A view from Munster’s training session in UL, Limerick today. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Home Ulster pair Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were quizzed by the PSNI over alleged sexual offences Pat Lam says Bundee Aki is missing Rob Henshaw as a friend but not a partner, says Lam Monaghan’s long-serving midfielder Dick Clerkin has announced his retirement from inter-county football Meath prodigy Conor Nash has spoken about his decision to chose Hawthorn over Leinster rugby and Meath football It’s 132 years to the day since the GAA was founded James Ryan and Paudie O’Brien were dropped from Limerick’s 2017 hurling squad Away The Cleveland Indians could be forced to ditch mascot and logo even if they win the World Series…

THERE MAY HAVE been some skepticism about the idea of an Irish language channel amid its launch on Halloween night 20 years ago, but since then, TG4 has garnered plenty of acclaim for its innovative programming and efforts to keep the Irish language relevant. One of the channel’s biggest successes over the past two decades has been its sports coverage, with a diverse range of programming, from the short-lived but fondly remembered Spanish football show ‘Olé Olé’ (which has been written about comprehensively here) to its extensive coverage of county GAA clashes and Pro12 rugby over the years. Rónán Ó Coisdealbha has been there since the early days to experience all the…

Brian Hogan (2016) and Keith Hogan (2015) are recent Kilkenny county winning captains FOR THE SECOND successive year on Sunday, it was a member of the Hogan family who was lifting the cup after the Kilkenny senior hurling final. The novelty lay in the fact that they both play for different clubs. On Sunday, Brian Hogan was savouring leading O’Loughlin Gaels to glory a year after his brother Keith had done the same for Clara. Two brothers have lifted the Kilkenny SHC cup with different clubs in the last two years as captains. Must be unique in the #gaa ? @hogie81 — eoin quigley (@EoinQuigley) October 31, 2016 Source: eoin…

Limerick will be in action in Division 1B next season Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO MUNSTER SENIOR WINNERS James Ryan and Paudie O’Brien have not been named in the first Limerick senior hurling squad selected by new manager John Kiely, but there is a recall for attacker Seanie Tobin. Kiely, who has taken over from TJ Ryan, has released his primary 39-man Limerick panel ahead of a 2017 season which will see them feature in Division 1B of the Allianz hurling league and face Clare in the Munster semi-final. Advertisement Garryspillane player Ryan and Kilmallock’s O’Brien are two well-known players not included with both starting in the 2013 Munster senior final triumph…

Conor Nash (right) at Irish International Rules training last November Source: James Crombie/INPHO TEEN PRODIGY CONOR Nash has admitted that turning his back on Meath GAA and Leinster rugby to forge an Aussie Rules career was a ‘massive call’ for him. Nash’s last game of Gaelic football came at the weekend when he powered Simonstown Gaels to a maiden Meath SFC title success. Meath legend Trevor Giles said recently that Nash is a GAA superstar in waiting while Leinster rugby wanted to sign him up to their academy. Advertisement Click Here: Conor Nash in action for Leinster U18’s in 2014 Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO That would have meant studying at UCD…

Clerkin plays his club football with Currin. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Click Here: THE LONGEST-SERVING inter-county Gaelic footballer in the country has announced his retirement. Monaghan’s Dick Clerkin was the last player still in action to have made his inter-county debut in the 90′s, first lining out in the league for his county in the winter of 1999. Clerkin made the announcement this morning in an excellent column written in the Irish Examiner newspaper. End of the road! 😥🔵⚪️❤️ pic.twitter.com/lvwBFdxeQT — D Clerkin (@clerkin_d) November 1, 2016 Source: Dick Clerkin/Twitter The 34 year-old made 179 appearances for the county and in recent years, he finally enjoyed major success in Ulster, winning…

THIRTY YEARS on and it’s still the soundtrack of the GAA championship. Other television stations have secured broadcasting rights and encroached on viewership figures, but we always seem to gravitate back to The Sunday Game. Maybe it’s the warmth that radiates from presenter Michael Lyster or the energy surrounding the panelists that keeps us coming back. Or perhaps it’s the eternal link to our childhood etched in the intro music. In any case, there will always be something about The Sunday Game that would make us grieve a bit if it ever left us. 2016 was another dour championship overall but the flagship GAA programme still managed to eke out some…

WITH THE PAIN of last year’s final defeat to Clara still fresh in the memory, O’Loughlin Gaels centre-back Brian Hogan couldn’t contain his delight after his side scored a surprise victory against Ballyhale Shamrocks in this year’s Kilkenny SHC final. The former Cats defender was beaming after their 0-19 to 1-12 victory against TJ Reid, Henry Shefflin and Co yesterday, and struggled to explain how important the victory was to the club, their first county title since 2010. “I can’t say how much this means, it’s unreal,” club captain Hogan told Newstalk’s Oisin Langan after the game in Nowlan Park. “It’s always worth it. In Kilkenny, they are [county titles] so…

HIGHLY-RATED MEATH footballer Conor Nash has completed a deal to join AFL outfit Hawthorn. Having already spent time in Australia training with his new teammates, the club opted to offer Nash a professional contract. And the 18-year-old, who also grew up playing rugby, will be joined at Hawthorn by Derry’s Conor Glass, who signed with the club last October. Click Here: “I grew up playing Gaelic footy and rugby and that’s where I was spotted,” Nash told the Herald Sun. “I’ve been three times out here I think and each time have gotten in with the boys and become a full-time player for those couple of weeks that I’m there and training.” Advertisement…

KIERAN DONAGHY IS a player you’d love to have on your team, but hate to play against. Aggressive, brash, physically imposing and an in-your-face approach. A win at all costs mentality. A divisive figure, you either worship him or can’t stand him; there’s no real in-between, as he admits himself. “If you look at me on the pitch, I’m easy not to like,” he says. “I know that like, it’s the way I play. Definitely up in Dublin I wouldn’t be number one, public enemy number one is what I’d be.” But beyond the on-field persona, there’s much to like, and admire, about the Kerry footballer. Still formidable in size,…