THE NEWS THAT billionaire JP McManus donated €100,000 to each county board in the country came as a surprise to many, but not to Limerick “Shopping for an All-Stars tuxedo, ‘down to earth’ JP McManus and Limerick’s huge potential”
‘I’m always embarrassed going back to Clontarf about how rarely I’m there’
Source: James Crombie/INPHO AS THE DEMANDS of the inter-county game continues to increase, it’s the clubs who inevitably suffer and see little of their star “‘I’m always embarrassed going back to Clontarf about how rarely I’m there’”
Cork All-Ireland winner departs from role as Limerick football coach with manager set to stay on for 2019
THE LIMERICK FOOTBALLERS will have the same manager in charge for the 2019 season but must search for a new coach to lead them. Limerick “Cork All-Ireland winner departs from role as Limerick football coach with manager set to stay on for 2019”
Clare dual star signs pro deal with AFLW side Adelaide Crows
CLARE DUAL PLAYER Ailish Considine has signed for Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) side Adelaide Crows on a professional rookie contract. Considine flew to Melbourne “Clare dual star signs pro deal with AFLW side Adelaide Crows”
Irish takeover! Donegal attacking ace Bonner joins Staunton at GWS Giants
DONEGAL STAR FORWARD Yvonne Bonner will join Cora Staunton at Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants for the 2019 AFLW season after she became the second “Irish takeover! Donegal attacking ace Bonner joins Staunton at GWS Giants”
Gillane: ‘If you’re playing within your shell, you’re not going to get the best out of yourself’
2018 WAS THE stuff of dreams for Aaron Gillane. In his debut season for Limerick he scored 6-94 across league and championship, helping them win “Gillane: ‘If you’re playing within your shell, you’re not going to get the best out of yourself’”
‘They’re certainly going to be in our thoughts’ – Munster winning duo could return as Cork plan for 2019
THE RETURN OF Munster title winners Stephen McDonnell and Aidan Walsh to the Cork hurling squad is a prospect when their management assemble their squad “‘They’re certainly going to be in our thoughts’ – Munster winning duo could return as Cork plan for 2019”
‘There was one or two times last year, when the weather was really bad and I met four crashes on one day there’
THE ARRIVAL OF a group of Wexford players to his home in Clare did surprise Davy Fitzgerald as he was deliberating over his future with “‘There was one or two times last year, when the weather was really bad and I met four crashes on one day there’”
Carnacon’s 8 departed Mayo players have bans reduced on appeal
THE EIGHT CARNACON players who left the Mayo panel have had their suspensions reduced to two weeks after an appeal to the National Appeals Committee “Carnacon’s 8 departed Mayo players have bans reduced on appeal”
Mayo have released their new jersey for 2019
TODAY HAS SEEN Mayo GAA unveil their new jersey for next year. In their traditional colours of green and red, the county shirt has been “Mayo have released their new jersey for 2019”