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Cahair O’Kane: Malachy O’Rourke managing Tyrone’s growing frontline riches better is key to a potentially successful summer

WHEN Eddie O’Sullivan was coaching the US Eagles in the late ‘90s, a holidaying young Ronan O’Gara met him for a meal in San Francisco. At the...

08.01.2025 7

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The 2024 Caksy Awards: Cork win Baby Reindeer award while Jim Gavin takes the Susie Dent gong

The Baby Reindeer award: This one goes to the Cork footballers. We’re not sure if they’re leading us on or being led on themselves, but they have...

24.12.2024 30

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Cahair O’Kane: The juice is only worth the squeeze if you win

“The joke in the office was that when it came to work-life balance, work came first, life came second, and trying to find the balance came last.”...

11.12.2024 2

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Kilcoo and Errigal’s commitment to attack says they’ll both be even harder to beat in next year’s new game

THE public perception of Kilcoo’s style of football is baffling. They are often characterised as this ultra-defensive outfit that grind their way...

04.12.2024 4

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Cahair O‘Kane: Pat Gilroy’s principled stand won’t make a blind bit of difference

THIRTY-three years ago this month, the GAA found itself stood in front of the High Court. A row had broken out in Waterford over the services of a...

26.11.2024 10

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Cahair O’Kane: Slaughtneil’s adoption of the Less is Loughmore approach paying dividends

WHEN Oliver Burkeman calculated how many weeks the average human being will live, he did what anyone would do when they have their own unique bit...

20.11.2024 3

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Paddy Tally appointment can settle things down for Derry

AND so, after more than four months of searching, a shape emerges on a new era for Derry. Barring a highly unlikely revolt from the clubs at...

15.11.2024 9

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We should segregate crowds at GAA matches

I WILL let you in on a little secret. At any championship game, I can generally tell if there’s been a score a second or two before the majority...

22.10.2024 3

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Proposals, tearful speeches and Insta posts - the Dos and Don’ts of county final week

JUST as they will be this Sunday, St Eunan’s were hot favourites to win the Donegal title in the year 2000. Ardara hadn’t won one for 19 years...

07.10.2024 2

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Cahair O’Kane: Stay-at-home goalkeepers are the heroes football needs right now

IN the opening eight-and-a-half minutes of their win over St Brigid’s on Sunday, Cargin passed the ball back to goalkeeper John McNabb nine...

01.10.2024 4

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Derry’s failure to move on from Rory Gallagher has turned the job into a poisoned chalice

AFTER almost three months of going around the houses, Derry look to finally have their man. As first reported by our own Neil Loughran last week...

25.09.2024 9

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If Dublin doesn’t step in right now, the GAA has to let go of its dying Casement Park dream

THERE’S a website out there entitled ‘Are The Brits At It Again?’ that comprises just three simple lines of text that never change. They read:...

18.09.2024 4

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