GAA set to call off Rules over schedule
Wed, May 14, 2008THE GAA won't be compromising on the agreed schedule of the International Rules and insist there must be a two-game series or else none at all. Their Australian counterparts, the AFL, who are due to host the series next October, are so far only guaranteeing arrangements for one game, and have until Friday week to come back with confirmation of a second game before the GAA call off the whole thing. p
Ryan gives details of €7 million in payouts
Wed, May 14, 2008
GAELIC GAMES NEWS: OVER €7 MILLION will be paid out to provinces and county boards at the end of the 2008 championship under the GAA's new sponsorship deals and television rights. p
Games' culture in safe hands as fíor-Gael takes over
Wed, May 14, 2008Bertie Ahern's interest in Gaelic Games was high-profile. He wasn't, however, as immersed in the GAA and its protocols as his successor, writes SEÁN MORAN . p
Ticket for 'Bloody Sunday' game makes €7,600
Wed, May 14, 2008THE POTENTIAL value of championship match programmes became increasingly evident at yesterday's auction in Dublin of rare and collectable GAA items. Organised by Mealy's of Castlecomer and taking place at the Tara Towers Hotel in Dublin, the earliest known extant of an All-Ireland hurling final programme - the 1913 final between Kilkenny and Tipperary - was sold for €3,600. p
Rules series in danger of being scrapped
Tue, May 13, 2008This year's proposed International Rules series is in danger of collapse due to a scheduling dispute between the GAA and the Australian Football League.
McGrath, Flanagan pick up awards
Tue, May 13, 2008Attention may now be fully focused on the championship but the GPA took a little time out to reflect on the latter stages of the leagues when announcing their players-of-the-month for April.
Raring to deliver a super-size effort
Tue, May 13, 2008COLM COOPER Ian O'Riordan talks to Colm Gooch Cooper who has just returned from a four-month flydrive trip to America p
Meath pinning appeal hopes on technicality
Tue, May 13, 2008
TEAM NEWS The five Meath footballers handed eight-week suspensions arising from last month's Parnell Park melee will tonight have their appeals heard by the GAA's Central Appeals Committee (CAC). p
Horde gathers at Tara as GAA hoard goes under the hammer
Tue, May 13, 2008
NOW THAT another championship is officially underway you may want to take some advice from Mealy's auctioneers: Don't throw away your match programme. Hold on to that ticket stub. And if you have any blood ties with potential All-Ireland medal winners then make sure it's written in their will. p
Cooper hopes break did the trick
Mon, May 12, 2008Colm Cooper hopes his three-month break in America will have "re-energised" him ahead of Kerry's All-Ireland defence.
Concerns ease for Cork duo
Mon, May 12, 2008Fears that Cork's Nicolas Murphy and Anthony Lynch would miss next month's Munster semi-final through injury eased this morning with reports from the county suggesting both should be fit.
The only way is up after flat opening
Mon, May 12, 2008GAELIC GAMES: SHORTLY AFTER three o'clock yesterday, GAA president Nickey Brennan was paraded into the middle of Pearse Park. He ascended a large, round stage and declared the 121st All-Ireland championship officially open. p
Westmeath nerves are frayed as the ghost of last year is put to rest at Pearse Park
Mon, May 12, 2008LEINSTER SFC FIRST ROUND/Westmeath 2-10 Longford 1-10: YESTERDAY'S OPENING to the 2008 championship was marked by the restoration of the old theme tune to The Sunday Game. p
O'Flatharta knows what he has to improve on
Mon, May 12, 2008Ian O'Riordan finds the Westmeath manager with feet solidly grounded and the Longford manager feeling in need of a pick-me-up p
Mulligan helps Leitrim clear opening hurdle
Mon, May 12, 2008Leitrim 0-17 New York 0-6 : LEITRIM BROUGHT their greater experience and fitness to bear to comfortably see off the challenge of New York in front of a packed Gaelic Park on Sunday. p
Murphy a doubt for Munster championship tie
Mon, May 12, 2008CORK FOOTBALL: MIDFIELDER Nicholas Murphy is a doubt for the Cork footballers ahead of their Munster championship encounter against Limerick or Tipperary in mid-June. p
Meath find extra zest
Mon, May 12, 2008LEINSTER MFC QUARTER-FINALS/Meath 0-14 Dublin 0-10 AET - 0-9 to 0-9 after normal time: WHEN THE senior footballers of Dublin and Meath engaged in a brawl at Parnell Park last month, much media reaction touched on the example shown to children. p
Offaly achieve their goal
Mon, May 12, 2008Offaly 3-7 Westmeath 1-11: DEFENSIVE FRAILTY, which resulted in the concession of three first-half goals, proved costly for strongly-fancied Westmeath against Offaly in the quarter-final of the Leinster minor football championship in Tullamore on Saturday. p
Gill secures home win
Mon, May 12, 2008Longford 1-13 Louth 0-12: A goal from Pádraic Gill midway through the first half proved the decisive score as Longford won at Pearse Park on Saturday. p
Nolan goal is decisive
Mon, May 12, 2008Wexford 1-8 Wicklow 0-8: WEXFORD GOT a dream start when Billy Nolan scored a goal after just three minutes at Aughrim on Saturday. p
Westmeath hold their nerve
Sun, May 11, 2008Westmeath 2-10 Longford 1-10 : Westmeath survived a late rally from Longford to book their place in the next round of the Leinster championship today, ending an unwanted losing sequence in the process.
