Eoghan Cormican
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Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers has committed to equal funding for male and female inter-county players. When asked on RTÉ Radio 1 when will the current imbalance end, he said "this year". Funding for female inter-county players will treble from €700k to ���2.4m.
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A real jump off the page answer from Cork GAA CEO Kevin O'Donovan when asked about blowback regarding Sports Direct partnership. From today's Examiner Sport Big Interview.
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TG4 out on its own this Christmas. Brilliant documentaries the last few days on Éamonn Ryan, Joe Burke, and Seán Ó Riada, not to mention the Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Cherish the Ladies concerts.
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Galway camogie management have made contact with Cork to say they are willing to move the c'ship game between the counties from Nov 7 to 8, thus avoiding Cork's five dual players having to choose between codes on Nov 7.
Cork dual row: Galway offers date change to avoid fixture clash
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Johnny Buckley cleared to play for Dr Crokes in All-Ireland club SFC final on March 17.
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BREAKING: Croke Park has informed county boards they can live stream games at the same time as RTÉ & TG4 are broadcasting a game. Correspondence reads: We are pleased to confirm that discussions with our broadcaster partners in RTÉ & TG4 have led to a relaxation in regulations.
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WGPA Levelling The Field report finds that female inter-county players are spending up to €200 per week on fuel costs to accommodate training; 77% of players pay towards their own physio services; 69% pay towards their own gym fees; 55% pay for their own medical treatments.
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Seán Óg his usual articulate self when discussing northside "crisis". “Clubs need past players to give them a dig out because it is easy to say, while drinking pints on a Saturday, ‘isn't it shocking about the club’, but what are you going to do about it?”.
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Spoke with Mona five days before Christmas last year. Bowled over by her raw honesty. Unhappy in and out of the pool. Took time out to consider her swimming future. Almost quit. Now an Olympic bronze medalist. Some journey, some swim.
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Stephen O'Brien has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland football final. Black card received against Meath has been rescinded.
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At full-time, a flock of kids, as they always do, made for David Clifford. Mike Quirke was quick in reaching David out on the field to make sure he didn’t become ensconced by oblivious youngsters. The selector shepherded him back to the stand & inside a wall of luminous bibs.
Goal-happy Kerry rout Clare in one-sided Munster final
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No charge to viewers for Cork county championship games live-streamed this year. Is any other county board live-streaming their games for free this summer?.
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Fifteen county football championships & four hurling c'ships are running later than they did in 2017. With no change to the provincial club deadlines, condensed inter-county season has had no impact on club scene.Piece includes breakdown of all 32 counties.
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Tonight's result from Páirc Uí Chaoimh means all five of Kerry’s minor winning teams from the last decade have now passed through U20 (formerly U21) without managing a single All-Ireland title at this age grade.
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Lovely evening at the Camogie Association Mick Dunne media awards. Greatful to get the nod in the national media category.
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Galway football defender Sinéad Burke, on RTÉ Radio 1, describes the comments of LGFA President Marie Hickey as "a punch in the guts".
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Cork GAA have passed an age grade motion that restores minor to U18 while allowing players in their final year of minor to play in adult competitions at Junior A level & below. Players in their final year of minor will not be allowed to play in Premier Senior down to Prem Junior.
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In a stadium with a capacity of 40,000-plus, madness.
Regarding tickets for Sunday’s county final. As it stands the club will receive 250 tickets. It was agreed at last Friday nights club meeting that all paid up adult members born in 2003 or before is eligible for a ticket.Once we receive the tickets we will be in contact.
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What a remarkable haul. Graphic part of a two-page spread looking back on the inter-county career of Rena Buckley in today's @ExaminerSport.
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Méabh Cahalane will this Sunday become the fifth member of the family to play in an All-Ire final in the past two months, following on from Jack's U20 heroics, Orlaith's involvement in minor camogie final, and Damien & Conor featuring in sen hurling final.
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The gentleman that is Mark Woods, signing off after 46 years on the beat with the Echo and Examiner.
