By Niall Gartland SEAN Hurson has been granted the honour of refereeing the upcoming All-Ireland SFC final between Armagh and Galway, it was confirmed this afternoon. It will be the Galbally’s man second time in three years overseeing the showpiece event at Croke Park, having officiated the 2022 final between Kerry and Galway. A proud […]
By Shaun Casey LIKE most people in the profession, Maggie Farrelly stumbled upon refereeing almost by accident. She took up the whistle to help her club, while still playing and coaching, and hasn’t looked back since. Cavan GAA were enforcing a rule that all clubs must provide a referee or their senior team would lose […]
THE GAA at central level is set to conduct an independent investigation into the events relating to the appointment of a referee for last Sunday’s Down Senior Football Championship final between Kilcoo and Burren. Kilco objected to the initial appointment of Paul Faloon as referee, bringing the matter to the DRA last weekend. While the […]
A RECENT addition to Gaelic Life is the Rule of the Week and here is this week’s example. By Michael McMullan MAYO fans were on their feet. Jordan Flynn rifled a close-range shot to the net in the first half of Sunday’s defeat to Dublin. But it didn’t count. At the time, it appeared a […]
A RECENT addition to Gaelic Life is the Rule of the Week and here is this week’s example. By Michael McMullan WITH the clock ticking in stoppage time at the end of Cork’s win over Roscommon in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final the sides were level. More importantly, Roscommon were in possession. Had they engineered […]
A NEW addition to Gaelic Life is the Rule of the Week and here is the first instance. By Michael McMullan IN recent weeks, there has been confusion over the cynical foul, goalscoring chances and penalties awarded for fouls outside the penalty area. In Kerry’s win over Cork Paul Geaney was awarded a penalty by […]
By Michael McMullan THE season never stops, but it’s now in full flow. Week after week, the pitches of Ireland are buzzing with action at all ages and levels. Central to it all are the rules of the game but it’s not without its complications, differing opinions and the frustrations that come with it. In […]
ULSTER GAA teamed up with partners, the Ulster Independent Clinic and Cathedral Eye Clinic, at the Tyrone GAA Centre in Garvaghey recently to provide its Provincial Referees Panel with comprehensive health checks for the season ahead. The medical checks offered our football and hurling referees a valuable indication of their current health and provided information […]
Well-known whistler Martin McNally says that the GAA could take a leaf out of rugby’s book when it comes to respecting referees. Shaun Casey writes… THE GAA held a national Respect the Referee Day last weekend to raise awareness of the respect and support that our match officials deserve. Monaghan native Martin McNally, who took […]
By Michael McMullan MONAGHAN referee Martin McNally insists everyone in the GAA community has a role to play to eradicate any form of abuse towards officials and help clean up the game as a whole. The Corduff man also believes incidents like the one that saw Roscommon official Kevin Naughton knocked to the ground while […]
