SSE Airtricity WNL Round-up Week 6

Shelbourne and Peamount United remain joint top of the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League after a thrilling weekend of action. Sligo Rovers 3-1 Treaty UnitedOn paper, this game was a fairly even contest. Sligo were missing taliswoman Emma Hansberry and in-form goalkeeper Kristen Sample. It was the home side though who really deserved the win, their first at The Showgrounds. …

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Ireland’s Top Swimmers Target International Qualifications

Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Swimming Championships start this Tuesday (19th April) at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, the first such Championships since 2019. The 5-day event will see almost four hundred swimmers from seventy-four clubs compete for national titles in thirty-four individual events and places on seven Irish National Teams. The Open will be the final opportunity …

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Healy enjoying the ride as Galway build depth and title-winning habit

Since the beginning of 2019, Galway have now won two All-Ireland camogie titles and three Littlewoods Ireland National Leagues, meaning that of all the top tier national honours on offer in that time, the only prize that they’ve missed out on was the 2020 All-Ireland, when Denise Gaule’s late penalty snatched a surprise win for Kilkenny. It’s a great time …

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GAA & WOMENS SPORT FUELS RECORD Q1 SPONSORSHIP INFLATION: ONSIDE

The volume of sponsorship deals reported in Ireland in Q1 2022 increased at its fastest rate in 7 years to grow by 43% on the same period last year, while 3 in 4 Irish adults currently have a sponsor specifically of women’s sport in Ireland that appeals most to them, according to new research by sponsorship advisors ONSIDE. As sports …

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Women’s hockey: Ards win women’s EYHL2 with Monkstown promoted too

Zara Malseed shone as Ards won promotion and the EY Hockey League Division 2 title in style at Whitechurch Park over the weekend, netting three times for the Oranges. On Saturday, she cracked home a vital penalty corner hit to level their semi-final against Queen’s University, canceling out Madison Bowyer’s early effort. Ellen Robinson popped up with the winner in …

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Lidl NFL Div 1 Final – Meath 2-08 Donegal 1-09

Niamh O’Sullivan scored the crucial goal and the TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions Meath added another title to their growing list of honours, as they overcame Donegal to win their first Lidl National Football League Division 1 crown. Kelsey Nesbitt scored the other Meath goal while the Leinster outfit were able to add a top-tier success to the Division 2 and Division …

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Six Changes For Ireland As Ireland Target Aerial Battle Game Against Italy

Claire Molloy and Niamh Briggs discuss how Ireland can hurt Italy in the upcoming Six Nations clash at Musgraves Park, with Greg McWilliams making six changes to the Matchday Squad.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: Cusp of history – The Big Interview with Donegal’s Roisín McCafferty

Another concussion would be the end, Roisín McCafferty would hang up her boots and call it a day on her playing career, there and then. She has experienced the terrifying side effects that go with the invisible injury and cannot afford to put herself through that ever again. After her first, the Donegal youngster was robbed of her confidence, it …

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