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Cork GAA CEO Kevin O'Donovan has revealed that if Central Council give one-off approval on Saturday week, then Páirc Uí Chaoimh will host the Munster v Crusaders 'Clash of Champions' rugby game on February 3 of next year.
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Common sense would surely dictate that the Cork-Dublin U20 football final and Cork-Kilkenny U20 hurling semi-final is played as a double-header next weekend. Thurles, you'd think, would be the ideal halfway house for the counties involved.
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Nice to see a bit of common sense around the NUIG-GMIT Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final next Wednesday. Initially fixed for Carlow, where this year's Sigerson and Fitz finals are being held, the semi-final will now be played at Pearse Stadium (2pm). Should attract strong local crowd.
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Pitch in a desperate state here at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
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Ballincollig footballer Liam O'Connell has signed an AFL contract with St Kilda & will head over to Oz in the next fortnight. Ballincollig boss Podsie O'Mahony revealed after their Premier Senior group win that the young forward has played his last game for the club this year.
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Eight Cork minor c'ship games fixed for today. One game sees Newcestown away to Kanturk. Are we to take it so that a Newcestown parent, after driving their son an hour up the road to the venue, must sit in the car for two hours, & then drive an hour back down the road afterward?.
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It's been 1,853 days since Kerry last lost a minor championship fixture. 29 games unbeaten. In the past five campaigns, only Cork (2015 & 2018 Munster semi) have come within one point of them. Their average winning margin this year is nine points, same as it was in 2014 and 15.
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It's one thing for an inter-county manager to tell a player not to line out for his club, but, surely, a more worrying development is that young inter-county players, without instruction or otherwise, are now making themselves unavailable for club games.
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A Galway win and a Cormican on the cover of Examiner Sport. There have certainly been worse Sundays.
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Courcey Rovers dual star Fiona Keating chasing what must be a unique first this weekend. On Saturday, she'll line out for Courcey Rovers in the Cork camogie final. On Sunday, she'll line out for West Cork in the Cork ladies football final replay. She's corner-forward for both.
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Two stories in this:.The first is the Cork U20 football management telling Nemo that their three U20 players would be cut from the county U20 panel if they didn't show for county training, at the expense of club training, the week of a club c'ship final.
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Main news from this evening's Cork county board meeting is that Bobbie O'Dwyer and Keith Ricken will continue as Cork minor and U20 football managers until 2021. Respective backroom teams largely unchanged.
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Cork GAA Rebel's Bounty draw raises €2.8m. €300-€400k will flow into Cork county board coffers. Cork GAA clubs pocket €1.9m.
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Cian O'Neill is new Cork senior football coach, joins Ronan McCarthy's backroom team for 2020 season.
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Both stands and one terrace already sold out - and the game isn't for another two weeks. Hurling League final will be a sell-out.
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Really, really lovely and, at times, emotional Laochra Gael programme on Therese Maher. Wonderful sense of family throughout. And Therese was being far too self-critical of her 2011 final display given she was nominated for the RTÉ player of the match award that afternoon.
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Lens on the button, as always. Great shot at the end of today's Harty Cup semi-final.
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A 5pm throw-in for Cork-Waterford camogie final on Sunday week. Seems needlessly late.
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Still very much Ja the man. 'A lady came out to me last week. Her husband has an underlying health condition. She can't go to the shops. I go for her. Officially, she is probably supposed to go online & fill out a form, but you help whoever needs a hand.'.
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Minutes of 2017 Galway convention couldn't be found, says Seamus O'Grady, so we're not exactly off to the best start here in Claregalway.
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Noelle Healy played her last game for @MourneabbeyLFC on Saturday. Nabbed her for a few minutes afterwards. 'To get another All-Ireland with Dublin was phenomenal, as was being able to experience the tightness and spirit in the community of Mourneabbey.'.
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Sliotar thrown into the net by Mackey. Should be no Cork goal.
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Liam Cahill has confirmed he will be seeing out his three-year term as Tipp manager. Says he has 100% support of the players.
