April 05, 2022 / By mobanmarket
A view from Munster’s training session in UL, Limerick today. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Home Ulster pair Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were quizzed by the PSNI over alleged sexual offences Pat Lam says Bundee Aki is missing Rob Henshaw as a friend but not a partner, says Lam Monaghan’s long-serving midfielder Dick Clerkin has announced his retirement from inter-county football […]
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THERE MAY HAVE been some skepticism about the idea of an Irish language channel amid its launch on Halloween night 20 years ago, but since then, TG4 has garnered plenty of acclaim for its innovative programming and efforts to keep the Irish language relevant. One of the channel’s biggest successes over the past two decades has […]
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Brian Hogan (2016) and Keith Hogan (2015) are recent Kilkenny county winning captains FOR THE SECOND successive year on Sunday, it was a member of the Hogan family who was lifting the cup after the Kilkenny senior hurling final. The novelty lay in the fact that they both play for different clubs. On Sunday, Brian […]
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Limerick will be in action in Division 1B next season Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO MUNSTER SENIOR WINNERS James Ryan and Paudie O’Brien have not been named in the first Limerick senior hurling squad selected by new manager John Kiely, but there is a recall for attacker Seanie Tobin. Kiely, who has taken over from TJ Ryan, […]
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Conor Nash (right) at Irish International Rules training last November Source: James Crombie/INPHO TEEN PRODIGY CONOR Nash has admitted that turning his back on Meath GAA and Leinster rugby to forge an Aussie Rules career was a ‘massive call’ for him. Nash’s last game of Gaelic football came at the weekend when he powered Simonstown […]
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Clerkin plays his club football with Currin. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO THE LONGEST-SERVING inter-county Gaelic footballer in the country has announced his retirement. Monaghan’s Dick Clerkin was the last player still in action to have made his inter-county debut in the 90′s, first lining out in the league for his county in the winter of 1999. […]
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THIRTY YEARS on and it’s still the soundtrack of the GAA championship. Other television stations have secured broadcasting rights and encroached on viewership figures, but we always seem to gravitate back to The Sunday Game. Maybe it’s the warmth that radiates from presenter Michael Lyster or the energy surrounding the panelists that keeps us coming […]
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WITH THE PAIN of last year’s final defeat to Clara still fresh in the memory, O’Loughlin Gaels centre-back Brian Hogan couldn’t contain his delight after his side scored a surprise victory against Ballyhale Shamrocks in this year’s Kilkenny SHC final. The former Cats defender was beaming after their 0-19 to 1-12 victory against TJ Reid, […]
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HIGHLY-RATED MEATH footballer Conor Nash has completed a deal to join AFL outfit Hawthorn. Having already spent time in Australia training with his new teammates, the club opted to offer Nash a professional contract. And the 18-year-old, who also grew up playing rugby, will be joined at Hawthorn by Derry’s Conor Glass, who signed with the club […]
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KIERAN DONAGHY IS a player you’d love to have on your team, but hate to play against. Aggressive, brash, physically imposing and an in-your-face approach. A win at all costs mentality. A divisive figure, you either worship him or can’t stand him; there’s no real in-between, as he admits himself. “If you look at me […]
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