Garland eager to get on McEnaney’s radar


By Niall McCoy EMERGING Monaghan star David Garland is determined to get on Séamus McEnaney’s radar when the inter-county season resumes. The Donaghmoyne man has had a disjointed start to his Oriel career. He exited the panel in the middle of the 2019 season and only rejoined the squad in the weeks before the coronavirus […]


Tyrone clubs to receive proposals


By Barry O’Donnell PROPOSALS on a revised fixture schedule are set to be forwarded to clubs in Tyrone after last week’s announcement of a green light to resume GAA competitions from July 31. On Friday past Croke Park set out its ‘Gaelic Games Safe Return Roadmap’ which included an 11-week window for a condensed club […]


Joe Brolly: Feeling sorry for the English


THERE are many reasons to feel sorry for the English. Unlike there, here the apocalypse hasn’t materialised. In March, we were like the US marines in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, rumbling towards the Normandy beaches in their landing crafts, fearing death would come for them at any second. Unlike those poor souls […]


Cahal Carvill: Keep the game going up there


AFTER the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling semi-final, I sat in an elated dressing room full of Armagh and Middletown hurlers soaking in the atmosphere after we put the Limerick and Munster champions Effin to the sword on a crisp January afternoon in Ennis, Co Clare. One of the images from that day that sticks in […]


Cumann Chat: Hatching a plan for Team Ulster


JEROME Quinn managed to convince 11 hurling men to put a brave face on and accept a Zoom call this week so he could ask them their thoughts about a potential Team Ulster project. One could conclude that there was a lot of support for the idea. Unfortunately, I think they are all supporting different […]