Con O'Callaghan

The opening match of the first All-Ireland semi-final weekend to take place under the revised calendar feels a little like the undercard. With a big c(...)

Some 20-20 vision Back 10 weeks ago when the league started, I was asked to do some Nostradamus stuff on the likely outcome of Division One. Whatever(...)

SATURDAY AIB All-Ireland club SHC final replay Cuala (Dublin) v Na Piarsaigh (Limerick), O’Moore Park, 5.30 [Live, TG4] Na Piarsaigh were easily the(...)

Cuala 1-22 Na Piarsaigh 2-19 There’s nothing quite as anti-climactic as a drawn final and Saturday’s gripping AIB All-Ireland hurling showpiece at Cr(...)

It’s unfortunate timing that Saturday’s AIB All-Ireland club hurling final overlaps with Ireland’s Grand Slam rugby encounter in Twickenham, as it’s h(...)

In Keith Duggan’s revealing interview with Tyrone manager Mickey Harte on the day this season began just under a fortnight ago, there were flashes and(...)

Cuala (Dublin) 3-17 St Martin’s (Wexford) 0-15 If and when it happens, the team that stops Cuala will have done a serious day’s work. Wexford champi(...)

Cuala (Dublin) 2-20 Dicksboro (Kilkenny) 1-16 In the end, Dicksboro manager Mark Dowling put a neat enough nutshell around the gulf between these sid(...)

 SUNDAY [All matches at 2.0] Leinster SHC quarter-finals Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) v Castletown-Geoghegan (Westmeath), O’Connor Park The 201(...)

The release of the nominations’ list for this year’s PwC football All-Stars reflects Dublin’s historic achievement of a first All-Ireland football thr(...)