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The way Ireland are going World Cup triumph is no longer fantasy

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S finally beginning to dawn on us that Ireland possesses the armoury to capture the rugby World Cup. Well, this...

21.09.2023 10

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Kenny is sadly on borrowed time as Irish continue to flounder in Europe

Inside Track with John McIntyre It’s sad to be even saying it, but Stephen Kenny is probably a dead manager walking. His tenure as Republic of...

14.09.2023 10

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Killimor and Kilconieron count the cost of new scoring difference rule

Inside Track with John McIntyre GALWAY County Board officials will be keeping their fingers crossed over the next few days that senior hurling clubs...

07.09.2023 10

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Are Galway doing the right thing in staying loyal to Joyce and Shefflin?

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE dust has well and truly settled on another whirlwind inter-county GAA season. So much happened over a compact...

31.08.2023 20

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Jimmy was such a force of nature you’d think there was three of him

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT was October 16, 1989, the night after Sarsfields had claimed only the club’s second ever county senior hurling...

10.08.2023 40

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Dublin underline why they are the greatest Gaelic football team ever

Inside Track with John McIntyre WE had thought we would never see their likes again – a durable and brilliant Kerry football team winning eight...

03.08.2023 9

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Limerick lift their game to another level in battering hapless Kilkenny

Inside Track with John McIntyre HAS an All-Ireland senior hurling title ever been harder earned? That might seem an odd conclusion after a team wins...

27.07.2023 10

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The Cats won’t die easily but odds favour Limerick remaining top dogs

Inside Track with John McIntyre NOT since 1898 – now that’s a while back – have Kilkenny been beaten in four consecutive All-Ireland hurling...

21.07.2023 9

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Shefflin’s Galway project is behind schedule and the outlook not great

Inside Track with John McIntyre Where is the Henry Shefflin Galway project now? In a bit of trouble, we venture to suggest after his team fell to...

21.07.2023 10

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It’s over for this Mayo team as the Dubs and Kerry prove class apart

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S finally over for the remnants of a great but luckless Mayo football team. Loyal servants Aidan O’Shea, Jason...

06.07.2023 10

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There you go – fancied footballers crash out but hurlers still standing

Inside Track with John McIntyre Most Galway GAA supporters thought it would end up the other way round: that the footballers would overcome...

29.06.2023 30

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Questions to answer for both Galway teams ahead of momentous battles

Inside Track with John McIntyre It wouldn’t have taken a lot for the Galway hurlers and footballers to be putting their feet up this weekend and...

22.06.2023 8

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Erratic hurlers hardly a spent force but demanding journey lies ahead

Inside Track with John McIntyre DON’T give up on the Galway hurlers. Yes, we know that will be a difficult message to endorse for some supporters...

15.06.2023 10

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Anyone tempted by a flutter on Galway pulling off the double?

Inside Track with John McIntyre WELL, is anyone out there tempted to back Galway to pull off the All-Ireland hurling and football double for the first...

08.06.2023 10

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Nothing is certain in hurling title race after weekend of madness

Inside Track with John McIntyre In the wake of Limerick’s thumping victory over Kilkenny (2-20 to 0-15) in the National League Final at Pairc Uí...

01.06.2023 10

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Limerick still flirting with disaster as Wexford hurlers hit an all-time low

Inside Track with John McIntyre By the time the Munster hurling championship is over, the three teams which eventually come through will be punch...

25.05.2023 9

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Tyrone will come out guns blazing but Galway will weather the storm

Inside Track with John McIntyre SOMETHING very odd happened to Tyrone in the Ulster championship in early April. On their home turf of Healy Park,...

18.05.2023 20

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Galway footballers are shaping like a team which could go all the way

Inside Track with John McIntyre GALWAY footballers won’t get much credit for their easy victory over Sligo in Sunday’s Connacht Final in...

11.05.2023 30

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Leinster hurling race so predictable but skin and hair flying down south

Inside Track with John McIntyre IS the Leinster hurling championship something of a sham compared to its Munster counterpart? Everybody knows who will...

04.05.2023 20

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Lack of panic in Galway’s ranks is good sign for the long haul ahead

Inside Track with John McIntyre WE were nearly feeling sorry for Roscommon at half-time. No score from play, no cutting edge, no drama. Galway were...

27.04.2023 20

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Football title chase is unpredictable but Galway can avoid list of upsets

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S been an unpredictable All-Ireland senior football championship so far. The provincial title races have yet to...

20.04.2023 9

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It’s disappointing but Galway have bigger fish to fry in months ahead

Inside Track with John McIntyre MAYBE it’s for the best what happened to Galway’s footballers at Croke Park last Sunday. It could be a timely...

06.04.2023 4

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Galway getting better at the kind of things you need to reach top of pile

Inside Track with John McIntyre LITTLE did we think that when Galway and Mayo fought out an absorbing draw in the opening round of the National League...

30.03.2023 6

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What’s wrong with a potential league decider between Galway and Mayo?

Inside Track with John McIntyre MAYO are already there: and the odds favour Galway joining their great Connacht foes in the National League Final at...

23.03.2023 5

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Galway remind us just in time why they reached 2022 All-Ireland final

Inside Track with John McIntyre Down to 14-men and two points behind Monaghan at Pearse Stadium on Sunday, it was the perfect time for Galway...

09.03.2023 20

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Hurlers crash out of the league but Galway footballers remain in hunt

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE Galway hurlers or team management would hardly have imagined a few weeks ago that they would be out of contention...

02.03.2023 20

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Minors getting into a province will help but it’s not quite that simple

Inside Track with John McIntyre WITH nine All-Ireland minor hurling titles in the last 19 years, including five of the last eight, you’d imagine...

16.02.2023 5

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Comer’s injury makes it a grey day all-round for out-of-sorts Galway

Inside Track with John McIntyre It was one of those grim days that the Galway footballers would prefer to forget. Apart from the serious knee injury...

09.02.2023 5

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Joyce is right – Galway better off to target league glory than muddle on

Inside Track with John McIntyre YOU could sympathise with Padraic Joyce’s frustration after Saturday evening’s rip-roaring National Football...

02.02.2023 20

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Galway under a little pressure to stop Mayo’s early-season gallop

Inside Track with John McIntyre We won’t even have reached the end of January and the paths of Connacht’s great footballing rivals will have...

26.01.2023 30

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Early reality check might prove a good thing for Galway footballers

Inside Track with John McIntyre IF the Galway footballers and team management needed any reminding that their substantial progress in 2022 offers no...

19.01.2023 10

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Galway hurlers and footballers get the handy stuff out of the way first

Inside Track with John McIntyre Well, that was the expected seamless start to the new GAA season for the Galway footballers and hurlers in their...

12.01.2023 8

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