O’Rourke sticks with tried and trusted


MALACHY O’Rourke has named a familiar looking line-up for Monaghan’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Down on Sunday. Monaghan’s starting team features no debutants as they begin their championship defence, but there are a number of changes from their last competitive outing, a one-point win against Donegal in April that salvaged their Division One status. Vinny […]


Hard graft paying off for Tyrone’s Ronan O’Neill


BILLED as the great white hope of Tyrone football from a young age, it’s disarming to hear Ronan O’Neill claim that his performances haven’t been up to scratch until this season. O’Neill was earmarked for success since starring at schools level for Omagh CBS and winning an All-Ireland Minor title with Tyrone in 2010, but […]


Devenney: Ulster Championship way ahead of the pack


With the throw-in for the Ulster Championship just over a week away,  we ask former Donegal footballer Brendan Devenney what he thinks lies in wait over the coming weeks…   What do you expect to happen in this year’s Ulster Championship? There are eight Ulster teams in the top two divisions and Antrim won Division […]