GAA digest
Mon, May 12, 2008Today's other stories in brief p
Leitrim emerge with reputations intact
Sun, May 11, 2008New York 0-6 Leitrim 0-17 : Leitrim avoided a potential banana skin Stateside today, overwhelming New York in their opening Connacht championship encounter.
Old rivals craving a great leap forward
Sat, May 10, 2008Westmeath v Longford : Tom Humphries hopes whoever emerges from tomorrow's meeting of Westmeath and Longford can go on to cause a national stir this summer. p
Defensive cohesion gives Westmeath the edge
Sat, May 10, 2008
Longford v Westmeath : LAST YEAR'S setback in this fixture may well have had a seismic effect on Westmeath. By the time the sides re-engaged in the qualifiers Longford noticed that their neighbours had become both more physical and more cautious in the number of players they played behind the ball. p
Hooked by a passion for the underdog
Sat, May 10, 2008Keith Duggan profiles manager Dessie Dolan snr, whose Leitrim team begin their championship campaign in New York tomorrow. p
Leitrim have enough quality to pass tricky test
Sat, May 10, 2008New York v Leitrim : LEITRIM HAVE have more reason than most to be wary of this fixture, as on their previous visit five years ago they were taken to extra-time before winning by a short head, 0-14 to 0-12. p
GAA Digest
Sat, May 10, 2008
Croke Park sets ambitious environmental goals : THE GAA yesterday announced a major environmental initiative - Cul Green - aimed at making Croke Park a carbon-free stadium. p
Westmeath stick with league final team
Fri, May 9, 2008JUMP IN EXPECTATION Hurdles champion trains with Olympics in mind GAELIC GAMES NEWS p
GAA DIGEST
Fri, May 9, 2008McMahon returns to duty as Clare prove too strong for Dublin: DIARMUID McMAHON made a return to intercounty duty as Clare defeated Dublin 0-29 to 2-20 in a high-scoring senior hurling challenge in Nenagh last night. p
Launch of awards scheme on schedule
Fri, May 9, 2008CROKE PARK has nearly completed the protocols necessary to implement the players' awards scheme that was accepted by last month's annual congress. At the beginning of next month a set of documents will be sent out to the counties to assist them in completing the necessary administration. p
Supermarket has to withdraw helmets due to safety concerns
Thu, May 8, 2008
GAELIC GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 NEWS LIDL, THE German supermarket chain, has withdrawn its recently launched "Pro-Guard" hurling helmet from sale and advised anyone who purchased one to return it to one of the company outlets to secure a refund. The helmet has failed to meet the safety requirements laid down by the National Standards Authority of Ireland, IS355. p
GAA working to seal All Star sponsor
Thu, May 8, 2008
THE GAA All Star scheme will continue as is despite the formal ending yesterday of the 11-year Vodafone sponsorship deal. Although a replacement sponsorship has yet to be sealed, the monthly awards, plus the annual tour, will also continue, but in the meantime GAA president Nickey Brennan didn't rule out combining the awards scheme with that of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA). p
Decies pair in frame to face Clare
Thu, May 8, 2008WATERFORD HURLERS have had some good news for a change with the news that the injury to hurler of the year Dan Shanahan isn't as bad as previously feared and that former All Star Eoin Kelly's chances of making the first-round championship match against Clare have improved. p
Captains steer diplomatic course
Wed, May 7, 2008
GAELIC GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 NEWS THE KILKENNY captain played down the tag of favourites with great enthusiasm. The Cork captain said they would worry about Munster before anything else. And everyone agreed the championship structure was still a work in progress. p
