CORK CAMOGIE STAR Gemma O’Connor has announced her retirement from the inter-county game. Gemma O’Connor in action in the 2018 All-Ireland senior final. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO O’Connor is one of the most successful players in the sport having collected nine All-Ireland senior medals and has a record 11 All-Star awards. The St Finbarr’s player confirmed her decision to the Evening Echo tonight that she was bringing a glittering playing career with Cork to a close. Her last appearance was in November’s All-Ireland semi-final loss against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. O’Connor made her county senior debut in 2002 and celebrated the first of her All-Ireland triumphs that year before the…

WEXFORD HURLING CAPTAIN Matthew O’Hanlon would have preferred more debate on hurling’s new cynical play rule before it was rubber-stamped at last weekend’s GAA Congress. And O’Hanlon is worried over how the rule will be implemented at club level. Last Saturday saw the motion passed which will see a penalty awarded and defending player sin-binned in hurling if they cynically foul to prevent a goalscoring opportunity. The foul must have taken place inside the 20m line or within the D. 2019 Leinster senior winner O’Hanlon, speaking yesterday at the launch of the new Wexford GAA Strategic Plan, is also keen to point out the reasoning behind the large-scale player opposition…

DONEGAL 2012 ALL-Ireland senior winners Eamonn McGee and Leo McLoone have both been named as part of the county’s new U20 football management team. Buncrana’s Gary Duffy has been appointed the new Donegal U20 boss after being in charge of the county minor team in 2019. McGee and McLoone have both been announced as part of the management where they will draw on their vast playing experience for these coaching roles. The interview process to appoint Duffy was conducted by a panel that included 2012 Footballer of the Year Karl Lacey, who is now the Head of Academy Development in Donegal. Click Here: Olympique de Marseille soccer tracksuit Gary Duffy…

Click:Beauty Device Brand TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid tonight to Fergal McCann, the Tyrone All-Ireland winning football trainer, who has passed away. Fergal McCann pictured at the 2012 football league final between Tyrone and Kildare. Source: James Crombie/INPHO McCann was a coach and trainer of the Tyrone senior football side, helping them to All-Ireland glory in 2005 and 2008 along with playing a role in three Ulster championship wins. He worked alongside manager Mickey Harte and his fellow Augher team-mate Tony Donnelly from 2005 until 2014. McCann played in goal for his Augher club while also managing and training their teams. He worked as a Games Promotion Officer in Tyrone GAA…

MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS Ole Gunnar Solskjaer joined Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola in condemning the supporters who misbehaved during Wednesday’s derby. Nemanja Matic’s strike earned United a 1-0 win at the Etihad Stadium, but it was not enough to prevent City advancing to the Carabao Cup final with a 3-2 aggregate victory. The game was somewhat marred by events in the stands as videos circulated on social media of City fans appearing to make aeroplane gestures in reference to the Munich air disaster. Tempers frayed at full-time and a number of seats were allegedly ripped out and thrown from the away end. Guardiola criticised the actions of those involved, a day…

Colm Cooper lining out for Crokes in 2018. Source: James Crombie/INPHO KERRY GAA LEGEND Colm Cooper will be part of the Dr Crokes senior football management team for 2021, the club has confirmed. “Dr Crokes are pleased to announce that Colm Cooper will be joining our senior management team for 2021,” the Killarney outfit wrote on social media this evening. “Wishing manager Edmund, Eoin, Jamie and Colm every success.” Dr. Crokes are pleased to announce that Colm Cooper will be joining our senior management team for 2021. Wishing manager Edmund Eoin Jamie and Colm every success. — Dr. Crokes GAA (@DrCrokesGAA) March 10, 2021 Gooch will work under the watchful eye of…

AFTER ANOTHER STELLAR season, Paddy Durcan’s 2020 concluded in less than ideal circumstances. The Mayo wing-back’s All-Ireland final lasted just 35 minutes. When his team-mates jogged out onto the Croke Park turf from the dressing rooms for the start of the second-half, Durcan wasn’t among them. A quad injury sustained in the early stages of the game forced him off in one of the biggest games of his career. So Durcan watched from the stands as Dublin turned the screw on Mayo in the final quarter and sealed their sixth Sam Maguire in succession. “About three and a half minutes in I had a bit of a pull on my…

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…