What a mess! The fallout continues from yesterday’s scoreboard fiasco during Tipperary’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final win over Kilkenny. After a late wide from Noel McGrath was counted as a point on the stadium scoreboard, the teams believed that there was a four-point and then three-point difference between them going into and during added time. This […]

9 months ago

Who’d be a hurling referee? Certainly not someone who’s looking for a quiet, laid-back life. Sunday’s All-Ireland club hurling final was about as far away from quiet and laid-back as you could possibly imagine. Eanna Burke scored the winning point but, in the aftermath, some people have mentioned that he was lucky to have been […]

2 years ago

Given St Thomas’ continued success at club-level, Fintan Burke has become something of a stranger to Galway’s pre-season slog. He says it’s grand and all to miss it, especially when you’re chasing an All-Ireland title with your club, but also has the sense that the Galway management team wouldn’t mind having him in. “It’s probably […]

2 years ago

JP McManus and the McManus family made an unprecedented and completely unexpected donation to the GAA on Thursday afternoon of €32 million, to be divided equally among the nation’s 32 counties. In a letter he issued to the various county boards, Limerick’s honorary president and chief sponsor and supporter expressed his intention for the money […]

2 years ago

“We’ve now given over 2023 to rugby country.” In Donal Óg Cusack and Jackie Tyrrell, you will do well to find two more passionate hurling men. Put them on a panel together and what you have is magic. Donal Óg was on one on Sunday night. There is no other way of saying it. RTÉ […]

3 years ago

Listen, there’s always going to be an element of frustration when a referee makes a mistake. Going into a game, you’ve enough worries about your own team and about the game itself, never mind the referee giving a few borderline calls against you or an umpire calling a shot as a goal when it wasn’t […]

8 years ago