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Irish Daily Mirror
25-06-2025
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Kevin McStay and management team relieved from Mayo duties
Mayo GAA are officially on the hunt for a new manager after the County Board announced that Kevin McStay and his backroom team were relieved from their roles. In a brief statement issued on Wednesday evening, the Mayo County board said that McStay and his team have been relieved of duties with immediate effect. The statement adds: "We would like to sincerely thank Kevin and his management team for their time, effort, and commitment to the Mayo Senior Football Team during their tenure. Their dedication to the players and the jersey has been greatly appreciated by all involved with Mayo GAA. "We wish Kevin and his management team every success in the future, both on and off the field." McStay took over the county for the 2023 season but had little success, with his sole silverware coming in the form of an FBD League. Mayo were twice beaten by Galway in Connacht Football finals in 2024 and 2025 and failed to progress out of their All-Ireland Group this year, while last year they were dumped out at the preliminary quarter-finals stage to Derry. McStay stepped back from coaching duties in May after becoming unwell at a training session, as he was not on the sidelines for their All-Ireland Series games against Tyrone and Donegal.
The Irish Sun
22-06-2025
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- The Irish Sun
‘We were on a little boat with oars' – Ger Brennan admits Donegal storm sank Louth's summer
GER BRENNAN knew Louth would need a bigger boat when Donegal smelt blood in Ballybofey. The 2 Donegal sailed past Leinster champions Louth on Sunday afternoon 2 Louth manager Ger Brennan admitted his side were no match for the Ulster men But A devastating spell of 1-7 on the bounce blew Louth out of the water as Ciarán Thompson marked his 50th championship appearance with his first championship goal and hometown hero Oisín Gallen fired 0-5. Two-pointers from Michael Langan and Michael Murphy along with Peter Lynch's black card left the Wee County clinging for life before they gradually sunk out of the championship. And Brennan admits the high of winning their first Leinster title in 68 years caught up with them as they lost three out of their next four games to bow out. READ MORE ON GAA He said: 'It was a perfect storm. Unfortunately, we were the ones on the little boat with the oars. We couldn't survive it. Donegal just steamed through on a cruise liner and punished us for every error. 'Credit to them, very efficient, and they're a superb team. Second half, just the tempo, intensity, just upped it everywhere. 'Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, a great bunch of fellas, we just weren't able to live with it. 'In terms of a quick reflection as a management and a group of players, I think the winning of a Leinster final after 68 years, going into the All-Ireland Series took more of us than we realised.' Most read in GAA Football Louth were right in the game at the break thanks to 0-4 from the brilliant Burns and some poor shooting from the hosts. Donegal fired five wides and saw three shots drop short in the opening 35 alone, as their efficiency in front of goal let them down badly in a game of chess in the Ballybofey heat. 'Just in time for Father's Day' - Dublin GAA legends welcome the birth of precious baby daughter Defensive tactics prevailed early on as Brendan McCole put the shackles on Sam Mulroy, and Donal McKenny did the same to Murphy at the other end. But despite Donegal's poor shooting, Conor O'Donnell's goal was the difference right after Dara McDonnell's super score made it 0-6 apiece. Murphy rose highest to flick on Shaun Patton's bullet restart to Gallen, and Ciaran Moore's fist pass played the Carndonagh man clean through to smash home. It was harsh on a Louth team asking serious questions despite falling 0-5 to 0-1 behind on 17 minutes. Peadar Mogan, O'Donnell, Murphy, Oisín Gallen and the brilliant Finbarr Roarty all scored before Gallen fired a sitter wide when Michael Langan played him clean through. The next three scores read Burns, Burns, Burns as Donegal fell into Louth's burning ring of fire and Ryan McHugh and Thompson added to the misses at the river end. Gallen ended a 14-minute wait for a score to banish his missed goal chance, but Louth kept coming at them as McDonnell's boomer levelled it. With 32 minutes on the clock, Murphy made his mark when he got a hand to Patton's kick-out and Moore read O'Donnell's run to perfection for him to lash home. Burns had the final say of the half with his fourth from play, before a different Donegal emerged. Hugh McFadden began to lord the skies when he replaced Jason McGee, and his team-mates all moved up a gear to power home. Roarty, Mogan, Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Moore ran at their opponents constantly as Thompson and Murphy began to pull the strings inside. Gallen and Langan fired over before McFadden won the next kick-out for Murphy's epic