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Can Kevin Cassidy do a Lazurus?
With only days before Donegal’s first competitive match in the Dr McKenna Cup this Sunday, comments made by Kevin Cassidy on TG4 have opened a small ray of light, which could potentially lead to a new marriage bertween himself and the Donegal team. However, while Cassy has said “never say never” about a possible return, the opinion [...]
Lifetime GAA bans after Tyrone incidents
Two lifetime bans have been handed out following incidents after the final whistle in the Tyrone Ladies senior football final on June 24th , the Tyrone Ladies GFA instigated a robust enquiry and full investigation. The results of the investigation were outlined to a full county board meeting last night and the following penalties were [...]
GAA announce ticket price reduction
The GAA has announced this afternoon a reduction of €5 on all adult stand prices and terrace prices for this year’s GAA Football and Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championships up to and including semi finals. This reduction combined with the GAA Season Ticket offer and other GAA ticket packages ensures that the Association remains to the fore in [...]
Armagh GAA to appoint Naming Rights holder to new stadium
Armagh GAA is set to make history with the sale of the Naming Rights to its new stadium in the Cathedral City. The Orchard County will open the gates to a new £4.5m Gaelic Games stadium on February 5 2011, when Dublin visit for the National League season launch, a game that will be screened [...]
Donegal GAA notes
Congratulations to both Sean McCumhaills and Bundoran on winning the Senior Hurling and Intermediate Football County Championships respectively at the weekend. Both teams will now represent the County in the coming Ulster Club Championships. Congratulations also to Cloughaneely on winning the Intermediate Reserve Championship.
Hill 16 barrrier at Croker to be raised
Hill 16 barrier is to be raised following an unsavoury incident after the Leinster final between Louth and Meath, which the latter won, following a goal decision by the Tyrone referee Martin Sludden who later admitted he made a genuine mistake. A number of irate fans entered the field of play after the game and were [...]
GAA TV viewers up despite World Cup
The GAA has confirmed an increase in television viewer figures on RTE and TV3 for the first three months of this year’s football and hurling championships. Recorded figures for the months of May, June and July show a year on year increase of 44%, 1% and 9% respectively. The aggregate viewer figures for the 2010 campaign [...]
GAA embraces digital age – ‘Round the Square’ goes live
The GAA will launch a number of initiatives and applications over the coming weeks as part of the GAA communications plan in an effort to provide content on various online media platforms to GAA members and supporters worldwide. In March of this year, the GAA successfully re-launched GAA.ie with almost 1.25m visits to the site [...]
GAA football attendances to hit 1 million mark
The GAA can confirm that the combined attendances for this year’s GAA Football and Hurling Championships will pass the one million mark this weekend with Saturday’s double header quarter-final football fixtures involving Down v Kerry and Dublin v Tyrone at Croke Park. To date 959,367 people have attended 79 senior inter-county championship matches in both [...]
GAA special: Meath expected to offer replay against Louth
Meath are under no obligation to offer a Leinster Final replay to Louth after a dramatic goal in injury time gave them the provincial title for the first time since 2001, but they will meet later tonight to discuss the aftermath of the most dramatic football match in Croke Park for years – [...]
GAA: 29th Féile football finals a magnificent celebration of Gaelic games
Na Fianna victory ensures a Dublin club wins Division 1 Féile title for third consecutive year and Claregalway triumph in girls Division 1 final. Uachtaran Chumann Luthchleas Gael Criostóir Ó Cuana hails 29th Féile football finals as magnificent celebration of Gaelic games. Na Fianna of Dublin won the Division 1 title at the Coca-Cola GAA [...]
GAA pays tribute to late Dermot Earley RIP
Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Críostóir Ó Cuana has paid tribute to former Roscommon player and Manager Dermot Earley who sadly passed away today at the age of 62. The Michael Glavey’s clubman was a member of the Roscommon senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1985, while he also later served as Manager of both the [...]
Connacht & Ulster hold GAA centre stage
It’s a free weekend on the football scene in Leinster and Munster but the action rolls on in the Ulster GAA and Connacht GAA Football Championships with quarter-finals down for decision in both provinces. Fixture details this Sunday as follows: Ulster GAA Football Championship SF Quarter-final: Donegal v Down, Ballybofey, 2pm (Live on RTE2) Connacht [...]
GAA football action in three provinces this weekend
The 2010 GAA Football Senior Championships are underway all across the country and will feature action in three provinces next Sunday. Ulster champions, Tyrone begin the defence of their title against Antrim, whom they beat in last year’s final. Leinster features a first round double header in Portlaoise while it’s Waterford v Clare in [...]
GAA pitch invasions to be outlawed
The GAA annual national Congress in County Down has backed plans to end post match pitch invasions on gaelic pitches throughout the country. Delegates in Newcastle, heard Seán Walsh, Jarlath Burns, Danny Murphy, Bob Honohan and Ger Doyle all speak in favour of attempts to address the dangerous practice. There was no delegates who opposed the motion. The invasions are causing [...]
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