A weekend of mixed importance for Ulster sides


By Shaun Casey DIVISION Four table-toppers Antrim are one win away from reaching the league final as they take on the reigning All-Ireland Intermediate champions Leitrim this Sunday in the semi-finals. The Saffrons have been in flying form throughout the campaign, winning all seven of their encounters. That includes a round-four triumph over this weekend’s […]


Nicole McAtamney: A county player enjoying the balance


Nicole McAtamney has eyes on Antrim’s league final this weekend. A wife and mother of two, she balances training with a hectic life but always finds time for camogie. Michael McMullan went to meet her… WHEN Nicole McAtamney runs out at Abbottstown on Saturday it’s all about camogie. The next ball. Staying unbeaten. A quest […]


Team news: This weekend’s LGFA games


IT’S two from three in Division 1 of the Lidl National League as Mayo, Tyrone and Kildare all fight to avoid relegation on Saturday. The picture will become clear over the course of two pivotal games which will be live-streamed on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel, with Kildare at home to Tyrone, as Mayo make […]


Antrim skipper Boyle chasing birthday boost


By Daragh Ó Conchúir AMY Boyle celebrates her 25th birthday today and the captain of the Antrim camogie team will hope to be celebrating on Saturday evening by leading her team to the top tier of the Very League with victory over Clare in the Division 1B final at the NGDC in Abbotstown (2pm). Getting […]


Bailieborough complete All-Ireland double


Lidl All-Ireland PPS Senior C All-Ireland final Bailieborough CS (Cavan) 5-12 Coláiste Muire (Ennis) 2-6 By Damien Donohoe BAILIEBOROUGH Community School completed a superb double by adding the Lidl All-Ireland PPS Senior C All-Ireland title to the Junior C title they won last week as they ran out 15 point winners against a determined Coláiste […]


Loreto on the title trail again


By Michael McMullan THE football story of Loreto College continues this week as they aim to bridge a seven-year gap and land the All-Ireland Senior A title. The Cavan school take on Skibbereen Community School hoping to translate three years of junior success into the biggest prize in the game. The county senior team is […]


Armagh blown away by Waterford second half performance


Lidl NFL Division 1 Waterford 1-22 Armagh 1-12 By Tomás McCarthy WATERFORD stunned the Lidl NFL Division 1 leaders Armagh at a windswept Kilmacthomas. The Déise blew the reigning champions away with sixteen second half points. Ballymacarbry trio Kellyann Hogan, Bríd McMaugh and Clare Walsh scored 1-15 between them as Tomás Mac a t’Saoir’s side […]


Tyrone comeback not enough to down the Dubs


Lidl NFL Division 1 Dublin 1-11 Tyrone 3-04 By Deniese O’Flaherty DUBLIN had to withstand a late Tyrone comeback to hold on for a narrow Lidl NFL Division 1 victory at O’Neill Park in Dungannon. Although the Red Hands were defeated their fate in Division 1 is still in their own destiny as they travel […]


Cavan in knock-out mode as promotion races thickens up


By Michael McMullan THERE are still two rounds of league action remaining but Cavan’s Sinéad Greene feels it’s knock-out football from here on. The Breffni County travel to Laois this weekend before their final game with Limerick. With eyes firmly fixed on promotion to Division Two, getting to the league final is a priority. Advertisement […]


Mallon switches wedding white for Galway maroon


By Daragh Ó Conchúir THURSDAY is her first day back at work after taking a week and a half off to get married but Niamh Mallon is agreeable to a quick chat from a Galway coffee shop beforehand to discuss a range of endeavours, personal and professional. There aren’t too many vacancies in the Mallon […]