CAVAN native Maurice Devane is said to be over the moon with his county’s first Ulster title since 1997 but even more ecstatic that the unprecedented victory happened during a pandemic thus removing the prospect he’d have to pay for a ticket to the semi-final. “I could have gotten a lift to the game off… Read more »
ABSEILING down the interior of a disused well on an abandoned farm which leading to a series of interconnecting tunnels, one unnamed senior intercounty football team made a break for it under the cover of darkness, flouting current GAA restrictions on county teams training together while the restarted club season is still ongoing. War paint… Read more »
THE WEEKEND’S All Ireland Football Championship qualifiers put a final shape on the 8 counties who will compete in the new ‘Super 8s’ format, prompting one local father to ask, for what must be the 456th time, what is the Super 8s and how exactly will it work. Seated next to his two sons on… Read more »
THE GAA has confirmed it is to end its highly controversial practice of only placing the visually impaired in umpire positions in All Ireland Hurling games. The welcome news comes after blind umpires failed to notice a goal scored by Tipperary against Waterford in Sunday’s Munster Championship clash was not in fact a goal, as… Read more »
THERE were wild celebrations in Ireland’s cities this morning, after its ice-hurling team won an unprecedented gold for the 10th Winter Olympics running, this time in South Korea. Ice-hurling remains the only event in the much storied games that is contested by one nation and one nation alone, however, Ireland’s ice-hurling coach Brian Cody praised… Read more »