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Duff tipped for '24 soccer award Duff tipped for '24 soccer award
Shelbourne manager Damien Duff is favorite to be named Soccer Writers’ Personality of the Year at the writers’ annual awards banquet in Dublin on F...
Ulster final does not disappoint Ulster final does not disappoint
Slaughtneil (Derry) 2-19; Portaferry (Down) 1-19 For once let us forget about the epics of Munster and Leinster hurling - instead dwell on Ulster h...
Austin's Celtic Cowboys mark 20 Austin's Celtic Cowboys mark 20
The Celtic Cowboys of Austin, Texas, recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. Members and friends of the sport and social club met on the roofto...
Brennan predicts 'great spectacle' Friday night at Mellrose Ballroom Brennan predicts 'great spectacle' Friday night at Mellrose Ballroom
At age 33, and with only four bouts in the paid ranks, Emmet Brennan understands that time is of the essence and hence the need to take risks by ch...
GAA Special Congress approves Gavin's rules overwhelmingly GAA Special Congress approves Gavin's rules overwhelmingly
Dubliner Jim Gavin’s influence on Gaelic football won’t have ended with his decision to step down following his county’s five in a row against Kerr...
Burke sticks to game plan, wins Burke sticks to game plan, wins
Harley Burke overcame 17 months of ring rust and a first ever trip to the canvas to outbox Canadian battler Tevin Terrance at the Paramount in Hunt...
Canavan is Errigal's hero Canavan is Errigal's hero
Errigal Ciarán (Tyrone) 0-14; Clann Eireann (Armagh) 1-10 Trying to separate these two totally committed sides was always going to take something s...
Champagne rugby pleases boss Champagne rugby pleases boss
Ireland 52; Fiji 17 It may have been only Fiji but a new-look Ireland 15 rediscovered their creativity in attack and doggedness in defense, leaving...
Champion Burke aims for 9/9 Champion Burke aims for 9/9
He was a huge John Duddy fan growing up in upstate New York. As a youngster, Harley Burke would tag along with his father to watch the wildly popul...
Racing to success Racing to success
From left: John Lee of “The Irish Stew” podcast, longtime horse racing columnist for the Echo John Manley, Colm Morrissey of the MRC International ...
'Irish racing is thriving' 'Irish racing is thriving'
Robbie Dolan showed that you can never count the Irish out when it comes to racing. The County Kildare-born jockey rode Knight’s Choice to the 2024...
Thomastown make shock exit Thomastown make shock exit
Castletown Geoghegan 1-25; Thomastown 1-14 As GAA shocks go, this one where a minnow from Westmeath eats a shark from Kilkenny is just about as big...


 



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