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Páirc Uí Chaoimh to host Champions Cup semi-final, should Munster enjoy last-four home advantage. The home of Cork GAA being handed over for a European Rugby semi-final on May 3/4/5 was announced at Tuesday’s behind-closed-doors Cork county board meeting.
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Ephie Fitzgerald: This is a logistical issue, but I think it's a women's issue, as well. Maybe I’m in a stronger position to talk about it because we were victorious but I was disgusted and I felt very sorry for Galway. They were rushing onto the pitch. There are no words really.
Ephie Fitzgerald 'disgusted' as Cork and Galway fans suffer semi-final TV blackout
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The disconnect, the condescension, the complete lack of empathy.
Fine Gael leader Simon Harris was approached during a canvass this evening by a woman who says she is a carer, and who said she believes the Government has "done nothing for us" | follow live:
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Letter from Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta:.Where do you put 25 teams converging on a village that has netither a shop nor restaurant?.Cill na Martra chair Niall Ó Cróinín led by example in housing the 27-strong An Rinn panel. “Fierce nice lads, no trouble”.
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Detailed breakdown of what each county is doing during this club-only month. No club football c'ship in 20 counties (all nine in Ulster, three in Connacht, one in Munster & seven in Leinster). Piece sets out when these counties will start their c'ships.
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Valley Rovers have beaten three-in-a-row chasing Nemo Rangers 1-9 to 0-11 in the Cork Premier SFC.
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Cork kicked us out of their meetings. We'll continue to report on their meetings. “The printing of the statement saying no further press presence at board meetings within a couple of days of this leaked announcement… the sequence of events looks terrible”.
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Cork GAA has agreed a three-year streaming deal with Clubber worth over €500,000 to the cash-strapped county board.
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For a player who was deemed surplus to Galway requirements during the two Covid-interrupted seasons, Tom Monaghan’s “All-Star form” of recent weeks makes for quite the comeback story.
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Cork GAA will vote in favour of the league as championship proposal, as decided at special county board meeting this evening.
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When I rang Bertie O'Brien for a chat about the Barrs latest double bid, he opened by telling me he was in hospital after a recent turn. I apologised for bothering him & went to leave it at that when he said he’d only love to talk about his beloved Barrs.
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It has been agreed, following mediation between Camogie Assoc & clubs still involved in 2020 club series, that the outstanding games from last year's provincial and All-Ireland club championship will be run off from mid-November. 2021 prov and All-Ire series will follow after.
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Surely I cannot be the only one who finds completely daft the Sunday evening 7.30pm throw-in time for Camogie League final. If throw-in time was influenced by RTÉ tv schedule, as Assoc have said, why not play the game early afternoon as sole Euros game on RTÉ this Sun is at 5pm.
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No more than the Camogie Association bringing Galway and Dublin down to Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Saturday evening, where is the logic or, indeed, common sense in fixing the Dublin v Kerry ladies football quarter-final for the Hyde in Roscommon this Sunday (5pm throw-in).
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Major boost for Cork U21 hurlers as Brian Turnbull is listed among the subs for Sunday's final. Turnbull clipped 1-51 during last year's All-Ireland minor championship, including 1-7 in the decider. The Douglas youngster did his cruciate a week after that minor All-Ireland final.
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Billy Morgan on SuperValu Páirc:.“I think it is disgraceful, to be quite honest. I wonder sometimes do those board members know what Cork is all about and who Pádraig Ó Caoimh was”.
Spoke with Billy Morgan after UCC's facile Sigerson Cup win. Asked him what he made of attempts to rename Páirc Uí Chaoimh. He did not hold back.
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Rena Buckley getting the proper send-off in tomorrow's @ExaminerSport. Comment from Briege Corkery, Paudie Murray and Eamonn Ryan. Rena, herself, looks back on 15 years in the Cork shirt.
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Encouraging to see Cork boss Ronan McCarthy, selector Eddie Kirwan, and Mark and Sean White put up for interview this evening ahead of Laois game. They clearly didn't see any harm in chatting to media five days before their most important game of the year. An example to others?.
