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Cardiac Screening Saves Lives In the last few weeks we have heard the sad news of two young players dying suddenly, apparently from Cardiac related conditions. Amidst all the issues confronting the GAA – and there are many for what is normally the quiet pre season month of January – the issue of player health [...]

When you grow up my children, your manager may be paid . Paddy Heaney talks this morning in the Irish News about the vexed issue of payments to managers in the GAA. Paddy points out correctly that for an ‘amateur’ organisation there are a lot of people being paid, starting in Croke Park with An [...]

Last night at Ravenhill, Ulster were giving Leicester Tigers a bit of a hammering. The witty Ulster supporters, known for their ‘Norn Iron’ sense of humour started up a chorus of Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Ironic of course, but it prompted a flurry of puzzled, irate and annoyed responses in the Twittersphere. I was there [...]

There’s been a fair bit of interest over the last week in the ways in which county teams are making their return to training. With an increasing horde of GAA players committing their thoughts to Twitter, often with scant regard for who might be reading, we can get a real insight into what’s going on [...]

The men in black have been in the news much of late. Same as it ever was you might reply. In England soccer referee Jeff Winter landed himself in hot water following a gratuitous and offensive attack on Celtic and their Catholic religious following. Supposedly blogging about his holiday in New Zealand, Winter’s ruminations on [...]

I used to keep a wee book of training drills. I would add to it having returned from sessions by other coaches having gleaned as many ideas as I could, mulling over in the car home how I would use them or adapt them, and trying to remember who ran where in some of the [...]

So Luis Saurez  (a Uruguayan) calls Patrice Evra, (a Frenchman) a ‘negro’ (amongst other things) during an English Premier League soccer match. He is found guilty by an independent commission, fined £40,000 (in other words peanuts) and is suspended from playing for eight matches. He has a right of appeal and fourteen days to do [...]

Sean McGoldrick. Unsung Hero. Last week BBC NI announced that the winner of this Year’s Unsung Hero for the local BBC Region was Sean McGoldrick of the Eoghan Rua Club in Derry. Nesxt week he represents the entire GAA fraternity over in Manchester in the main BBC awards shown live on TV. As the BBC [...]

Liam Watson Wanted For Catricnide So, Kilkenny hurlers are big men on the pitch, but what are they like when put under the spotlight by the United States Homeland Security Officials? Well, according Liam ‘Winker’Watson, the Countyr’s Top Cats turn into pussys when the pressure comes on. He and Richie Power were detained for several [...]

Hope that Bas isn’t too big Mags? The Camogie Association has their Playing Rules out for consultation at the minute. This should be good. Whilst the game has many good points, there are a number of areas that need active consideration, not just in the way the game is played but the way in which [...]