Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Captains call at Croke Park ahead of the finals

All you need to know: Women's football finals

Defending senior champions Dublin put their title on the line against Cork, while intermediate and junior deciders are also down for decision at Croke Park.

GAA • 14 Sep 18

Louth stand for the National Anthem at the Gaelic Grounds ahead of their football qualifier against Longford last year

Louth ready to purchase Dundalk site for new ground

Louth County Board have taken a major step towards delivering a new county ground after unanimously endorsing the purchase of a site in Dundalk.

GAA • 10 Sep 18

Pete McGrath steps down as Louth boss

Pete McGrath has stepped down as Louth football manager.

GAA • 05 Jul 18

Pete McGrath has been critical of his players in the past

McGrath will take time to consider future as Louth boss

Louth manager Pete McGrath is going to take some time to consider his future in the role.

GAA • 23 Jun 18

Louth got their season back on track at Ruislip

William Woods to the fore as Louth run London ragged

William Woods shot London's lights out in Ruislip as Louth booked their place in Monday's qualifiers draw.

Football • 10 Jun 18

James McGivney was red carded for this challenge on Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton

Recap: Football Championship updates

Read how it all unfolded as Dublin and Laois booked their places in the Leinster final and Dublin reached the Ulster decider, while there was some cheer for Louth in the qualifiers.

GAA • 10 Jun 18

Micheál McKeown passed away at the age of 67.

Louth women's football manager dies after short illness

Louth women's football manager Micheál McKeown has died at the age of 67 after a short illness.

GAA • 05 Jun 18

Tyrone and Meath last met in the qualifiers in 2015

Tyrone to take on Meath in Qualifiers

Tyrone will meet Meath in the pick of the Round 1 All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers after the draw was made on RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland today.

GAA • 28 May 18

Louth manager Pete McGrath described his team's performance as "exceptionally discouraging"

Louth manager Pete McGrath questions players' attitude

Louth manager Pete McGrath questioned his players' attitude after their eleven point loss to Carlow in the Leinster SFC first round match in Portlaoise on Sunday.

GAA • 14 May 18

Carlow's Sean Gannon and Anthony Williams of Louth

Carlow blast past sorry Louth in Portlaoise thrashing

Carlow continue to rise as they brought their strong League form to O'Moore Park in the opening round of the Leinster Senior football Championship.

GAA • 13 May 18

Results from the opening rounds of the Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cups.

Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard round-up

There were seven fixtures down for decision in the opening rounds of the Nicky Rackard and Christy Ring Cups.

Hurling • 12 May 18

Representatives from the 11 Leinster football contenders

All you need to know about the Leinster SFC

Your preview to three opening games of the Leinster football championship

GAA • 11 May 18

Wicklow had no trouble in securing the title

Wicklow power to Division 4 league title

A hat-trick of goals from Marie Kealy and a dominant performance across the middle third of the field powered Wicklow to a comfortable victory in the Lidl Ladies National League Division 4 final at St. Brendan's Park in Birr.

GAA • 07 May 18

Meath avoid relegation with victory over 14-man Louth

Near rivals Louth and Meath eventually played the Allianz Football League round 6 refixture in the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda on Saturday afternoon, with the visitors claiming a vital win to secure Division 2 safety.

Football • 01 Apr 18

Clare ease past relegated Louth to sign off on high

Clare polished off a fine Allianz Football League campaign with a routine 3-12 to 1-11 victory over a winless Louth side in sunny Ennis.

GAA • 26 Mar 18

Conor Sweeney was the star of the show for Tipperary

Tipp steamroll their way to 14 point win over Louth

Tipperary strolled to a facile fourteen point victory over struggling Louth at Semple Stadium in their Allianz Football League Division 2 clash.

GAA • 11 Mar 18

Donie Smith came off the bench to score seven points

Rossies too hot to handle for struggling Louth

The Allianz Football League resumed after a week's break and Louth are still in search of their first win in Division 2 as Roscommon got their promotion hopes back on track with a 1-21 to 0-12 victory at the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda.

GAA • 25 Feb 18

Cian Mackey scored four points after coming on as a substitute for Cavan

Strong second-half showing powers Cavan to victory

Cavan got their first win of their Allianz Football League campaign on a brisk Saturday night in Kingspan Breffni.

GAA • 04 Feb 18

Connaire Harrison picked up from where he left off last season.

Harrison shines as Down prevail against Louth

Down comfortably defeated neighbours Louth 0-11 to 1-14 in the opening round of the Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign in the Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda.

Football • 28 Jan 18

Steohen Wallace got his reign as Offaly boss off to the perfect start

O'Byrne Cup: Offaly and Carlow make impressive starts

The opening round of the O'Byrne Cup saw Carlow and Offaly make light work of Wicklow and Wexford respectively, while it was a lot closer as Westmeath edged out Laois and Longford, courtesy of a strong finish, got the better of Louth.

GAA • 31 Dec 17

Louth appoint McGrath, Kelly takes over at Westmeath

Pete McGrath has been appointed as Louth's new football manager, while Colin Kelly takes over at Westmeath.

GAA • 27 Sep 17

Burns banned for 12 weeks for kicking ball at umpire

Louth's Ryan Burns has become the latest inter-county Gaelic footballer to receive a 12-week ban for 'minor physical interference with an official' after kicking a ball at an umpire in the Wee County's qualifier defeat to Longford.

GAA • 27 Jun 17

Colin Kelly has left the Louth footballers

Colin Kelly steps down from Louth footballers

Colin Kelly has left his position as manager of the Louth footballers following their qualifier defeat by Longford on Saturday.

GAA • 18 Jun 17

Longford advance in the first round of the qualifiers yet again

Longford send Louth crashing out Championship

Longford's love-affair with the qualifiers continued as they sent Louth crashing out of the championship at the Gaelic Grounds this evening.

GAA • 17 Jun 17

Louth manager Kelly asks questions of county's future

Louth manager Colin Kelly admitted big questions have to be asked about their future after conceding 0-27 points to Meath in a Leinster Football Championship defeat on Sunday.

GAA • 05 Jun 17