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Inter-county training is runaway train and only a lack of money will stop it!

Inter-county training is runaway train and only a lack of money will stop it!

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S long since gone beyond a joke the amount of training GAA inter-county teams are doing. So much for the closed...

17.01.2025 20

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New stand on the way but Connacht need to start standing up on the pitch

New stand on the way but Connacht need to start standing up on the pitch

Inside Track with John McIntyre You know it’s bad when the usually positive Pete Wilkins could find little or nothing to enthuse about after...

10.01.2025 10

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The mighty women of Sarsfields and Kilkerrin-Clonberne dazzle in Croker

Inside Track with John McIntyre WITHIN less than 24 hours of each other, the ladies’ footballers of Kilkerrin-Clonberne and the camogie players...

20.12.2024 3

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Huge 24-hours for Galway women’s club teams in hunt for ultimate glory

Inside Track with John McIntyre CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, and we are in the depths of winter, but for six Galway clubs and their...

13.12.2024 7

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Chaos on the cards at club level as new football rules get big mandate

Inside Track with John McIntyre GETTING through rule changes at the annual GAA Congress has often been an arduous and unsuccessful process, but...

05.12.2024 5

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Fenton’s stunning retirement adds to open feel about race for Sam in 2025

Inside Track with John McIntyre The 2025 All-Ireland football senior football championship looks set to be the most open in well over a decade....

28.11.2024 4

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The journey to All-Ireland club final has got a little easier for Loughrea

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE pathway to an All-Ireland Club hurling final appearance for Loughrea in January looks significantly less...

21.11.2024 2

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Cappy are on a roll but the safe bet is Loughrea to get job done

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE demons of the past will be stalking Loughrea ahead of Sunday’s Galway senior hurling showdown against...

07.11.2024 3

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Another period of Corofin dominance looks on the cards in Galway football

Inside Track with John McIntyre WE’D better start getting used to it again – Corofin ruling the roost in Galway club football. In retaining the...

31.10.2024 7

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Stakes are higher for Maigh Cuilinn than Corofin in Galway’s showpiece

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT might seem a strange thing to suggest, but there is more on the line for Maigh Cuilinn than title holders...

24.10.2024 9

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A scatter of Galway players in their ranks and Salthill still fail to deliver

Inside Track with John McIntyre A club team stacked with inter-county players is no guarantee of success. Just ask the Salthilll/Knocknacarra...

17.10.2024 20

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Cappy hitting form at right time but champions will take some stopping

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT went against the grain what happened to Sarsfields at Kenny Park on Sunday. The New Inn/Bullaun men have a...

10.10.2024 9

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No All-Stars nominations highlights scale of the task facing Donoghue

Inside Track with John McIntyre AT the start of the inter-county hurling season, few would have predicted that Henry Shefflin would be gone as...

03.10.2024 2

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Oranmore-Maree and Gort the big losers on weekend of high drama

Inside Track with John McIntyre IT’S never over until it’s over. And how that maxim will resonate with the hurlers of Oranmore-Maree and Gort...

12.09.2024 4

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Donoghue’s return can spark Galway hurling revival quicker than expected

Inside Track with John McIntyre GALWAY have got their man. And it’s probably just as well that Micheál Donoghue’s head was turned in reprising...

05.09.2024 2

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Are St Thomas’ creaking at seams or was shock defeat an abberation?

Inside Track with John McIntyre All the talk ahead of this year’s senior hurling championship focused on St Thomas’ quest for an historic...

29.08.2024 6

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Consistent Conroy has strong claims for the Footballer of the Year award

Inside Track with John McIntyre JUDGING by the number of individual awards bestowed on Galway players last week, you’d be forgiven for thinking...

22.08.2024 2

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When it comes to losing All-Ireland finals Galway really take the biscuit

Inside Track with John McIntyre GETTING to All-Ireland finals has never been a big problem for Galway’s four senior teams, but winning them is an...

15.08.2024 2

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Galway footballers will have regrets but Armagh got a lot of things right

Inside Track with John McIntyre SOME of the biased post All-Ireland football commentary being articulated around Galway over the past ten days is...

08.08.2024 2

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Galway footballers leave it behind on day some key players struggle

Inside Track with John McIntyre IF someone predicted six weeks ago that the Armagh footballers and Clare hurlers would end up as the All-Ireland...

01.08.2024 10

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The Clare hurlers who refused to give up are now best in the land

Inside Track with John McIntyre HOW can you do justice to a match which had everything. All we know is what Clare and Cork hurlers produced at...

25.07.2024 2

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Galway and Armagh in All-Ireland final – and isn’t that just fantastic!

Inside Track with John McIntyre JUST a few weeks ago the widespread anticipation was that Limerick and Kilkenny would end up contesting the All-...

18.07.2024 2

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