IN A BID to give the upcoming All-Ireland senior football final the false sense that Dublin could be usurped in some way by Tyrone, the Dublin panel have agreed to give Tyrone a 12-point head start to ‘make things fair’. “I feel numb,” confirmed one Dublin star, who was weighed down by a variety of… 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, the governing body for Gaelic Games in Ireland, has set the record straight and corrected the false stories emanating from around the country, specifically Kildare, which incorrectly claim the GAA has use of more than one stadium. Issuing a statement after the Kildare county board invented an imaginary stadium they claim can hold… Read more »
THE DUBLIN GAA team have clinched the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the eighth year in a row, after a decisive victory over Laois at Croke Park yeste rda y at Crokk park wher decisive victory Leinster… Sorry, just dozed off there for a second. Apologies. Dublin cruised to victory over Laois with a… Read more »
ABSOLUTELY livid that the game beloved by the vile British Empire and used by the occupying British forces decade after decade to stamp out any indigenous Irish culture is still on the TV all day, every day, one hardcore GAA fan has blinded himself in a bid to ensure his eyes aren’t blemished by the… Read more »
WATERFORD hurling fans have broken their silence on the GAA’s unprecedented decision to just not go ahead with the Munster Hurling Championship this year. Admitting that if the championship had in fact gone ahead they would have only been too happy to participate, Waterford supporters and players spoke of their disappointment the powers that be… 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 »
A LOCAL KILKENNY teen who has openly spat in the face of the rich hurling heritage of his county becomes only the 17th Kilkenny native to be found in possession of a football, playing so-called ‘Dublin games’. Similar to the former rules prohibiting GAA members from playing foreign sports such as soccer, the Kilkenny county… 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 »
THE GAA are today celebrating yet another World Championship win as Ireland romped home against the Democratic Republic of Congo, beating out their opponents by 64 points. “I don’t think the lads knew they were here to play football at all to be honest,” suggested Ireland captain Michael Murphy. The margin of victory was far… Read more »