Playing the ‘short’ game


By Michael McMullan IT was only ever going to be hurling that grabbed Paul Shiels’ full attention. One of the sporty types, ‘Shorty’ was a capable Gaelic footballer and captained St Louis, Ballymena to a Northern Ireland Schools’ Cup soccer title. Hurling would pull hardest. The last time Dunloy were in an All-Ireland final, their 2004 […]


Preview: Dunloy head south on Croker mission


By Niall Gartland WHY stop now? Dunloy joint-captain Ryan Elliott admitted that Sleacht Néill had “lived in the heads” of the Antrim champions’ heads for five years following their provincial triumph against the Emmet’s, and now they’ve banished that particular ghost, the question is whether they can achieve something very special indeed at national level. […]