:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CAQALHVKI5D2JMZDHUMO2CG4ME.jpg "Joe Canning: Tough rebuilding job in store for next Galway manager as Henry Shefflin bows out")
On the week of the All-Ireland semi-finals Galway hurling people would hope to be thinking about Croke Park but instead we’re thinking about a new manager....
The announcement that Shefflin had called time on his disappointing three-year stint came less than 24 hours after Fitzgerald had quit as Waterford manager. The timing...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/PAJIBTCSE5AH5LDQ7DHV4NSYTA.jpg "Henry Shefflin steps down as Galway hurling manager")
It has taken less than 24 hours for the hurling managerial dominoes to start falling with two of hurling’s most prominent figures, Henry Shefflin and Davy...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/X6YE2CQ2XJGBJEHQZ3K7CUGC3U.jpg "Darragh Ó Sé: No need to cry a river for the departing Dubs – realistically, they won’t fall too far")
Life moves on. Every footballer finds out eventually that Father Time is the only man who never has to take his beating. Dublin are out of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/3PCMRLAMMHJXH3ARGH33K2RTE4.jpg "Michael Murphy: Galway’s direct action leaves four semi-finalists trying to resolve vulnerabilities")
It was a milestone weekend in the football championship. Dublin’s fall was the major outcome and it will have a major impact on what’s left of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/4T5UEUD2G7WWNSZ23L3UINHFYY.jpg "GAA reveal All-Ireland football semi-final fixture details")
The dates and kick-off times for the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals have been announced, with both clashes set for the weekend of July 13th-14th. On the Saturday,...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/DWVFHDMF5UIGNEOTN7JPKW547U.jpg "Surprising semi-final line-up suggests new Gaelic football order and end of Dublin era")
And then there were four. But after a quartet of games from which the All-Ireland semi-finalists were confirmed (Galway v Donegal, Kerry v Armagh), the teams...
A DEPLETED Galway somehow won the day at Croke Park – and commentator Ollie Turner has won widespread kudos for nailing the seismic moment. Upon the...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RLUWC3WRT5X6BFUCJWSU5KZHNU.jpg "Exceptional Galway second-half showing brings curtain down on Dublin’s golden generation")
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: Galway 0-17 Dublin 0-16 On Saturday, Galway stepped out of the shadows of an unrelenting history and many other more contemporary setbacks to...
“Maybe some people can say we might have over-celebrated a bit, but any day you beat one of the best teams that has played football for...
The Dublin manager didn’t mention any player by name but speaking immediately after the one-point defeat, speculated about the end of an era, explaining that it...
“I didn’t say a whole pile to them. I felt they got a couple of dubious frees which I felt were soft enough, but we hadn’t...