After six years away, Paddy Cunningham is back. Six years ago, the free-scoring forward was sick of it. Having been juggling hurling and football for Antrim for years, inter-county GAA became more of a chore and he took an indefinite period of leave. One year turned into six but at 36, Lenny Harbison coaxed him […]

6 years ago

The hurling league before the real hurling league. The Munster and Leinster restructures might’ve taken the sting out of the national league, but there’s plenty to be garnered from it. Galway legend Damien Hayes joins Colm Parkinson on The GAA Hour hurling show to look back over the weekend’s action.

6 years ago

The GAA Hour football show never went away but the county football did. Now, it’s back and what better way to pick up then where it left off? Dublin v Kerry. David Clifford v Brian Fenton is going to be a battle of the ages and in studio with Colm Parkinson, Conán Doherty and Leitrim […]

6 years ago

The players are smiling, the college is bouncing, IT Carlow can taste it. Never before have they tasted Sigerson Cup glory but thanks to a Laois legend and his fun games, they’re 60 minutes from success with only DCU standing in their way. Pat Critchley isn’t scared.

6 years ago

“We have to put on a spectacle, and perform and start winning games to be respected within Tipperary and get people following us.” Those were the words of Tipperary star Aishling Moloney when she spoke with SportsJOE ahead of her side’s Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 opener against All-Ireland champions Dublin. On Sunday, Moloney […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney She may have been a late comer to inter-county football but new Sligo captain Nicola Brennan has taken the job with the sole focus of leading her side into Division 2 of the Lidl National Football League. Ten years on from making her league debut as a 17-year-old, Brennan made it back […]

6 years ago

Corofin win. Ballyhale win. No, it’s not 2019. It’s 2020 and the two champions are the same. After tense football and hurling finals, the Galway and Kilkenny lynchpins prevailed again and Colm Parkinson is joined on The GAA Hour with Ger Brennan, Conán Doherty and Damien Hayes to pick the bones off the events at […]

6 years ago

It’s not St. Patrick’s Day but it’s the club finals, God dammit. Corofin v Kilcoo, Ballyhale v Borris-Ileigh, it’s going to be a hell of a day in Croke Park on Sunday and, on the latest GAA Hour, Colm Parkinson is joined by Conán Doherty, Conor Heneghan and Brian Carroll to run the rule over […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes Legend has it that The Solskjaer can eat your soul. In Liverpool, they fear The Solskjaer. Kids grow up with the threat that they will be sent off to work for It, if they don’t do as they’re told. Worshippers at Anfield are reminded that a place in heaven is […]

6 years ago

By Declan Rooney If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a novel could be written on Michelle Ryan’s time with Waterford ladies football. After 19 seasons togging out for the county, Ryan called it quits earlier this week, and despite playing a key role in the county’s Lidl National League Division 2 final victory last […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes Could Tottenham be the team? After a bright start, Mourinho’s men have hit their first bump in the road and it’s taken them further off the beaten track than the Portuguese maestro would have wanted, and than any Spurs fan could have imagined. A draw with Norwich in the League, […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney With two TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate medals in her pocket from a four-year inter-county career, Tipperary’s Aishling Moloney wants to cement her county’s place in the senior ranks in 2020. A stylish victory over Meath in the All-Ireland final was followed closely by Moloney being named Intermediate Player of the Year, but this […]

7 years ago

No gym open at Christmas? No problem. JOE’s Alex Roberts has a handy, D.I.Y Christmas workout that’ll see you right. If you travel home for Christmas, it can be easy to fall off the wagon and away from your usual routine. Visiting relatives, meeting up with friends and family, eating enormous meals and snacking like […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes Alas, United finally steamrolled a side begging to be steamrolled. Newcastle came to Old Trafford, they set up their packed stall, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer found a way through it, with the help of Mason Greenwood. A trip to Burnley on Saturday poses a very big problem – one you […]

7 years ago

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7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes If United played the top 5 every week they might be alright. The problem starts when they meet another team who wants the ball as often as they want it – which isn’t a lot. United want the ball when you’re in their half and you’ve left space in your […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes A stay of execution? Or a corner turned? It’s worth reminding ourselves at this stage that Mauricio Pochettino is unemployed. United aren’t clear yet of actual relegation danger because everyone in that pile from Sheffield United down are in the woods. Solskjaer might be one of the most likeable men […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV Man United v Spurs Wednesday, 7.30pm, Old Trafford NOW TV Ole Gunnar Solskjaer isn’t doing a whole lot right but he’s at least accentuating his talents – or some of them. The United engine room might as well be a ghost town, Juan Mata might as well be retired […]

