Limerick 1-13 Tipperary 0-14 John Fallon reports from LIT Gaelic Grounds MUNSTER CHAMPIONS TIPPERARY came a cropper in their opening game in Division Three South of the Allianz League when Limerick took over after half-time. And unlike the Munster championship last year when they had Tipperary on the ropes, Limerick finished the job this time after coming up from the bottom division last season. The Munster champions led 0-6 to 0-4 at the interval after getting off to a flying start when they opened up a 0-4 to 0-0 lead after 15 minutes. Tipperary had just seven of the side which started in the Munster but All Star full-forward Conor…

FOUR-TIME ALL-Ireland winner Sean O’Sullivan has been ratified as manager of the South Kerry division for the 2021 Kerry county SFC. The Cromane clubman replaces John Shanahan as manager of a side that reached the final in 2017 and were last crowned winners in 2015. They lost out to St Kieran’s in the 2020 quarter-finals. Click Here: baby knitted accessories It’s the first move into management for O’Sullivan, who has been involved in various coaching roles in recent years including with his native Cromane. His selectors will be Ronan Hussey (Sneem) and Denis (Shine) O’Sullivan (Dromid Pearses) while Alan Duggan will serve as strength and conditioning coach. Looking forward to…

THE GAA PRESIDENT believes that Dublin’s training session which breached Covid-19 guidelines will not affect the return to inter-county activity — but another incident may. Speaking on Red FM’s Big Red Bench this evening, Larry McCarthy said the planned return is “in a good place” despite recent reports of breaches of GAA and Government guidelines. On Thursday morning, the Irish Independent published photos of Dublin players at an early-morning training session on Wednesday. It’s reported that at least nine players from the All-Ireland six-in-a-row winning side participated in the session at Innisfails GAA club in Balgriffin. Afterwards, the GAA expressed “frustration and extreme disappointment” in a strongly-worded statement, while Dublin suspended manager Dessie…

IRELAND UNDERAGE INTERNATIONAL Eiran Cashin was on target as Derby County’s U19s progressed to the next round of the Uefa Youth League after a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. 18-year-old Cashin, who predominantly plays as a defender, grabbed Derby’s opener in the 46th minute, pouncing on the ball and poking home following a goalmouth scramble from a corner. It was a dream start to the second half for the hosts — who another Ireland youngster, Festy Ebosele, impressed for — at Pride Park, with Jordan Brown making it 2-0 on 51 minutes. While Cashin also made crucial impacts in defence, Dortmund soon pulled one back through Reda Khadra. The Ireland…

IT WAS PUZZLING last season when arguably the best player in the Tyrone club championship didn’t receive a call-up to the county panel under Mickey Harte last October.  Paul Donaghy led Dungannon Thomas Clarkes to Tyrone SFC glory and finished the campaign as the championship’s top-scorer with 31 points in four games.  Harte’s failure to call-up Donaghy in what turned out to be his final season summed up the conservatism of his latter years in charge of the Red Hand.  One of the first moves of new joint-bosses Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan was to add Donaghy to the set-up and he impressed on his debut with a 10-point haul…

FORMER IRELAND RUGBY Sevens international Louise Galvin is back in the Kerry ladies football set-up for the 2021 season.  The Finuge / St Senan’s clubwoman is named to start in midfield for the Kingdom in their Division 2A Lidl Ladies National Football League opener against Meath on Sunday. Navan’s Páirc Tailteann hosts the clash, with throw-in at 3pm. Galvin called time on her glittering Sevens career last September after five years in the green jersey; the Covid-19 pandemic ultimately bringing an end to that chapter of her colourful sporting career. A physiotherapist by trade, the 33-year-old also played 15s rugby for Ireland, making her debut at the 2017 World Cup — head…

Joey Barton pictured after last night’s game between Sunderland and Fleetwood Town. Source: EMPICS Sport Click Here: Germany football tracksuit FLEETWOOD TOWN MANAGER Joey Barton accused Sunderland of playing “hoof ball” during the 1-1 draw between the sides in their League One fixture at the Stadium of Light. Fleetwood, who moved into the play-off spots with Saturday’s win over Portsmouth, were on course for a sixth consecutive victory last night until Max Power scored for Sunderland with the last kick of the game. The visitors had taken the lead in the fifth minute through Barrie McKay, who finished off a move which was engineered by Irish pair Paddy Madden and…

Kilkenny celebrating at the final whistle of last year’s final. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO HOLDERS KILKENNY WILL face either Wexford or Laois in the 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final after the draw was made this morning. Davy Fitzgerald’s Wexford — 2019 champions — will meet Cheddar Plunkett’s Laois in the quarter-finals, with Brian Cody’s Cats waiting for the winners in the last four. 2020 finalists, and 2017 and 2018 champions, Galway are on the other side of the draw, playing either Dublin or Antrim in their semi-final in the race for the Bob O’Keeffe Cup. The draw took place on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, with Leinster GAA chairman Pat Teehan joining…

THE ICING HAS been put on top of a dream Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] season for Orla O’Dwyer, the Tipperary dual star finishing runner-up in Brisbane Lions’ Best and Fairest Awards. Luck of the Irish ☘️ After an outstanding season, Orla O’Dwyer is our Best & Fairest Runner-Up in what has been a nail-biting count! Congratulations Orla 🥈 #Uncaged pic.twitter.com/XFq4J20eCO — Brisbane Lions AFLW (@lionsaflw) April 23, 2021 O’Dwyer was instrumental each and every step of the way as Brisbane were crowned 2021 Premiers in last weekend’s historic Grand Final win over Adelaide Crows. In just her second season in the AFLW, the 22-year-old enjoyed a simply stunning individual…

Updated May 23rd 2021, 6:06 PM MEATH CLINCHED A Division 2 promotion play-off spot today while Clare took a major step towards the same stage in this afternoon’s football league action. A second win for the Royals today as they overcame Down means they and Mayo are through from Division 2 North to the promotion play-offs, guaranteed of that qualification ahead of next weekend’s final games. Clare are top of Division 2 South after beating Kildare and know avoiding defeat next Sunday against Cork will guarantee them a shot at reaching Division 1. ***** Clare 1-13 Kildare 0-13 CLARE GAVE THEIR prospects of securing football league promotion to Division 1…