Offaly Under-20 manager Leo O’Connor finally had time to celebrate, having lost All-Ireland minor and U20 finals in the last two years, his luck changing at Nowlan Park where the Faithful defeated Tipperary by six points.
The hysteria in the scramble for tickets for this sell-out final demonstrated a resurgence in public interest in Offaly hurling, which has never died but been relatively dormant since the county was a force in the game. They were desperate…
Offaly’s winning captain Dan Bourke and manager Leo O’Connor both hailed their county’s support as their ‘16th man’ as they got the better of Tipperary in the All-Ireland under-20 final.
There endeth the preamble. After five months, eight League games, three rounds of the Leinster championship, and two of these painfully underwhelming All-Ireland group stage matches, we finally reach that part of Dublin’s season where…
Portugal held off Northern Ireland with a big (4 – 0) home win on Day 3 of their women's Euro 2025 qualifiers. The Navigators Had a great time this Friday evening. Dr. Leria Portugal cruised to a 4-0 win over Northern Ireland in style on…
At worst Mayo guaranteed themselves a home draw in the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final with their third win over Roscommon in the space of four months.
Two late points made the difference, but it was the three goals that inflicted the fatal wounds as Cork handed Donegal a first Championship defeat of the year.
With a spot in the SVNS Series’ final four on the line for the victor, Saturday’s clash between New Zealand and Ireland was always going to deliver fireworks.
Hugo Keenan and the Irish Sevens squad got a reminder of just how tough things are going to be in Paris this summer as they missed out on the Madrid Sevens tournament in heartbreaking fashion.