Dublin 1-22 Roscommon 0-16 A NINE-POINT victory for Dublin in a league game that won’t live long in the memory banks. The six-in-a-row All-Ireland champions got the job done in Roscommon to open up their Division 1 South campaign with two points. In truth, the game took on a challenge match feel at times, particularly in Read more about Two sin bins, three penalties and 1-13 for Costello as Dublin ease past Roscommon[…]

FOUR-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Katrina Parrock has returned to the Wexford camogie panel ahead of the 2021 season. Parrock, who was part of Wexford’s three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions, has linked up with the squad after stepping away from inter-county camogie in 2017. She was 17 when she played in her first All-Ireland final, coming on as a Read more about ‘Great to be back’ – Four-time All-Ireland winner returns to Wexford camogie panel[…]

IF DIARMUID O’KEEFFE has learned anything from being an intercounty hurler during the rolling lockdowns of the past year, it is an increased admiration for athletes in individual sports. The Wexford player will finally get going with his team next Sunday afternoon with their league opener against Laois. Over the past twelve months, the 2019 Read more about ‘Running on the roads around Wexford town, I was genuinely broke up’ – From lockdown to hurling[…]

Updated Jun 19th 2021, 7:11 PM TWO STUNNING GOALS in a five-minute spell just before half-time by Niamh Mallon and Sorcha McCartan, and another in the 57th minute by Anna Rogan after Antrim had clawed back a seven-point deficit to be level, earned Down victory in a pulsating Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 2 final at Read more about Down beat Antrim to Division 2 title, Wexford see off Armagh in Division 3 decider[…]

1. Clare bounce back from last November The value of comparing championship meetings with the previous year’s fixture can be debatable but Clare and Waterford came together in Thurles yesterday, only seven months since they had clashed in an All-Ireland quarter-final. There is value in contrasting the two games then, particularly in Clare’s response. They Read more about Clare bounce back, Kelly causes scoring damage and Waterford’s missing names[…]

CORK CAPTAIN MARTINA O’Brien says she feels her side is closing in on four-in-a-row All-Ireland winners Dublin, as the sides prepare to face off in the Division 1 final. The sides have already met in this year’s league campaign, serving up a thrilling spectacle which Dublin edged by 3-15 to 4-11. The decider on Saturday Read more about ‘We won’t know until we’ve beaten them’ – Cork captain feels gap closing on Dublin as league final looms[…]

EVERYTHING IS ON the up, says Dublin star Carla Rowe. Recent positive developments have ladies football in a good place, she believes. In the past few weeks, major news has been announced with male and female inter-county players set for equal Government funding, while matchday travel expenses will be covered through the Lidl Ladies National Read more about ‘As we raise the bar, we hope that everything else follows’ – Dublin star hails recent positive moves[…]

GRAINNE EGAN ENJOYED quite the weekend on the field for the Offaly camogie and Ladies football sides. Lining out for the county team on consecutive days, Egan was in sensational scoring form and racked up a tally of 4-13 between the two codes. The Offaly dual star posted 3-5 during the camogie team’s victory over Read more about Dual star scored 4-13 for Offaly over the weekend in camogie and Ladies football[…]

ONE OF THE greatest rivalries in Irish sport is renewed this evening. The greatest in ladies football, without a shadow of a doubt, anyway, as arch-rivals Cork and Dublin enter familiar territory; battling it out for silverware on the biggest stage. Cork captain Martina O’Brien and Dublin’s history-making skipper Sinéad Aherne. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE Croke Read more about League specialists v championship conquerors – greatest rivalry renewed on the biggest stage[…]

Updated May 10th 2021, 7:18 PM SLIGO FOOTBALLER NEIL Ewing has announced his retirement from the senior inter-county game. The 33-year-old defender started out in 2008 and featured in three Connacht finals. Success eluded him in those clashes against Roscommon in 2010 and twice against Mayo (2012 and 2015). Ewing outlined how injury had been Read more about Long-serving Sligo stalwart and Cork’s Belfast-born defender retire from inter-county football[…]