 20-strong longlist has been announced this evening. Included are books from ex-Ireland and Munster rugby…

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ATTENDANCES have fallen by an average of more than 7,000 per game over the last 10 years, new figures released by the GAA show. A total of 788,746 fans attended the 60 games (not including replays) played in the provincial championships and All-Ireland series in 2016. This average crowd of 13,146 per match…

THE GAA HAS issued revised proposals for a Gaelic football championship restructure in what appears to be an attempt to appease critics of the original ideas revealed in August. However, the latest document released by GAA director general Paraic Duffy is persisting with a round-robin stage for the last eight of the football championship, to…

FORMER LOUTH PLAYER Colm Nally says Dundalk’s dominance of the national soccer scene has left local Gaelic football teams with a battle to win over the hearts and minds of talented teenagers. Several Louth minor footballers have quit the game to play underage soccer for Dundalk, according to Nally, with a view to ultimately making…

ALL-IRELAND WINNING DUBLIN football coach Jason Sherlock has downplayed the issue of Dublin’s enormous backroom team and highlighted the role that volunteers have played in their incredible run of success. Sherlock, a former Dublin star forward, was among a 23-strong group of backroom team members photographed on the Croke Park pitch after their All-Ireland final…

SECOND HALF GOALS from Thomas Hill and Ross Mulcahy ensured Moyle Rovers edged tonight’s Tipperary SFC quarter-final against Aherlow Gaels by a score of 2 – 11 to 0 – 13. File photo: Ross Mulcahy in minor action for Tipp in 2013. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Rovers, playing without the Dubai-based Peter Acheson, had to come…

Home Peter O’Mahony and Rassie Erasmus speak to the media at UL. Source: Niall Carson Munster’s Champions Cup game against Glasgow Warriors will go ahead as planned on Saturday. The province’s captain, Peter O’Mahony, was understandably emotional as he paid tribute to Anthony Foley in Limerick. Seamus ‘Banty‘ McEnaney is back in inter-county management after…

SEAMUS ‘BANTY’ MCENANEY is back in inter-county football after agreeing a three-year term as Wexford manager. McEnaney, the former Monaghan and Meath boss, takes over from David Power in charge of the Division 4 outfit. “On foot of a recommendation from the FAC, agreement has been reached with Seamus McEnaney from Monaghan to assume the…

DON’T TURN YOUR back on a powerful footballer who has three All-Irelands and two All-Stars to his name. It’s a harsh lesson but one that was learned by a St Patrick’s Emerald City player in a match against former Dublin full-back Rory O’Carroll in Auckland over the weekend. Advertisement O’Carroll recently joined Marist Rangers GAA…

ZACH TUOHY LOOKS set to follow Pearce Hanley’s lead in completing an AFL move and ending a lengthy spell with his first club in the oval-ball game. The Laois native, who was an unused substitute for Portlaoise in their county final defeat to Stradbally last weekend, is on the brink of signing for Geelong in…