IN A BID to adapt to modern viewing habits and with one eye on cracking the lucrative Chinese marketplace the GAA have signed a deal with TikTok to become their exclusive broadcast partner, replacing a previous deal with Sky Sports. “The live action will be spliced into short form clips that are compatible with the… Read more »
RTÉ have made the decision to go down the AI route when selecting who will be the next host of the Sunday Game, after realising that not only could nobody take the place of 15-year veteran Des Cahill, but none of Gerry Ryan’s kids have any interest in ‘bogger sports’ either. The sentient artificial being… Read more »
FRESH from issuing its 200th ‘this goes against the ethos of the GAA’ statement of the year so far, the GAA has vowed to track down and identify the clandestine cell of fanatical soccer fans seeking to destroy Gaelic games from within. Prompted to reissue a boilerplate press release in the wake of news that… Read more »
GARDAÍ are liaising with the Waterford county board and the GAA after it emerged a referee carried out his duties on the field without suffering serious assault. “This isn’t normal, it’s not acceptable, we will look into it and punish the adult men who refrained from punching and kicking a referee,” said a spokesperson for… Read more »
THE controversial Saudi Arabian senior Football and Hurling championships are to go ahead as planned this winter despite protests of ‘sportswashin’, and will include several of Waterford’s most middle-of-the-road players in the tournament. “I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to bring the uniting power of hurling to an oil-rich Middle Eastern kingdom,” said Martin Campbell,… Read more »
BE IT a rival teammate, selector, club or inter-county team no one does spreading unsubstantiated rumours like the GAA community. Have you recently come into possession of a seething and unfounded contempt for a rival? Well, naturally you’ll be wanting to spread rumours about them sooner rather than later and you can’t beat the following… Read more »
NEW PROTOCOLS for club players seeking to move teams have been drawn up by the GAA to avoid another situation similar to that currently befalling Galway’s Shane Walsh, WWN sport understands. “We’re fully attuned to the realities of lads living in Dublin or where have you and having to cross the country of a mid-week… Read more »
WITH each passing season, several new minor and major scandals and wicked whispers emerge about good honest GAA men which requires local clubs to stand up and defend their man. However, in a climate change initiative the GAA is planning to save on paper, man hours and printer ink by sharing a standard template statement… Read more »
FOLLOWING their Connacht Senior Football Championship defeat to Galway by a single point, Mayo have declined to continue through the back door route and will be taking a year out from All-Ireland heartbreak. “Who knows maybe there’s other things worth doing that doesn’t rip your heart out and squash it like a grape being trampled… Read more »
CITING revenue generating opportunities and just straight up practicality the GAA has confirmed all future Tyrone and Armagh brawls which occasionally break into undignified scenes of football will now take place in the octagon. “Big Herb Dean would do a better job of handling the players than David Gough, that’s for sure,” offered one GAA… Read more »