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FORMER LOUTH PLAYER Colm Nally says Dundalk’s dominance of the national soccer scene has left local Gaelic football teams with a battle to win over the hearts and minds of talented teenagers. Several Louth minor footballers have quit the game to play underage soccer for Dundalk, according to Nally, with a view to ultimately making…

ALL-IRELAND WINNING DUBLIN football coach Jason Sherlock has downplayed the issue of Dublin’s enormous backroom team and highlighted the role that volunteers have played in their incredible run of success. Sherlock, a former Dublin star forward, was among a 23-strong group of backroom team members photographed on the Croke Park pitch after their All-Ireland final…

SECOND HALF GOALS from Thomas Hill and Ross Mulcahy ensured Moyle Rovers edged tonight’s Tipperary SFC quarter-final against Aherlow Gaels by a score of 2 – 11 to 0 – 13. File photo: Ross Mulcahy in minor action for Tipp in 2013. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Rovers, playing without the Dubai-based Peter Acheson, had to come…

Home Peter O’Mahony and Rassie Erasmus speak to the media at UL. Source: Niall Carson Munster’s Champions Cup game against Glasgow Warriors will go ahead as planned on Saturday. The province’s captain, Peter O’Mahony, was understandably emotional as he paid tribute to Anthony Foley in Limerick. Seamus ‘Banty‘ McEnaney is back in inter-county management after…

SEAMUS ‘BANTY’ MCENANEY is back in inter-county football after agreeing a three-year term as Wexford manager. McEnaney, the former Monaghan and Meath boss, takes over from David Power in charge of the Division 4 outfit. “On foot of a recommendation from the FAC, agreement has been reached with Seamus McEnaney from Monaghan to assume the…

DON’T TURN YOUR back on a powerful footballer who has three All-Irelands and two All-Stars to his name. It’s a harsh lesson but one that was learned by a St Patrick’s Emerald City player in a match against former Dublin full-back Rory O’Carroll in Auckland over the weekend. Advertisement Click Here: O’Carroll recently joined Marist…

ZACH TUOHY LOOKS set to follow Pearce Hanley’s lead in completing an AFL move and ending a lengthy spell with his first club in the oval-ball game. The Laois native, who was an unused substitute for Portlaoise in their county final defeat to Stradbally last weekend, is on the brink of signing for Geelong in…

WAYNE MCNAMARA HAS called time on his inter-county career. The 30-year-old defender confirmed his retirement this evening through a statement released by Limerick GAA. Advertisement McNamara won a Munster title with the Shannonsiders in 2013. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The oldest member of TJ Ryan’s 2016 senior panel, McNamara has been involved with the setup since…

Home Dundalk’s Stephen O’Donnell at the 2016 PFA Player of the Year Award nominations. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny has admitted fixture congestion is taking its toll on his ‘exhausted’ players ahead of the club’s Europa League game against Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday. Meanwhile, there will be a full house at Tallaght Stadium after…

FORMER MINOR ALL-IRELAND-WINNING captain Mark O’Connor has joined AFL club Geelong. O’Connor played on Kerry’s victorious underage sides in 2014 and 2015, captaining Jack O’Connor’s charges in the latter, and has chosen the Cats after a number of AFL sides expressed interest in the Dingle man. “I’ve made the decision to go to Geelong,” O’Connor,…