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From a ‘GAA blackspot’ unable to field an adult team to the brink of All-Ireland glory

WHEN FOXROCK-CABINTEELY formed as a club in 2005, they didn’t have enough players to field an adult team.  Fox-Cab captain ...

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Derry star forward and former captain Lynch calls it a day after 15 years

LONG-SERVING DERRY forward and former captain Mark Lynch has called time on his inter-county career after 15 years on the ...

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No ‘microchips’ or ‘wires’ discovered – Dublin chief responds to critics of All-Ireland winners

DUBLIN GAA CHIEF John Costello has launched a typically robust defence of the achievements of their all-conquering senior footballers and ...

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Massive blow for Westmeath as 2018 captain steps away to focus on college commitments

WESTMEATH FOOTBALLERS HAVE suffered a huge blow ahead of the new season following the news that John Heslin has decided ...

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‘A Holy Grail’ – Mourneabbey more than ready to taste All-Ireland glory after four years of heartbreak

BEFORE LAST YEAR’S All-Ireland club final, Mourneabbey manager Shane Ronayne pretty much had his mind made up that this was ...

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Stop the ‘city of concrete’: Dublin GAA want government to sell Nama land to sports clubs

DUBLIN GAA SECRETARY John Costello has called on the government to use Nama land to develop more sporting facilities and ...

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4 GAA players to head to Australia in April after last weekend’s AFL combine in Dublin

SYDNEY SWANS, NORTH Melbourne and Essendon all had recruiters in attendance at last weekend’s AFL combine in Dublin with four ...

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Betting adverts to be banned ‘whistle-to-whistle’ during live sports broadcasts in the UK

THREE OF THE LARGEST betting companies in the UK have agreed to a new deal which will see gambling advertising ...

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John Costello: ‘It is neither the root of all fixture-making evil or a panacea for football’s ills’

EARLY SUPER 8S games at the home of provincial venues, taking ‘the next logical step’ by adopting a two-tier championship ...

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Dublin’s 2013 Leinster-winning captain calls time on inter-county hurling career

DUBLIN’S 2013 LEINSTER senior hurling championship-winning captain Johnny McCaffrey has announced his inter-county retirement. Lifting the Bob O’Keeffe Cup in ...

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