two-pointer. It opened up a six-point gap before their second goal when Gallen fed Thompson and he lashed home from distance to make it 2-11 to 0-9. Louth were all at sea as Lynch was black carded for a late hit on Murphy and the relentless hosts kept turning the screw. Langan boomed over another two-pointer as Conor O'Donnell, Gallen, Daire Ó Baoill and Shane O'Donnell followed suit to finish the devastating 1-7 flurry as McGuinness rolled in the cavalry from the bench. Mulroy thought he had scored on the double at the other end, but Patton got a hand to it to reduce it to one as they failed to stay in the game. Donegal skipper Paddy McBrearty failed to score, but created the next 0-3 for Niall O'Donnell, Ó Baoill and the brilliant Caolan McColgan before McFadden completed the rout on the hooter. And McGuinness beamed as 12 of his players hit the mark to fire them back to Croker against Monaghan or Meath this weekend. He said: 'In terms of the team, it's very important now that we dial-in very quickly to the next challenge which is going to be Monaghan or Meath and we wait for that draw to come and then we can start the ball rolling again for another week. 'Very happy, very happy obviously, one game more than we wanted but at the same time we're happy to take the game. 'Obviously loads and bits of pieces to work on as well, particularly in the first half in terms of decision making and stuff. 'We were clinical and done a good job to get over the line and get over the line with 20 minutes to spare basically and give us a chance to get some players on the pitch as well that have been doing well in training. 'Odhran McFadden-Ferry has been doing well in training, Niall O'Donnell coming back into it again. Daire Ó Baoill I thought was very very good when he went on and Patrick when he went on as well, and I think Patrick might have had three assists. 'Whenever we got beat against Tyrone we knew we'd be in this situation potentially and we were targeting these three weekends. So we're delighted we have an opportunity at the third game now.' DONEGAL 2-22 LOUTH 0-12 DONEGAL: S Patton, F Roarty 0-2, B McCole, P Mogan 0-1; R McHugh, EB Gallagher, C Moore; J McGee, M Langan 0-3, 1tp; C McColgan 0-1, C Thompson 1-0, S O'Donnell 0-1; C O'Donnell 1-2, M Murphy 0-3, 1f, 1 tp, O Gallen 0-5. Subs: H McFadden 0-1 for McGee HT; D Ó Baoill 0-2 for McHugh 49; P McBrearty for Murphy 51, N O'Donnell 0-1 for C O'Donnell 54, O McFadden-Ferry for Gallagher 54 LOUTH: N McDonnell; D Nally, D Campbell, D McKenny; E Carolan, P Lynch 0-1, C Lennon 0-1; T Durnin, D McDonnell 0-1; C McKeever, C Downey 0-1, D Corcoran; P Matthews 0-1, S Mulroy 0-3, 1f, R Burns 0-4. Subs: C Grimes for Carolan HT; S Callaghan for Durnin 48, R Walsh for Matthews 51, C McArdle for Lennon 53, C Byrne for Burns 57 REFEREE: B Cassidy (Derry)
Irish Daily Mirror
28-05-2025
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Down-Louth TV info, throw-in time, date and more for All-Ireland football clash
Down and Louth clash this weekend in Group 4 of the All-Ireland Series, with a win for either side meaning all but qualification for the knockout rounds. Group 4 is largely shaping up as expected, with Clare at the foot of the group and Monaghan picking up a win against the Wee County last weekend. The two sides met in Division 2 of the league in February, with Louth winning by the minimum in Drogheda. Down took care of Clare emphatically last time out, winning by 17 points in Ennis. Louth are wounded after a six point loss against Monaghan at "home" in Newbridge and will look to bag their first points of the group in this one. Here's what you need to know about the big game: Saturday, May 31. Páirc Esler in Newry. The game is due to begin at 5:30pm. No, the game is not being shown on TV or being streamed on GAA+, but you can follow updates with our live blog. Down - 8/13 Draw - 15/2 Louth - 17/10
The Irish Sun
26-05-2025
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- The Irish Sun
‘One full day' – Sharlene Mawdsley's Tipperary GAA star boyfriend shares first snap of them together
NEVER mind One Fine Day, Sharlene Mawdsley and Michael Breen were just content to share 'one full day' amid her globetrotting schedule. The sprinter was back in her native county for a full 24 hours after placing second in a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Zagreb on Saturday. 2 'Lola's favourite is back (for one full day)' Credit: @MIKEYBREENO 2 The high-profile pair went Instagram official last weekend Credit: @sharlenem1 Breen and his teammates had the weekend off from the Munster Hurling Championship as it happened to be their bye week in the five-team competition. They were able to rest easy knowing that they'd already secured a spot in the top-three and with it, progression to the All-Ireland Series. Sunday's action ensured they won't be in the Munster final, however, as Cork leapfrogged them in the standings with Read More On Irish Sport June 7 will be the Rebels' first provincial final since 2018 where they will attempt to stop Limerick clinching a ridiculous SEVENTH crown in a row. Victorious manager Pat Ryan said: 'We left an awful lot of chances behind us. But it's knockout Championship, there's going to be a bit more trepidation in it, a bit more nervousness in it. 