Kevin Egan

RTÉ Sport contributor

Longford produced some excellent attacking football

Longford progress with impressive attacking swagger

A thrilling end-to-end encounter in Tullamore ended with Longford progressing to a Leinster quarter-final clash with Meath next Sunday afternoon.

Football • 27 Jun 21

Kevin McDonald scored 2-02 for Carlow (file pic)

Carlow edge a thrilling clash with neighbours Kildare

Carlow took a positive first step towards promotion back to the Leinster SHC when they overcame a strong Kildare challenge by 3-16 to 2-22 in the first round of the Joe McDonagh Cup at St. Conleth's Park.

GAA • 26 Jun 21

Laois Croker mascot Nersey sets sights on League title

Twenty years after she proved a lucky mascot for Laois in the All-Ireland Senior final, Mo Nerney is again to the forefront as the O'Moore County bid for a national crown

GAA • 19 Jun 21

Dessie Reynolds second-half goal put Longford on course for victory

Longford relegate Munster champions Tipp to Division 4

Longford will play Division 3 football for the seventh successive year in 2022 after they beat Tipperary by 1-13 to 0-09 in their relegation play-off at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

GAA • 13 Jun 21

Anton Sullivan was in great scoring form for Offaly in the first half

Offaly move up after fighting off 14-man Fermanagh

Sensational in the first half, nervous and error-prone in the second, Offaly fell across the Division 3 promotion line at Fermanagh's expense.

GAA • 12 Jun 21

David Clifford celebrates after scoring Kerry's first goal

Kingdom dig deep to grind down dogged Rossies

There were no surprises at Dr Hyde Park this afternoon as Kerry did enough to see off a dogged Roscommon 2-15 to 1-12 in their final round fixture in the southern section of the Allianz Football League.

GAA • 30 May 21

Cork won by eight in Portlaoise this evening - putting the loss to Kildare behind them

Cork shrug off opening defeat to beat wasteful Laois

The scoreboard might suggest that there was a little bit between Laois and Cork in tonight's Allianz League clash at O'Moore Park, but in truth these sides were very well matched in every aspect bar one – efficiency.

GAA • 22 May 21

Dublin were awarded three penalties in the game

Dublin too strong for Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park

Dublin beat Roscommon by 1-22 to 0-16 in their Allianz League opener at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday.

GAA • 16 May 21

Dublin edged out Offaly in the Leinster U20 quarter-final

Late goals see Dublin hold off Offaly surge in Birr

A highly-rated Dublin U-20 hurling side came through a tough test of their credentials this afternoon at St. Brendan's Park in Birr, only squeezing past a defensively strong Offaly side thanks to goals from Darach McBride and Kevin Desmond in the last ten minutes of play.

GAA • 12 Dec 20

Donal O'Shea of Galway scores his side's first goal

Galway youngsters cruise past Laois challenge

It wasn't just the cold air that stopped Galway from breaking a sweat in O'Moore Park, as the Tribesman cruised past a young Laois team with little or no difficulty to set up a Leinster semi-final clash with Kilkenny next weekend.

GAA • 11 Dec 20