Mick Bohan

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Dublin manager Mick Bohan also wants a change of rules to avoid possible injuries when players pick the ball directly off the ground. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Changes needed to tackle physicality, says Bohan

All-Ireland-winning manager Mick Bohan says he sees rule changes down the line as the women’s game gets more physical. And according to the Dublin bo(...)

Dublin’s Carla Rowe scoring her side’s second goal during the All-Ireland senior championship final in Croke Park. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
A ‘special win’ for Dublin in front of a record crowd

For the most part the Dublin camp had been insistent all through the build-up to the All-Ireland final that it was neither here nor there that Cork ha(...)

Dublin manager Mick Bohan celebrates at the final whistle. “For anyone trying to promote women’s sport - that was brave, honest, relentless.” Photograph: Inpho
Dublin manager Bohan says beating Cork makes victory extra special

When Dublin manager Mick Bohan was told that his Cork counterpart Ephie Fitzgerald believed his team had been disrespected during the build-up, their (...)

Siobhán McGrath: “Every year it [women’s football] just gets better. It’s a much higher standard than 2003.” Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Unfinished business brings McGrath back to Dublin fold

Up until she left town at the end of 2014, Siobhán McGrath had known no other life than that of a Dublin footballer. As a 15-year-old away back in 200(...)

Dublin’s Martha Byrne is tackled by Mayo’s Clodagh McManamon. She says of final opponents Cork: “They took the game to a whole new level, so we have massive respect for them.” Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
Martha Byrne's roundabout journey can hit a glorious peak on Sunday

She was 12 when she was called up to the Dublin development squad but, within a year or so, Martha Byrne decided it wasn’t for her. She was the only (...)

Mick Bohan: “it was the first thing we went after. And when Loosehorse said they would cover it, that’s what made the documentary happen. That was the decision.” Photograph: Oisín Keniry/Inpho
Paying for Dublin’s post-training meals made ‘Blue Sisters’ happen

Mick Bohan was driving the family cross country to Clare during the summer when they stopped off for a break in Obama Plaza. As they milled around, h(...)

Sinéad Aherne scores a point for Dublin as Sinéad Burke of Galway closes in during the TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship semi-final at Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Aherne leads from the front as Dublin cruise back into decider

Dublin 4-8 Galway 1-10 Dublin manager Mick Bohan admitted his ‘confident’ side is looking forward to facing a Cork squad that has dished out three T(...)

All-Ireland women’s semi-final previews

Cork v Donegal, 2.45pm, Dr Hyde Park, 2.45 (Live TG4) The four provincial winners made it safely through to the semi-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland ch(...)

Donegal’s Katy Herron in action against Deirdre Kearney of Kerry during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship qualifier at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Donegal’s eyes on the main prize after victory over Kerry

Donegal manager Maxi Curran says his side are determined to take on and front up against the very best as the Ulster champions aim for their first Bre(...)

Dublin’s Ciara Trant. “As much as they look after us, it is up to us to look after our performances.” Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho
Dublin wary ‘welfare’ row may make Mayo more dangerous

Even with the balance of power in their favour, no one on the Dublin women’s football team is about to underestimate Mayo. Especially given where Mayo(...)

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