Cora Staunton included in 2021 AFLW Team of the Year
CORA STAUNTON HAS been included in the 2021 AFLW Team of the year after another impressive campaign with the Greater Western Sydney [GWS] Giants. The four-time All-Ireland winner is named among the forwards who made the shortlist, averaging 10.3 disposals, and kicking 10 goals for her club this year. Staunton, 39, who first joined the…
Ireland rugby star Hannah Tyrrell shines on return to football as Dublin hammer Waterford
Dublin 6-15 Waterford 2-12 HANNAH TYRRELL MARKED her return to inter-county football in style this afternoon as the Irish rugby international hit 1-5, as reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin convincingly defeated Waterford in Parnell Park. In a game that was dubbed a dress rehearsal for the championship, Dublin welcomed back Olwen Carey, Siobhan Killeen, and fresh…
‘It’s an amazing story’ – A first senior championship start for Clare hurlers at the age of 30
IN THE 50th minute of Sunday afternoon’s game, Páidí Fitzpatrick was summoned to the sideline at Semple Stadium. The Clare defender gestured with his fist as he ran off, saluting David McInerney who was coming on as a replacement. The message was clear. He had put in a huge shift to help establish a winning…
Mayo duo and Cavan star the latest of Irish contingent to have new AFLW deals confirmed
MORE IRISH PLAYERS have earned new Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] contracts as the focus switches to next season. Mayo and Cavan stars Sarah Rowe and Aishling Sheridan have committed their immediate future to Collingwood, putting pen to paper in recent days. Yesterday, Rowe was one of six players to have a new deal announced,…
Here are the 2021 Cork senior club football and hurling championship draws
REIGNING CORK SENIOR hurling kingpins Blackrock will take on last year’s semi-finalists Erins Own after this evening’s draw for the 2021 club championships in the county. On the day that adult club players received the green light to resume training in pods of 15 from Monday 10 May and can play games from Monday 7…
McGuinness, Joyce and Moynihan: the star-studded GAA college team that reigned in the ’90s
IN THE WEEKS building up to the 1997 All-Ireland football final, as the stream of messages John Casey was receiving turned into a deluge, one piece of correspondence stood out. The Mayo forward was gearing up to face Kerry, where he had been located over the previous twelve months, educating himself on the football fields…
In Sally Rooney’s new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand
Early on in Sally Rooney’s fraught and lovely new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You, it becomes clear that one of the big problems Rooney is struggling with on the page is herself. Or rather, the phenomenon of herself. Sally Rooney has become that rarest of creatures among literary novelists: a brand name. There are…
Bernie Sanders inauguration memes are liberal comfort food
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presence at President Joe Biden’s inauguration did more than signal his support of Biden after a hard-fought 2020 presidential campaign. It proved that while Biden may have triumphed as the “relatable Everyman” from coast to coast, Bernie remains the “relatable Everyman” of the internet. Clad in a bulky brown overcoat (immortalized in…
Your guide to getting into Schitt’s Creek
On Sunday night, the beloved Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek won the Golden Globe for Best TV Series — Comedy or Musical, in what became the final honor of the show’s victory lap. After finishing up its sixth and final season in April of 2020, Schitt’s Creek won all seven Emmys it was nominated for that…