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Cork U20 midfielder Brian Hartnett said of Keith Ricken before their All-Ire final, 'there's an air about him, you hang on his every word'. Following Thursday's hour-plus chat, I'm inclined to agree. The same applies to Bobbie O'Dwyer. Two impressive men.
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Close once again, but no cigar. Back-to-back second place finishes at Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. We'll try for the three-in-a-row in 2020!.
34D ENGLISH SINGING (MEN) / AMHRÁIN BHÉARLA (FIR) O18.1st. Kevin Elam, O'Neill Malcolm, Washington,DC, US.2nd. Eoin Cormican, Ballinasloe, Gaillimh.3rd. Damian McKenna, Derrylin, Fear Manach.
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Keith Ricken, ever the pillar of sense. Addressing the Sigerson squeeze and U20 being moved to spring, he said: 'It is never a negative that a young lad goes out to play a match. What is a negative is that too many matches are happening at the wrong time.'.
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For Clare to go from fifth to third in Munster, they need Cork to beat Limerick, they themselves must beat Limerick (both at Gaelic Grounds), and for Tipp to beat Waterford. That gets Clare to three points, level with Limerick, and Clare progressing on a superior head-to-head.
Tipperary moved out of intensive care. Their bed immediately filled. The patient’s report at the foot of the champions’ bed reads terminal. Champions for not much longer. Mathematically, Clare are still breathing. Their pulse, though, is faint.
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The LGFA is to pay players a mileage allowance for matchday travel during the group stages of the 2020 All-Ire c'ship. A welcome move & a starting point in ensuring the 93% of female inter-county players not in receipt of travel expenses do not continue to be out of pocket.
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Sat down with Fintan McCarthy. Bowled over by his raw honesty. Thought he did “a bad job” at being an Olympic champion. Thought he was “a really boring” Olympic champion. Thought he was an Olympic champion by “fluke”. Thought he “fucked” their Paris bid.
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Brian Greene was corner-back on Waterford's famine-ending, Munster-winning 2002 team. In April 2022, aged 51, he was diagnosed with inoperable Stage 3 lung cancer. In January of this year, he entered remission. This is his story.
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Good news for Cork dual pair Hannah Looney and Libby Coppinger. LGFA confirm All-Ireland ladies football semi-final between Cork and Donegal will now be played on Saturday, August 25. Cork's camogie semi-final goes ahead on Saturday, August 18. Common sense prevails.
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Nemo and hurling. A curious courtship. James Masters & Peter Morgan epitomise that courtship. Masters is 41, Morgan is 40. They share 18 Cork senior football medals. Tomorrow, they will line out in goals and at full-back in the county junior hurling final.
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Pat O'Leary became Ireland's first Paralympic canoeist in 2016. He's since been appointed Head of Chemistry at NUIG & skilled himself in a new boat (va'a), for which he's now ranked 5th in the world. Before all this, he beat cancer while sitting his LC.
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Pertinent questions asked by WGPA chairperson: 'Are the three associations committed to integration? If not, why not? What's holding it up? What are the obstacles? There's very little clarity coming from the three on how committed they are to the process.'.
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Following a meeting last night between Roscommon county board officials and referee representatives in the county, all Roscommon club fixtures have been postponed this weekend.
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Tipp manager David Power pulls no punches when giving his verdict on Leitrim walkover. He told @ExaminerSport: It is after leaving a very sour taste. Fermanagh, as far as I know, went with 18 men to Clare. Are you telling me Leitrim couldn't get 15-20 players to play against Down.
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She may have 11 All-Ireland medals, but Bríd Stack is equally proficient at taking a solid group picture. Great night with nearest and dearest.
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Kerry awarded 41 frees, almost double that of Cork (22). Tells its own story, really.
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2020 and 2021 inter-county minor and U20 panels can begin training from next Monday, May 10. Inter-county minor and U20 fixtures permitted from June 7.
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It's almost seven years since Ger Farragher, then 28, was axed from the Galway panel. Caught up with him this week to reflect on the abrupt end to his Galway career. 'You expect to be given a chance. But I knew that while Anthony remained in charge, I wouldn't be getting in.'
