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The Galway team before their All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary Source: INPHO GALWAY ARE TO continue to hit a brick wall in their efforts to have a home senior hurling championship game in Leinster and to get their underage sides to compete in the province. Since joining Leinster in 2009, Galway have yet to host a…

Shefflin, McManamon and Cooper will be in the club GAA spotlight this week NINE COUNTY SENIOR finals, a couple of huge nights in Dublin club football and some significant clashes as the Leinster, Munster and Ulster senior club football championships kick into gear. That’s the lot to get stuck into this week on the club…

THE DECISION ON whether to take the Dublin footballers out of Croke Park for a second successive year will be decided on 16 November with seating capacity in venues set to be a key factor in making the decision. Dublin have been drawn to play the winners of Wexford or Carlow at the Leinster quarter-final…

DUBLIN DEFENDER JAMES McCarthy insists revenge is not on his mind as his Ballymun Kickhams side take on St Vincent’s in a heavyweight last four clash in the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park later this evening [throw-in at 19:30]. Last year, the Marino men overpowered their northside rivals at the quarter-final stage before the 2014…

Home Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane are staying at the Sportsground. Katie Taylor is reportedly set to turn professional and could make her debut as soon as next month. Pro12 champions Connacht have received a double boost with the news that Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane have signed contract extensions with the province. Double All-Ireland…

The Cork players before their qualifier against Dublin. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO CORK HAVE CUT five players from their 2016 hurling championship squad and added several youngsters as they get set to commence their pre-season preparations for 2017. It’s been reported by the Evening Echo newspaper today that manager Kieran Kingston has omitted William Egan, William…

TIPPERARY SENIOR HURLER Conor O’Brien has announced his retirement from the inter-county game. The 31 year-old’s decision was revealed this afternoon by the Tipperary county board after a senior hurling career that began in 2007. The Éire Óg-Annacarty club man won All-Ireland senior hurling medals in 2010 and 2016 while also winning five Munster senior…

FOR A SENSE of appreciation of preparing in a county hurling final, Ryan O’Dwyer only has to reflect on his ordeal twelve months ago. On Friday 30 October 2015, he was assaulted outside a Birmingham nightclub and knocked unconscious. The 30 year-old suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw and bleeding in the brain. Next…

Source: The42.ie/YouTube KIERAN DONAGHY WILL wait to see how is body holds up after a winter of basketball before making a decision on whether to extend his inter-county career into 2017. As is always the case at this time of year, the Kerry full-forward’s future has been the subject of much speculation, particularly after the…

Home Ulster GAA’s proposed designs for Casement Park. Source: Presseye/Kelvin Boyes/INPHO Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has signed a new deal that will see him keep the reins until the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pádraig Harrington has surged up 62 spots in the world rankings, moving to 97th, on the back of…