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Sligo players Nathan Mullen, Mikey Gordon, Paul Kilcoyne and Evan Lyons

Sligo coach McGee hopes form can peak at right time

Sligo coach Colm McGee is hoping that his side can hit form at just the right time as they prepare for their Connacht championship quarter-final with heavyweights Mayo.

Football • 02 Apr

A third tier will help bridge the gap between grassroots and professional according to the FAI

FAI set to create new league to bridge gap to LOI

The Football Association of Ireland is seeking to recruit 20 teams for a new league that will act as a direct connection between grassroots and professional football for the first time in Ireland.

Soccer • 12 Dec 24

John Conlon of Clare is tackled by Cian Kenny of Kilkenny

Conlon targets league title as Limerick clash looms

Veteran Clare defender John Conlon has his eyes firmly set on silverware after his county took a big step towards the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-finals.

Hurling • 11 Mar 24

David Gough is unhappy with GAA decision

Gough: GAA's number decision abhorrent

Referee David Gough is unhappy with the GAA's decision to prevent Mayo GAA wearing rainbow coloured numbers in support of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Football • 03 Dec 22

Paul Mullin will not be allowed to play in his new boots

Wrexham ban Paul Mullin's 'offensive boots'

Wrexham striker Paul Mullin will not wear his controversial new boots which featured an X-rated message for the Conservatives.

Soccer • 25 Oct 22

It's probably better than running laps of a pitch in Halifax

Halifax striker leaves pre-season to join Love Island

Football clubs are used to their pre-season preparations being disrupted when players switch teams in the transfer market, but Halifax Town are having to cope with an unusual departure - their striker leaving to join the cast of dating reality show "Love Island".

Soccer • 20 Jul 22

Mark Ellis heads home a late winner for Notts County

Notts County prevail in National League eliminator

Mark Ellis' 90th-minute header gave Notts County a 3-2 victory over local rivals Chesterfield in the National League play-off eliminator at Meadow Lane.

Soccer • 05 Jun 21

It looks as if Reynolds could soon be turning up in north Wales

Hollywood star Reynolds dead keen on Wrexham investment

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to invest in Wrexham and realise the "fantastic potential" of the National League club.

Soccer • 23 Sep 20

How the National League's three divisions will be decided remains up in the air

National League season cancelled in England

The National League has announced all remaining league matches will be cancelled amid the coronavirus crisis, with clubs now having to vote on how best to decide the season.

Soccer • 22 Apr 20

New rules will be trialled during next year's National Camogie League campaign

Rule changes to be trialled in National Camogie League

The Camogie Association are to trial a new set of rules during next year's National League campaign, including changes on scoring with the hand, quick puck-outs and taking frees from the hand.

GAA • 04 Dec 19

Cork captain Martina O'Brien and her team-mates celebrate with the cup after their league final victory

Cork host Westmeath on NFL opening weekend

Champions Cork will face Westmeath at home in the opening round of 2020 Lidl National Football League Division 1 on Sunday, 26 January.

GAA • 21 Nov 19

Chloe Foxe wants to get Wexford back on track

Foxe looking ahead to new era for Wexford

It was a tough time for everyone involved in Wexford Camogie in the spring, as the seniors began the National League without a manager and unable to field a team.

GAA • 22 Jun 19

Victory means Cork finished the group stages in second place overall

Cork sink Dublin to set-up semi-final clash

Niamh Cotter and Marie O'Callaghan hit the net as Cork gained some revenge for last year's All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin in this Lidl National Football League Division 1 clash at Mallow.

GAA • 07 Apr 19

'Looking back, it's a memory I'm happy to have experienced'

McGrath: Leukaemia diagnosis changed my mentality

Former Wicklow footballer John McGrath says that leukaemia is something he's "happy to have experienced" and admits that it "changed his mentality towards a lot of things."

Football • 20 Jan 19

Peter Keane's team selections will be closely followed once the league begins

Keane: The Kerry public know that this will take time

New Kerry football manager Peter Keane is only too aware that supporters of the side have high expectations, but crucially feels that time will be afforded to him in his quest to regain the All-Ireland crown.

GAA • 08 Jan 19

'It's great to have a massive crowd at the final but if you look at other championship matches, there's few at them'

Mulcahy: Next step is increasing crowds at other games

Cork legend Valerie Mulachy says that increasing the crowd numbers at other championship games is the next step towards evolving women's Gaelic football.

Ladies Football • 17 Sep 18

Anthony Daly is hoping to achieve success with Kilmacud Crokes

'The pain and hurt after losing doesn't last as long'

Anthony Daly has settled into life as a club manager with Dublin side Kilmacud Crokes, but the draw of inter-county management never leaves him.

GAA • 01 May 18

Tom McGlinchey says the the Division Four sides affected by the cancelled League games have been disrespected

Waterford 'angry and disappointed' with GAA stance

Waterford football manager Tom McGlinchey says the county is "angry and disappointed" that their request to get their final Allianz League game played has fallen on deaf ears.

GAA • 27 Mar 18

Michael Murphy, left, and Aidan O'Shea will go at it again

Donegal and Mayo supping in last chance saloon

Peter Sweeney looks at the struggling campaigns of Mayo and Donegal ahead of their relegation showdown in Ballybofey

GAA • 22 Mar 18

Stephen Rochford plans to blood some new players in the game against Monaghan

Rochford hoping for early points in the League

After recording a narrow victory over Sligo in the FBD Insurance League, Mayo manager Stephen Rochford is focusing on earning some early points in the Allianz League.

Gaelic football • 21 Jan 18

Keegan keyhole surgery on both his right and left hips earlier this month

Keegan refutes rumour that he has MS

Mayo footballer Lee Keegan says he's 'disappointed' by 'a false rumour' that has been circulating recently suggesting that he had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition.

GAA • 22 Nov 17

Tony Hanahoe figures axing the league for three years

Tony Hanahoe: Axing the league could boost club scene

Scrapping the National League would go along way to solving the GAA's fixture crisis, according to former Dublin star Tony Hanahoe.

GAA • 02 Mar 17

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