Keyword "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship" - List of latest news (60 results)

03:30 Letters: Humanity and humility of Pope Francis mean his legacy will endure for many years

The death of Pope Francis, a man of immense humility, should give us pause for thought and reflection, not only on his life work as a servant of God, but our own lives too.

21/01 Galway’s David Burke (35) back for another year as he reunites with Micheál Donoghue

Galway veteran David Burke has committed to the Galway hurling fold for 2025 as he reunites with returning Tribe boss Micheál Donoghue.

21/01 Thomastown’s John Donnelly to captain Kilkenny hurlers this year

Kilkenny forward John Donnelly will captain the Cats this season.

20/01 ‘It was an incredible night … though a few heads are sore today’

GAA fans on the capital’s northside and southside were celebrating a historic All-Ireland club double after victories for both Na Fianna and Cuala at Croke Park yesterday.

19/01 All-Ireland club SHC final: Na Fianna 2-23 Sarsfields 0-20 as it happened

It’s All-Ireland club finals days at Croke Park and Dublin’s Na Fianna saw off Cork champions Sarsfields in the hurling o claim the Tommy Moore Cup.

19/01 Na Fianna v Sarsfields – Dubliners take control in battle for All-Ireland club SHC crown

It’s All-Ireland club finals days at Croke Park with Na Fianna and Sarsfields facing off in the hurling for the Tommy Moore Cup.

19/01 Na Fianna v Sarsfields – Dublin and Cork champions go head-to-head for All-Ireland club SHC crown

It’s All-Ireland club finals days at Croke Park with Na Fianna and Sarsfields facing off in the hurling for the Tommy Moore Cup.

18/01 ‘There’s people below in Cork who don’t want to see Sarsfields win... it’s just a jealously’ – Ben O’Connor

?Standing in Croke Park last July for the 25th anniversary of Cork’s 1999 All-Ireland hurling win, Ben O’Connor remembers looking around and finding it hard to absorb that it had actually been that long since that rain-soaked day in the same stadium that was in the middle of its redevelopment phase at the time.

15/01 Letters: Popularity of Dublin’s Cherry Tomato Bridge can pave way for more attractions

The viral fame of the Cherry Tomato Bridge (‘The Cherry Tomato Bridge is better than Phoenix Park’ – Dublin’s new attraction is drawing in the crowds’ Irish Independent, January 14) is proof that Ireland has an unparalleled ability to turn the mundane into the magical.

05/12 GAA fixtures 2025: Full fixture list as National League to kick off with three seismic Division One games

The new football playing rules being trialled in 2025 will have a grand opening on Saturday, January 26, with three seismic Allianz NFL Division 1 games kicking off the inter-county season.

05/12 GAA fixtures 2025: Saturday night lights to unveil new football playing rules with three seismic Division 1 games

The new football playing rules being trialled in 2025 will have a grand opening on Saturday, January 26, with three seismic Allianz NFL Division 1 games kicking off the inter-county season.

03/12 Kilkenny legend Conor Fogarty calls time on 14-year career with the Cats

Another Kilkenny stalwart has hung up his boots after Conor Fogarty announced his inter-county retirement this morning after 14 years with the Cats.

27/11 Letters: If technology can hear our confessions, might it take over the penance as well?

We read that a chapel in the city of ­Lucerne has installed an “ AI Jesus” that allows people to confess their sins to a digital version of the son of God (‘AI Jesus installed at Swiss church to hear confession’, Irish Independent, November 26).

16/10 ‘Our goal is realistic enough in 2025, it’s to stay up in the Leinster championship’ – Offaly star Brian Duignan

Offaly star Brian Duignan hopes that the Faithful hurlers can swim with the sharks and retain their place in the Leinster SHC over the coming years.

29/09 Brother Liam Ó Caithnia’s epic history of hurling brought back to life

?‘It was a common tradition in the district of Lisbrack, Co Longford, that the greatest man in the parish was the man who drove the ball the furthest with a hurley. He was the hero and the finest girl in the parish was his prize.’

22/09 Dermot Crowe: Hurling’s gospel falling on deaf ears as football’s non-believers dominate the GAA

Those striving to proselytise and spread the hurling gospel on unholy ground will always look on in envy at where the game is embedded and mired in tradition.

26/07 Letters: Eamonn Casey allegations show why a male-dominated Catholic Church is a real problem

The allegations about the late Bishop of Galway, Eamonn Casey, are a sad and sorry reminder of a male-dominated hierarchy and a male-dominated clergy.

24/07 Westmeath hurlers turn to Seoirse Bulfin as Davy Fitzgerald’s former right-hand man fills Lakeside hotseat

Seoirse Bulfin is the new Westmeath senior hurling manager having been ratified to succeed Joe Fortune at a remote meeting of the Lakeside county board last night.

23/07 How Brian Lohan has taken Clare from the scrap heap to the summit with his inimitable iron will

Tony Kelly referred to Brian Lohan as “our God” in his All-Ireland SHC final acceptance speech and the Clare skipper had no problem expanding on how the Banner supremo had taken them from the scrap heap to the summit.

