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Benny Tierney – in Croker Rights for Armagh People (CRAP) Protest Jaze, Armagh and Galway are going buck mad at the controversial news that they are unlikely to get playing their All Ireland Quarter Finals at Croker next weekend. Both Peter McDonnell and Liam Sammon have blasted the CCCC for their decision to remove the [...]

After the Gold Rush, what then for the GPA? The GPA has not made any comment on news that Martin Cullen, the Minister for Sport has made no promises that the controversial inter-county players’ grants will be available in 2009. Nor indeed for that matter have the One True Belief faction. Many football and hurling [...]

He’s been to the mountain top, looked over and seen the promised land. But will he get there? Breaking news today that Kerry’s fiery captain Paul Galvin has had his sentence cut in half. Galvin, in case you haven’t heard was suspended for six months for producing a 7mm cannon from his football shorts and [...]

Croke Park circa 7.29pm Friday, 1 August 2008 Carlow and Westmeath have completely pocced the toys out of the cot at the suggestion that they might play the Christy Ring Final in Croke Park this Friday evening. And to be honest, who can blame them? They’ve now to make do with a Sunday throw in [...]

Derry’s Ruairi Convery – quare big poc on him This weekend sees the 2008 Final of the Poc Fada competition at Annaverna Mountain, Ravensdale County Louth. Last year’s Poc Fada winner and Tipp goalkeeper Brendan Cummins, will be seeking to hang on to his title. He will face stiff competition from the likes of Waterford [...]

Mags D’Arcy – uncharacteristic error not costly as Wexford win KILKENNY’S Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship hopes are hanging by a thread after they were well beaten by last year’s finalists Cork in Kilmanagh on Sunday. The National League champions went down by 5-11 to 0-7 against the rampant Rebelettes, who collected a fifth victory [...]

ULSTER teams Down and Armagh bounced back from their provincial championship defeats to record victories against Meath and Waterford respectively in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football qualifiers on Sunday. Bryansford’s Natasha Ferris and Downpatrick player Kyla Trainor both scored 1-1 as Down defeated Meath 2-12 to 0-13 in the second of two games which [...]

It is a make or break weekend in the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship with several teams looking to join Cork in the semi final draw. This weekend will give All-Ireland champions Wexford another opportunity to take a step closer to retaining their title, something which looked beyond their reach earlier in the season. After [...]

The Umpire – under typical pressure This week Resident Expert Ger Manas gives some respect to that much maligned but much needed member of the GAA family – the Club Umpire. Without him there’d be no matches, no craic and much less controversy. Sure and then where would we be? Controversy blows up from time [...]

This week in our occasional series we take a look at Vodafone, longstanding supporters of the GAA through the All Stars scheme and previous sponsors of the Clare hurlers amongst others. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb3Sl3pSP2w[/youtube] Interest in Vodafone’s sponsorship of the All Ireland Football Championship has been fuelled by their use of Paul Galvin and Paddy Russell in [...]