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GAA policy is that counties cannot live stream games at the same time as RTÉ or TG4 are broadcasting a GAA fixture. On foot of Government decision to keep outdoor limit at 200 until Aug 10, Galway hurling chairman Paul Bellew wants that policy reviewed.
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FT in Cork relegation final:.Kanturk 1-16.Glen Rovers 1-13. The Glen's 97-year senior status is no more.
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'Age is just a number. If you have the ability, the drive, and the love of the sport, age shouldn’t hold anyone back.'.Really enjoyed this chat with Sarsfields' 38-year old full-forward Emer Fennell. Struck 4-18 across their Cork qf, sf, and final wins.
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Big thanks to Cian for allowing me tell his story. "I couldn't feel a thing, it was absolutely terrifying. I was thinking is this going to be it for me, will I be completely paralysed from the neck down forever?".
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Fascinating chat with Stefan Okunbor on his rotten luck with injuries and how he deals with each setback. “I've got far more to give Kerry. I've got a lot of unfinished business. “If my body holds up, I do have time on my side. Don't write me off just yet”.
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The conversation is rarely lacking when in the company of Keith Ricken. As the GPS trackers show, we covered some ground. Illness, the Cork job, its demands, a change of scenery at work, coaching, the GAA's relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, & more.
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Penalty thread from Ennis. Iain Corbett first up for Limerick and he goals.
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Five pages of @LadiesFootball coverage in tomorrow's @ExaminerSport. Super sub Saoirse Noonan looks back on an incredible first four months with Cork, Dublin's Sinead Finnegan reflects on their 2017 win. Kieran Shannon sits down with the O'Sullivan sisters, Ciara & Doireann.
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Seán Powter will be part of the Cork football panel for this Saturday's league fixture at home to Meath. The 2017 young footballer of the year nominee hasn't been part of a Cork match-day squad since January 27 of last year. #sportlive.
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A genius, but more importantly, a thorough gentleman.
It is with huge sadness we inform you that Eamnon Ryan @GlenvilleGAA @WatergrasshillG @ucc_gaa @CorkLGFA & @OfficialCorkGAA passed on to his eternal rest this afternoon after a illness bravely fought. A legend in his own lifetime. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis .
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Five months after losing his mam, Caroline, to cancer, Ciarán O'Brien captained Imokilly to Cork glory. “When the final whistle went, I felt that whatever bit of strength I had left me because she was looking after me. That is when the tears started.”.
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Hearing Cormac Bane's story today was as disconcerting as it was absorbing. The former Galway footballer has been through the wringer over the past 16 months. His is yet another personal tale to make you sit up & take note as to the dangers of concussion.
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Wexford’s insistence that the two Covid positive players did not name any Clare hurler when dealing with contact tracing personnel leaves unanswered the question of how the two Clare players came onto the radar of public health & their subsequent designation as close contacts.
Wexford GAA deny players gave names of Clare close contacts
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Cork All-Star Erika O'Shea confirms AFLW move. A big loss to Cork's c'ship plans .“The idea of being able to play a professional sport at 19 and be the youngest girl to ever go over from Ireland, it really excited me and is something I want to give a go,”.
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Whatever you did last weekend, it can't have been half as impressive as the heights scaled by Annie Walsh. Munster intermediate club glory on Saturday, a game which she finished as top-scorer, followed by her first marathon on Sunday. Some going.
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35 Camogie clubs will take their case to the DRA to have the outstanding fixtures from the 2020 club series played.
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Media no longer permitted to attend the monthly Cork county board meeting. Mention in their explainer of 'more open and transparent engagement' is highly ironic.
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The 104th edition of the Harty Cup throws-in tomorrow. 21 schools toe the startline, the biggest Harty field since 2012. Here's your team-by-team guide to all 21 teams.
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The Meath ladies footballers, in a show of support for dual player Megan Thynne, wore specially printed t-shirts during the warm-up to their Div 2 semi-final on Sat. Thynne played two League semi-finals on Sat - the first in Cavan, the second in Inniskeen.
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