23/07 Shane O’Donnell shoulders burden of ‘having to perform being one of senior players’

Shane O’Donnell is walking the media through his All-Ireland final that almost never was. On Tuesday night, he felt a twinge in his hamstring enough to spark panic. The next few days were a series of physio appointments, massage and ice packs. It was only when he completed the warm-up that he was certain he’d play.

21/07 Jimmy Nesbitt says ‘people in north from his background have missed out on hurling’ as he joins BBC team for All-Ireland final

James Nesbitt says he ‘hopes everyone understands that hurling is the heartbeat of a nation’ as the All-Ireland final is played out between Cork and Clare in Croke Park today.

06/07 ‘Enough is enough. Sometimes you get fed up of it and it has to stop some time’ – Brian Lohan on Clare’s defiance

There comes a time, said Clare hurling manager Brian Lohan, when "enough is enough."

04/07 €6m bonanza for GAA as hurling semis spark first ticket frenzy of year

Croke Park is gearing up for its first full house of the GAA season when the all-conquering hurlers of Limerick put their All-Ireland crown on the line against Cork this Sunday.

02/07 ‘I needed a break for myself’ – Rejuvenated Austin Gleeson set for Waterford comeback in 2025

Austin Gleeson fully intends on returning to the Waterford hurling panel for 2025, he confirmed today. Gleeson also stressed that he sees “no reason” why Davy Fitzgerald won’t be around for a third season as manager of the Déise.

23/06 ‘It can feel like a bit of a chore and not optional at times’ – the problem with GAA autograph hunters

The ability to rock out onto a pitch and stop your heroes for an autograph or a selfie is a phenomenon that’s unique to the GAA.

23/06 Fake smiles and feeling compelled to oblige

The ability to rock out onto a pitch and stop your heroes for an autograph or a selfie is a phenomenon that’s unique to the GAA.

21/06 Diarmuid O’Keeffe back on bench for Wexford hurlers against Clare, but experienced duo miss out

The Wexford Senior hurling team to face Clare in the All-Ireland championship quarter-final on Saturday shows one change from the side that accounted for Laois last weekend.

21/06 Conor Donohoe says Dubs ‘have strong belief’ despite heavy Leinster final loss to Kilkenny

Last week, the Louth footballer Niall Sharkey set off for Australia. In the middle of a championship season that has been going better than Louth have experienced for many years it seemed a strange move but Sharkey set out clear rationale.

19/06 ‘Lads were getting their frustrations out. That’s all you can do’ – Paddy Smyth on how Dubs coped with Kilkenny loss

From the realms of the utterly predictable comes Paddy Smyth’s report of a discernible “bite” to Dublin training last week. All things considered, any other kind of dispatch would be a grave worry.

18/06 Wexford hurlers cruise to handy win against Laois to set up showdown with Clare

It was all very straightforward for the Wexford Senior hurlers in Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Saturday as they eased comfortably through to their latest All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Munster runners-up Clare.

18/06 Letters: Ahead of the solstice this Friday, we should all savour these long summer days

The summer solstice, which takes place this Friday, is the longest day of the year, with around 17 hours of daylight. In fact, even at midnight, it seems like twilight. The sun will be directly over Ireland, with the potential to deliver warm weather and glorious sunshine.

16/06 Tailteann Cup credibility will be damaged if GAA switch All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals day – Sligo manager Tony McEntee

The Sligo football manager Tony McEntee has said the credibility of the Tailteann Cup will be damaged if Central Council goes ahead this evening and flips next weekend's semi-finals with the All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals from Sunday afternoon back to Saturday.

16/06 GAA’s Central Council to discuss flipping hurling quarter-finals and Tailteann semi-finals

The GAA’s Central Council will decide at a special meeting on Sunday whether to flip next weekend’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals and the Tailteann Cup semi-finals.

15/06 Patrick Horgan leads Cork into quarter-finals in victory over Offaly

The massacre some expected didn’t materialise, even if Cork were always comfortable in defeating Offaly in Tullamore to advance to the All-Ireland quarter finals against Dublin next Saturday.

15/06 Model in cruise control as Lee Chin scores 11 points in dismissal of Laois

Wexford built solidly on a seven-point interval lead to comfortably dismiss Laois in this All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final in Portlaoise.

15/06 ‘The Cork supporter will follow you everywhere’ – Ethan Twomey drawing added momentum from Rebels’ ‘16th man’

More than once in the course of a conversation at the launch of the All-Ireland SHC at the Michael Cusack Centre in Clare earlier this week, Ethan Twomey referenced the power of the ‘16th man’.

14/06 Your complete guide to this weekend’s GAA action

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05/06 John Mullane rages at All-Ireland final ticket hike – ‘It will price a certain class of people out of going to games’

Waterford legend John Mullane fears that the GAA are “pricing a certain class of people out of going to games” after raising the cost of All-Ireland SFC and SHC final tickets to €100.

26/05 Leinster championship can still confound all expectations

January in Netwatch Cullen Park and a bizarre scene unfolds. Kilkenny’s seasonal opener against Carlow in the Walsh Cup has been pulled. Fog has intervened and, after initially pushing back throw-in, referee Eamonn Furlong postpones the game.

