‘Tenacious player who gave his all’: Tributes paid to former Roscommon footballer Conor Connelly who has died
Sports March 28, 2020
Roscommon GAA have paid tribute to Conor Connelly, 40, in a statement confirming the sad news.
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Conor McGregor wants Defence Forces to help with lockdown
Sports March 28, 2020
The Government told people to stay at home for two weeks on Friday.
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The GAA has rarely been found wanting when it comes to engaging young kids inside the four white lines of a playing field.
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Rowing Ireland shuts down National Rowing Centre
Sports March 26, 2020
Rowing Ireland has this morning shut the National Rowing Centre.
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The Connacht and Ireland out-half made a timely appearance to talk about mental health during these disrupted times amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Conor McGregor to buy €1m worth of equipment to protect health workers treating coronavirus patients
Sports March 25, 2020
McGregor has urged the Government to impose more stringent limitations to stop the spread of the disease.
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No winners as organisers call off Ireland’s domestic rugby season with immediate effect
Sports March 19, 2020
The rest of Ireland’s domestic rugby season has been called off over the coronavirus pandemic.
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Padraig Harrington optimistic Ryder Cup will be played in September as planned
Sports March 18, 2020
European captain Padraig Harrington expects this year’s Ryder Cup to go ahead as planned, despite the sporting calendar being decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Following in the wake of Limerick and Dublin, the Waterford county board has decided to postpone all club games scheduled for next month.
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Grand National cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak
Sports March 16, 2020
The 2020 Randox Health Grand National at Aintree has been cancelled and will not take place on April 4 because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced by Jockey Club Racecourses.
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Racing in Britain is set to go behind closed doors this week, initially until the end of the month, as a result of the escalating coronavirus outbreak.
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Global ban may impact Irish rowers
Sports March 15, 2020
Rowing Ireland are concerned by the immediate cancellation of all international events through March, April and May.
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Conor McGregor pays tribute to ‘friendly, loving auntie’
Sports March 14, 2020
The Irish MMA fighter learned of the news before a live television interview in Dublin for a US audience.
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Rugby grapples with coronavirus shutdown
Sports March 13, 2020
Irish rugby players, professional and amateur, will have woken this morning to a very different sporting landscape as their governing bodies called a halt to all playing activity in response to the growing threat of Covid-19 on these shores.
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Bernard O’Byrne ‘astonished’ at Cheltenham Festival go-ahead as Basketball Ireland suspends games
Sports March 12, 2020
Basketball Ireland Chief Executive Bernard O’Byrne has said it is only right they listened to the advice of experts around the spread of the coronavirus.
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Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Arsenal is the latest game to be been postponed as a “precautionary measure” over coronavirus fears.
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Kerry U20 manager John Sugrue believes negative pundits are partly responsible for the amount of unnecessary tinkering with the game of football at present.
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Cheltenham: Dominant Defi Du Seuil set to deliver definitive answer for punters
Sports March 11, 2020
If punters are ever going to put on their betting boots at Cheltenham this week, then it will be today, on a programme that may well tempt one to come out to play three times!
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Cork selector Diarmuid O’Sullivan avoids sideline ban
Sports March 9, 2020
Cork senior hurling selector Diarmuid O’Sullivan will be free to fulfil his role as maor foirne in the Munster senior hurling championship having avoided a sideline ban.
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Galway hoping for return of captain Louise Ward for top-of-the-table clash with Cork
Sports March 9, 2020
Galway manager Tim Rabbitt praised his side’s back-to-back wins over Dublin and Tipperary as they closed in on a spot in the Lidl National Football League Division 1 Final.
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