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Home Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane are staying at the Sportsground. Katie Taylor is reportedly set to turn professional and could make her debut as soon as next month. Pro12 champions Connacht have received a double boost with the news that Bundee Aki and Ultan Dillane have signed contract extensions with the province. Double All-Ireland…

The Cork players before their qualifier against Dublin. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO CORK HAVE CUT five players from their 2016 hurling championship squad and added several youngsters as they get set to commence their pre-season preparations for 2017. It’s been reported by the Evening Echo newspaper today that manager Kieran Kingston has omitted William Egan, William…

TIPPERARY SENIOR HURLER Conor O’Brien has announced his retirement from the inter-county game. The 31 year-old’s decision was revealed this afternoon by the Tipperary county board after a senior hurling career that began in 2007. The Éire Óg-Annacarty club man won All-Ireland senior hurling medals in 2010 and 2016 while also winning five Munster senior…

FOR A SENSE of appreciation of preparing in a county hurling final, Ryan O’Dwyer only has to reflect on his ordeal twelve months ago. On Friday 30 October 2015, he was assaulted outside a Birmingham nightclub and knocked unconscious. The 30 year-old suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw and bleeding in the brain. Next…

Click:NBA直播live Source: The42.ie/YouTube KIERAN DONAGHY WILL wait to see how is body holds up after a winter of basketball before making a decision on whether to extend his inter-county career into 2017. As is always the case at this time of year, the Kerry full-forward’s future has been the subject of much speculation, particularly after…

Home Ulster GAA’s proposed designs for Casement Park. Source: Presseye/Kelvin Boyes/INPHO Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has signed a new deal that will see him keep the reins until the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pádraig Harrington has surged up 62 spots in the world rankings, moving to 97th, on the back of…

Daniel Goulding in action for Cork in Croke Park. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO CORK 2010 ALL-Ireland winner Daniel Goulding has announced his retirement from inter-county football. Goulding has called time after 11 seasons with the Cork senior squad, making his debut in a league game against Offaly in 2006 while his last appearance came in the…

FORMER WATERFORD INTER-COUNTY star Eoin Kelly was involved in an incident with current Déise full-back Barry Coughlan in yesterday’s Waterford SHC final. The Passage full-forward, 34, who retired from inter-county duty in 2012 to end a career that included two All-Stars and four Munster titles, scored two points (one free) in yesterday’s final as his…

ALMOST TWO YEARS after the original plans were quashed by a High Court judge, Ulster GAA has today revealed its proposed designs for the redevelopment of Casement Park. Source: Presseye/Kelvin Boyes/INPHO The Belfast venue, once one of the iconic grounds on the GAA circuit, has been lying idle for three years after plans for the…

CARNACON AND CORA Staunton truly are in a league of their own out west. Click Here: The Mayo champions ran riot in Charlestown this afternoon as they beat Kiltubrid of Leitrim by 8-20 to 1-9 in the Connacht Ladies Senior Club Final —  a whopping 32 points. Staunton, who was winning her 15th provincial title…