23/05 Diarmuid Sheehan: Cork won’t want any draws in weekend’s final two Munster SHC fixtures

The pulses were racing for the first 35 minutes and the chest was out for the second half, as Cork blew Tipperary away to put themselves on the cusp of what many felt just two weeks ago was an impossible goal – to be one of the three escaping the Munster bear-pit for a tilt at the Liam MacCarthy.

09/05 Cork on the precipice as Limerick look to put one foot in the final

A sunny Saturday evening at Walsh Park had something for everyone. A point for Waterford, a point for Tipperary, and a thriller for the neutrals. Something for everyone, that is, except Cork.

04/05 Tipperary draw comfort after late Déise drama with Cork and Clare to come

So, a point apiece for Waterford and Tipperary after a pulsating encounter featuring 52 scores at Walsh Park. It wasn’t the result either side wanted, though it does keep their seasons alive.

26/04 Your complete guide to the weekend GAA action

Here is your complete guide to the weekend’s GAA action.

25/04 Not quite a knock-out, but Sunday could be make or break for Cork and Clare

Not quite knockout is the official status of Cork’s clash with Clare this Sunday. Even if neither side will be left stretched out on the canvas, they could take a concussive blow to their summer hopes. Especially Cork.

25/04 Jack O’Donoghue ‘hungry’ to make up for his lost time with Munster as he savours Déise win over Rebels

All the while Munster are putting in the hours on the training pitch in South Africa, a two-week tour also allows plenty of down-time to enjoy.

19/04 ‘Don’t play championship in muck and s**t of April’ – two hurling legends issue plea to GAA

Two retired hurling stars have questioned the condensed nature of the inter-county season – and called for an end to All-Ireland finals in July.

18/04 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: County by county guide to hurling’s premier competition

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18/04 Cork will hope to add to Waterford’s Walsh Park woes in Munster championship opener

Davy Fitzgerald and Pat Ryan agree that this Munster Championship opener between Waterford and Cork is everything to both camps.

20/03 Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes receives suspended two-year sentence and ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for violent disorder convictions

ALL Ireland winning hurler Kyle Hayes (25) was handed a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay €10,000 in compensation for two incidents of violent disorder at a Limerick nightclub which left a young carpenter with serious facial injuries.

20/03 Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes receives suspended two-year sentence and ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for violent disorder convictions

ALL Ireland winning hurler Kyle Hayes (25) was handed a two year suspended sentence and ordered to pay €10,000 in compensation for two incidents of violent disorder at a Limerick nightclub which left a young carpenter with serious facial injuries.

20/03 Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes to be sentenced for violent disorder incidents

Five-time All-Ireland hurling championship winner Kyle Hayes (25) will be sentenced today before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court after being convicted of two counts of violent disorder.

20/03 Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes to hear sentence today for violent disorder incidents

Five-time All-Ireland hurling championship winner Kyle Hayes (25) will be sentenced today before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court after being convicted of two counts of violent disorder.

03/01 You’d have to be excited’ – Jason Forde sees green shoots for Tipperary despite confusing drop in form last year

Season number 12 has arrived for Jason Forde. Since arriving on the scene with Tipperary, he’s seen the full spectrum of life as a Tipperary hurler, from the highs of winning All-Irelands with some of the greatest players to wear the county tunic to hardly landing a blow in Munster.

14/12 Limerick’s Aaron Gillane wins hurler of the year award in Munster

Limerick’s Aaron Gillane has followed up his All-Star hurler of the year award with the Munster equivalent for 2023.

05/12 ‘Embattled’ year for first female Taoiseach and an ‘assassination warning’ for Trump – Old Moore’s 2024 predictions

An earthquake, an assassination warning and health problems for world leaders are all on the cards for 2024, according to the predictions of the celebrated Old Moore’s Almanac.

20/11 ‘Don’t let the b****rds get to you’ – GAA players explain what it’s like to miss out on an All-Star

A scan down through the list of GAA greats that were never honoured with an All-Star would leave most people rubbing their eyes in disbelief.

13/10 ‘The rumours affected my family a lot’ – Gearóid Hegarty slams early-season reports about his Limerick departure

The prize of for the most bizarre inter-county GAA rumour to sweep social media and consequently beyond in 2023 was surely Gearóid Hegarty’s apparent departure from the Limerick hurling squad during the Munster hurling championship.

30/08 ‘It is a great incentive’ – Westmeath and Carlow oppose end to preliminary SHC quarter-finals

Westmeath and Carlow are among the counties that will oppose a Central Council motion to Special Congress next month to dispense with All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarter-finals.

09/07 Lar Corbett: I can’t see any team stopping this Limerick side

BASED on what we saw on Saturday night, what happens in Croke Park today might be immaterial. Because whether it’s Clare or Kilkenny who reach the final, I can’t see anyone stopping Limerick.

09/07 Lar Corbett: Brian Lohan can light Banner fuse

At half-time in the 1997 All-Ireland final, Tipperary had been the better team, leading Clare by four points.