7 years ago

From Aisling Clery in Kinnegad  Three first half goals paved the way for Munster to win back to back Interprovincial titles in Kinnegad on Saturday afternoon. Connacht provided stiff opposition in the final but three opening half goals from Waterford duo Michelle Ryan and Aileen Wall, and Cork’s Saoirse Noonan, put the result out of […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small There was a stunned silence as Ephie Fitzgerald delivered the news that he would not be continuing on as Cork manager. The Rebelettes had just been knocked out of the 2019 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship by arch-rivals Dublin in the semi-final at Croke Park, and now they had lost their prized leader, off the […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV Cancel your plans, friends. We ain’t going anywhere. ‘Tis the season when TV gets exponentially better. A look at the week ahead in sport is an arm around the shoulder or a comforting hug. It’s a voice telling you, ‘Sit back, relax. We’ve got this’. From Champions League group […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes There are some guys who just help form part of the winning formula. Shane Long hasn’t seen a lot of action for Southampton this year, he hasn’t delivered by way of goals or assists – not that he’s been given too much time to do so – but he’s been […]

7 years ago

By Ivan Smyth Mourneabbey (Cork) 2-9 Kilkerrin/Clonberne (Galway) 0-14 It was the ultimate way to win an All-Ireland Senior Club title, but Mourneabbey manager Shane Ronayne had huge sympathy for Kilkerrin/Clonberne as their brave performance went unrewarded thanks to Laura Fitzgerald’s late heroics at the Gaelic Grounds. The Mourneabbey attacker kicked the winning point with 20 […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small at Duggan Park Donoughmore (Cork) 1-12 MacHale Rovers (Mayo) 1-11 Rena Buckley scored 0-7 as Donoughmore became the third straight Cork team to claim the All-Ireland Junior Football title with victory over MacHale Rovers in the final after extra-time at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe. Donoughmore were 1-7 to 0-6 in front at […]

7 years ago

By Alan Gunn Naomh Ciaran (Offaly) 2-11 Naomh Pól (Antrim) 2-9 A blistering comeback saw Naomh Ciaran create history by becoming the first ladies football club from Offaly to land an All-Ireland title as Kate Kenny led them to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club crown at Kingspan Breffni. Trailing by five points with eight minutes remaining […]

7 years ago

By Ivan Smyth at LIT Gaelic Grounds What a club team. Mourneabbey (Cork) 2-9 Kilkerrin/Clonberne (Galway) 0-14 Mourneabbey secured back-to-back All-Ireland Senior Club titles as a Laura Fitzgerald point with less than 20 seconds remaining broke Kilkerrin/Clonberne hearts in a dramatic All-Ireland decider at the Gaelic Grounds. Points from Chloe Miskell and Annette Clarke had […]

7 years ago

The gauntlet has been laid down. In six days’ time, Brolly v Wooly will top bill for The Great Debate and it’s beginning to heat up. Where: The Mansion House, Dublin When: Thursday 28 November Who: Ewan MacKenna v Eddie O’Sullivan, Dion Fanning v Ken Early, Colm Parkinson v Joe Brolly On The GAA Hour, Parkinson started the […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes Ole’s at the wheel but what if there was a better driver available? What if there was a club who got rid of the very man who dragged them to the summit of Europe and they replaced him with a time bomb? Jose Mourinho reassures the Spurs attacking midfielders pic.twitter.com/L3BLgDoCrd […]

7 years ago

You can’t shoot a cannon out of a canoe… but it’d be fun to try. Every Irish rugby fan will look back on the 2019 World Cup, like several recent editions of the tournament, with regret. From 2007 onward, after an upturn in our national team’s fortunes, we have gone to World Cups with genuine […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV If you’ve made it this far and you’re still active on Fantasy Football, well done because you’re in the minority now. Statistics suggest that 62% of Fantasy Football players give up by the time November comes around – don’t go looking for those stats, just take our word for […]

7 years ago

“He is point blank refusing to comment on the GAA targeting Dublin at the expense of others and ruining a once brilliant Leinster championship. All-Ireland to follow.” Since 2013, Joe Brolly and Colm Parkinson have been going back and forward on various platforms. On Twitter, on The GAA Hour, on Twitter, on SportsJOE Live, and […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV Mick McCarthy’s team is predictable – the only real debate is who he’ll go for between Robinson and Browne – but what if… What if he went on the stats alone? What if the shape and the personnel was decided purely on statistical analysis? You’d get a 5-3-2, what […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Before she sat her Leaving Certificate, Cork legend Rena Buckley had two All-Ireland medals in her back pocket, and she’d also been honoured as an All Star. The wheel has now come full circle for Buckley and next weekend, she hopes to help her club Donoughmore to All-Ireland Junior Football glory, and claim a […]

