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What happens at GAA training camps in Portugal

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Declan Bogue ARMAGH’S FOOTBALLERS, MANAGEMENT and support staff rolled into Carton House last weekend for a pre-championship tune-up ahead of their preliminary round Ulster tie with Tyrone. They arrived on a Friday morning, settled into their routine and began preparing for a weekend’s work. It didn’t take long to realise that the grass pitches were … Read more

From North Macedonia to Munster, it doesn’t pay for teams to be hopeless for long – The Irish Times

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In sport, hope is like grass: it’s cut down, it grows back. Long before the qualification draw for Euro 2028 is made in Belfast in December hope will have been restored in the Ireland soccer team. In the months between Budapest and Prague it was the most powerful feeling the Ireland soccer team had generated … Read more

What we learned from the GAA weekend – The Irish Times

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Michael Murphy’s close call All two-eyed observers surely agree that Michael Murphy should have been sent off on Sunday. If and when we manage to stick a recorder under his, you’d imagine there’s every chance he’ll cop to it himself. He caught Dylan Casey twice, once with a swinging arms to the ribs and then … Read more

What we learned from the GAA weekend – The Irish Times

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Michael Murphy’s close call All two-eyed observers surely agree that Michael Murphy should have been sent off on Sunday. If and when we manage to stick a recorder under his, you’d imagine there’s every chance he’ll cop to it himself. He caught Dylan Casey twice, once with a swinging arms to the ribs and then … Read more

Sunday Game panel stick the boot into Murphy

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RTÉ’s GAA panel have not held back in their criticism of Michael Murphy in the wake of Donegal’s victory over old rivals Kerry in yesterday’s National League Final. Most were ion agreement that the Glenswilly man was lucky not to receive a red card after his ill-timed tackle on Kerry’s Dylan Casey. Then 36-year-old talisman … Read more

Man made ‘stupid split-second decision’ in assaulting GAA umpire at underage game, court hears – The Journal

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Man made ‘stupid split-second decision’ in assaulting GAA umpire at underage game, court hears  The Journal Man apologises for assaulting GAA umpire, court hears  RTE.ie ‘A stupid split-second decision’: Apology offered to umpire assaulted during minor hurling match  The Irish Times Father’s rage at son’s hurling match led to umpire assault and pitch brawl, court hears  echo live Source … Read more

Apology offered to umpire assaulted during minor hurling match – The Irish Times

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A Dublin man has offered an apology and a €1,000 token of remorse to a GAA umpire after pleading guilty to assaulting him during a minor hurling match. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday heard the details of the incident, which happened on March 5th, 2023 at Clan na Gael GAA club, Irishtown, during the … Read more