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We should segregate crowds at GAA matches

I WILL let you in on a little secret. At any championship game, I can generally tell if there’s been a score a second or two before the majority of...

22.10.2024 10

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Proposals, tearful speeches and Insta posts - the Dos and Don’ts of county final week

07.10.2024 20

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Cahair O’Kane: Stay-at-home goalkeepers are the heroes football needs right now

IN the opening eight-and-a-half minutes of their win over St Brigid’s on Sunday, Cargin passed the ball back to goalkeeper John McNabb nine times....

01.10.2024 10

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Derry’s failure to move on from Rory Gallagher has turned the job into a poisoned chalice

AFTER almost three months of going around the houses, Derry look to finally have their man. As first reported by our own Neil Loughran last week and...

25.09.2024 10

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If Dublin doesn’t step in right now, the GAA has to let go of its dying Casement Park dream

THERE’S a website out there entitled ‘Are The Brits At It Again?’ that comprises just three simple lines of text that never change. They read: ...

18.09.2024 10

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Derry’s All-Ireland dream might not survive if they stick with Mickey Harte

WHEN Westmeath got within a point of Derry heading down the stretch in Newry, the cameras panned to Mickey Harte. Derry were on the verge of exiting...

03.07.2024 40

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Full houses in smaller venues help paint football in a better light

VERY little about Hyde Park on Sunday looked familiar. No diggers. No cordons. Not a fleck of grey concrete or railing visible on the terraces. No...

19.06.2024 10

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Ciara Mageean’s feathers were too bright to cage but camogie served her well

CIARA Mageean was only starting out in athletics when she took part in the Irish U15 championships in Tullamore. Joanna Mills, an accomplished young...

11.06.2024 20

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GAA words add to chorus of sympathy for Palestine, but the slaughter will only stop if Joe Biden finds his red line

WHEN volunteers arrived at Celtic Park to open up the morning of Derry’s sold-out home tie with Donegal, they found the message ‘Stop the...

31.05.2024 40

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Can GAAGO ever actually thrive in a dodgy box world?

FOUR weeks from now, shortly after lunchtime on June 17, the black clouds will reconvene over skies that haven’t seen the sun since the one about...

21.05.2024 50

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Cahair O’Kane: Doherty and McCluskey lighting a different path for the besmirched corner-back

ONCE upon a time, the only insult greater than being put in goals was to be played at corner-back. The good man-manager would have turned a compliment...

26.03.2024 10

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League finals no longer make any sense other than financial

WHEN Derry met Kerry in a league final some 16 years ago, the two sides had to wait for the Parnell Park pitch to become vacant. On a stiflingly hot...

20.03.2024 9

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I learned more in 30 minutes playing against Cargin than in 10 years of watching them

CRAWLING through the rows of rhubarb ‘n’ custard houses waiting for Davitts’ ground to appear out of nowhere. Ireland’s shortest pitch at...

12.03.2024 9

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Tyrone have the forwards to make a mark, but not the shape

SO much of Peter Canavan’s greatness was that, despite his size, he wasn’t this wee dainty inside forward that could only deal with the ball fed...

05.03.2024 9

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GAA more than pays its way so stop with the begging bowl narrative around Casement Park

WHEN The Loup wanted to put a new pitch in a few years ago to replace Derry football’s answer to the Ali Sami Yen, they did what most GAA clubs do...

28.02.2024 30

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What will Jarlath Burns’ in-tray look like?

AT around 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon, after a purgatorial 12 months, Jarlath Burns will take the microphone in the Canal Court Hotel and be sworn in...

21.02.2024 10

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Education system failing more than half of our children

FORGIVE this column, Father, for it shall sin. In terms of placement on the sports pages, the tedious link is that its train of thought re-emerged...

14.02.2024 10

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Micko, Art and The Expectation Effect

LITTLE did Pat McCartan know when he rang the late Art McRory to ask if he’d be interested in taking Tyrone minors the impact that it would have on...

06.02.2024 10

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Ryan Dougan is proof conformity isn’t always the answer

LAST February, Ryan Dougan arrived in Bali. It was a little over three weeks after he’d stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Paul Mannion for an hour in...

24.01.2024 30

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A look back at the sporting year that was in 2023

Can’t Go On Reports emerged over the weekend that Jon Rahm’s new £450m deal with LIV Golf was six times the entire 2023 revenue of the breakaway...

03.01.2024 30

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If JP McManus’ €32m donation isn’t spending it meaningfully, what is?

EVERY morning, Madaline Feeney would wait for her neighbour Bill Fallon to walk past her front door. She would get into her car, drive up alongside...

20.12.2023 10

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