7 years ago

There are debates and then there are the most divisive topics in Irish sport being argued by the most opinionated personalties in Irish media. On November 28, SportsJOE is bringing you The Great Debate. Three different sports, three different discussion points and you decide the winner. Across GAA, rugby and football, some of the biggest names […]

7 years ago

A late goal denied the Republic of Ireland a win away to Greece in Athens as they drew 1-1 to maintain their unbeaten start in Group I. Amber Barrett had put Ireland ahead and it looked as though they would hang on to secure the three points, but Greece super sub Anastasia Spyridonidou fired in […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by AIG Insurance Dublin created history this year. The Dublin senior men’s football team created history this year by securing the once elusive five All-Ireland wins in a row. There is no doubting that this is a special group of players and staff so we teamed up with official sponsors AIG Insurance to […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV Get down to Dundrum Town Centre this weekend to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes! In case you haven’t heard, BT Sport and Premier Sports are now available on NOW TV. Whether you want to catch the next round of the Champions Cup, La Liga, […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Pepsi Max You might well know all of the top 10 UEFA Champions League goalscorers, but can you name them against the clock? It’s hard to think of a tournament in any sport that consistently brings out the best players like the UEFA Champions League. Every year there is a new […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV  We can’t all be like Kevin De Bruyne. He’s the player that every forward dreams of playing alongside. You make the run, he’ll spot you. You find yourself in a goalscoring position, he will get that ball under his mesmeric control and he will pick you out. That’s what […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney One of the most innovative developments in Ladies football in the last decade has been the introduction of Gaelic4Mothers&Others, which aims to attract women back to the game. You might imagine that 35-year-old mother of four Amanda Finnegan would be a prime candidate for the G4MO, but instead she is plotting a […]

7 years ago

“What if three lads want to be the humble one?” Nobody is against GAA players cleaning up after themselves, rather the new culture of making sure it’s recorded for a 10-second clip of floor-sweeping so the world can be shown how class that person or that club is. On The GAA Hour, Colm Parkinson and […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Ladbrokes So you think N’Golo Kante is the best DM in England? Well, the stats paint a very different picture indeed. N’Golo Kante was an absolute revelation during Leicester City’s miraculous 2015-16 title-winning season, putting in absurd numbers in terms of tackles (4.7 per 90), interceptions (4.2 per 90) and even […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by AIG Insurance Tricky enough to be fair. According to recent research, no matter where in the world you are you’re never more than 500 meters away from a GAA jersey. Whether you’re atop Mount Everest or exploring the murky depths beneath the waves, the science doesn’t lie… Part of what makes […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Screwfix You’d be hard set to get 10/10 here! Over the years, there have been some absolutely sensational players to have competed in the Premier League. From those who stayed loyal to one club through their whole career to those who’ve togged out for half of the teams on the table, […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney It was the pinnacle of the ladies football club calendar. Mourneabbey 2-18 4-8 Ballymacarbry, Munster final Mourneabbey manager Shane Ronayne expressed his satisfaction after the reigning All-Ireland Senior Club Champions made it six-in-a-row in Munster. Mourneabbey saw off the challenge of Waterford outfit Ballymacarbry by 2-18 to 4-8 in Bahsha on Sunday. […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Winning back-to-back Connacht Senior Club Football medals would be a fitting way for Olivia Divilly and Kilkerrin/Clonberne to finish off 2019, but you get the impression she has ambitions for this season to continue for as long as possible. Already the year has brought a fifth TG4 Connacht Senior Championship medal for […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by NOW TV Thanks to NOW TV, you can now watch all live Premier League games without signing up to a contract. On a dreary winter’s evening, there is absolutely no better way to warm yourself up than by sticking on the match. Whether it’s a rainy night in Stoke or a […]

7 years ago

By Jackie Cahill There’s a huge weekend of Ladies Club Football fixtures in store, with Senior provincial finals in the four provinces taking centre stage on Sunday. Connacht holders Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway) put their Senior title on the line against Roscommon outfit Kilbride, while Foxrock-Cabinteely from Dublin aim for a fifth successive Leinster title, in a […]

7 years ago

Ladbrokes Stats don’t always paint the whole picture but they have their purpose. Chelsea have arguably been one of the revelations of the Premier League season. Stuck with a transfer ban and unable to bring in any signings, Frank Lampard’s side have started well, scoring 19 goals in nine games with striker Tammy Abraham leading […]

7 years ago

By Jackie Cahill The cream of the crop. The nominations the TG4 Players’ player of the year awards have been announced and it’s hard to argue with the nominees. Unsurprisingly, Dublin dominate the senior grade, while Tipperary are strongly represented in the intermediate section. Louth, London and Fermanagh all have one nomination each in the […]

7 years ago