THE GAA DO not plan to replicate last year’s inter-county blanket coverage on the GAA Go streaming platform, after attendance restrictions have been lifted for sporting events around the country. The 2022 season steps up a gear next weekend with the opening round of the Allianz Football League, followed by the hurling equivalent the following Read more about No plans for blanket coverage of 2022 league games on GAA Go[…]

Updated Jan 25th 2022, 1:14 PM KERRY STAR JAMES O’Donoghue has announced his inter-county retirement. The 2014 Footballer of the Year and two-time All-Star confirmed his decision on Off The Ball’s The Football Pod. O’Donoghue, 31, revealed he made up his mind when he stepped away from the panel last year, though the news was Read more about James O’Donoghue announces Kerry retirement[…]

JOE O’CONNOR IS set to be named the Kerry senior football captain for 2022. It’s understood that Austin Stacks put the midfielder’s name forward following a meeting of the club executive last night. O’Connor picked up a knee injury in the recent Munster club final defeat to St Finbarr’s. A cruciate setback was feared, but Read more about Austin Stacks midfielder set to be named Kerry senior football captain for 2022[…]

FOR ALL THE titles they’ve accumulated over the past decade, it’s the pain of defeat that turned Ballygunner into a ruthless winning machine.  The club won Munster in 2001 and endured four final defeats before they next claimed provincial honours in 2018. For the then five-in-a-row Waterford champions, getting over the final hurdle in Munster Read more about Ballygunner prove they have the mettle to go with skill in bid for All-Ireland glory[…]

WEXFORD BOSS DARRAGH Egan has hailed the addition of former Ireland and Leinster rugby player Gordon D’Arcy to the county’s hurling setup. D’Arcy has joined Wexford as a member of the backroom team, which also features Billy Walsh, the current USA boxing coach that formerly served in that role with Ireland. Tipperary native Egan is Read more about Gordon D’Arcy joins Wexford hurling backroom team – ‘He’s a great asset around the place’[…]

THE GAA HAVE announced the fixture details for the six All-Ireland club finals that will take place in Croke Park next month. The finalists for the three hurling deciders were confirmed over the weekend with six football semi-finals down for decision next Saturday. The centrepiece will be the senior finals on Saturday 12 February with Read more about GAA confirm fixture details for All-Ireland club finals in Croke Park next month[…]

THE GAA SEASON steps up a notch next weekend with the start of the 2022 football leagues and with key games in the concluding stages of the club championships, there are six live matches to take in. The action commences on Saturday afternoon with a triple-header of club games on TG4. Cork’s Mourneabbey and Galway’s Read more about 6 GAA games live on TV next weekend as inter-county league action starts[…]

WHEN DESSIE HUTCHINSON left a career in professional soccer behind him to resume his hurling career with Ballygunner and Waterford, he surely dreamed of days like yesterday. He fired over four points as Ballygunner advanced to their first ever All-Ireland club hurling decider, setting up a mouthwatering showdown with Ballyhale in three weeks’ time.  Having Read more about Dessie Hutchinson: ‘Maybe we’re starting to prove a few people wrong’[…]

TJ REID HAS conjured up plenty moments of brilliance in his hurling career but it’s difficult to think of something more sensational or dramatic as his intervention today in Semple Stadium. TJ Reid with St Thomas manager Kenneth Burke after the game. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The Ballyhale Shamrocks dream of landing three-in-a-row in the All-Ireland Read more about TJ Reid: ‘I had only one option to strike the ball as hard as I could’[…]

DUBLIN BOOKED THEIR place in next Saturday’s Walsh Cup final with victory today over Offaly. Dublin ran out 2-23 to 1-20 winners in Birr and will now play Wexford next weekend in the final of the Leinster pre-season hurling competition. Mattie Kenny’s team trailed 1-13 to 1-9 at half-time but took charge in the second Read more about Dublin set up Walsh Cup final against Wexford, experienced Tyrone player opts out for 2022[…]