'Both ourselves and Waterford knew that if we didn't win, we'd be out of the Championship. We played a small bit like that, with a bit of nerves.' Ryan's side finished the game with their wides tally at 17. Most read in Athletics One of those was a glorious goal opportunity for Shane Barrett. Ryan added: 'That's something we'll work on, the efficiency side of it, but I thought our work-rate, our hitting the breaks, our hunger to get on the ball was an awful lot better than it was last week and that's the way it should be. That's the standard. RTE pundit Joe Canning urges GAA to make huge change for Leinster hurling final as fans 'totally agree' 'You're not always going to play as well or have great hurling at times and things might not come off in your game-plan. "But your work-rate, your attitude and your character has to be the standard. 'From our point of view, the attitude last week wasn't good enough. The effort wasn't good enough. I don't think we played brilliant hurling today but today was about attitude and character.' The 48-year-old also used his post-game platform to He insisted: 'It's hard not to get drawn into the hype. Some of it was stupid stuff altogether and a lot of it was coming from outside the county. 'You heard people writing off Limerick, some of our own people. Are they off their game or what? 'From my point of view, that was very annoying. I think sometimes fellas would be building you up, hoping that you'd get a kick in the ass.' Just five weeks since
The 42
25-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
'Every football team is still in Championship' - Queally calls for change to hurling structure
WATERFORD BOSS PETER Queally has called for a change to the hurling championship structure after his side suffered another early exit from the Liam MacCarthy competition. In what is the sixth edition of the round-robin format, Waterford have failed once again to qualify for the All-Ireland stage. The Déise needed a win over Cork to advance, but lost out by six points in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Speaking to the media after their defeat, Queally initially said it was 'hard to put a finger' on why Waterford have struggled to figure their way out of the round-robin system before he was asked if the current structure has been a contributing factor. '100%,' he replied. 'Clare are the reigning All-Ireland Champions. Remember, they were out of this Championship two weeks ago because [of] the results last week. [It's] the start in May. Every football team is still in the Championship. Advertisement 'We've been training in all the winter months. Now the ground is hard. We want to be hurling and we're gone out of the Championship. Clare are gone out of the Championship and every other team is nearly still in the Championship. 'I would like to see a change in structure where we're afforded a little bit of a chance to hurl during the summer when everyone wants to hurl and everyone wants to watch hurling, not in December, January and February.' Elaborating on his desire for change, he continued by offering a suggestion as to what that new format could look like. 'Maybe it's following suit with our football counterparts where you have your provincial championship and then you have your All-Ireland Series. I'm sure if you had a Championship [with] two groups of whatever, and you were across provinces, you can imagine the crowds that would go to a Wexford-Waterford game or a Kilkenny-Waterford game. 'I've had conversations with fellas who have decided to opt out because, 'I can give all this and I might not be able to hurl in the summer.' 'People are deciding not to play because of the amount of effort and training that's asked of them all through the winter months. Then you come up against three awesome hurling teams and you're putting away your hurley in the summer evenings when all you want to do is hurl.' Reflecting more closely on the match against Cork, Queally questioned some decisions in the first half which went against his side. One such call occurred in the seventh minute when Stephen Bennett was fouled after breaking through on goal. However, referee Johnny Murphy ruled that it was not a goal opportunity and did not award a penalty. Related Reads Goals from Hayes and Horgan help Cork storm into Munster final as Waterford exit Pat Ryan is walking a tightrope - and Cork's hurling year hangs in the balance Start spreading the news: New York hurlers are on their way for the Lory Meagher 'We'd have been very disappointed with a lot of the decisions in the first half that didn't go our way,' said Queally. 'Not making excuses about it. We had a strong breeze. We needed to be ahead in that game by five or six points. 'I know the way Johnny refs the game. He likes to let it go, but at the end of the day, in my opinion, a foul is still a foul. Whether you want it to be a man's game or not. There were times when I thought our lads were fouled. We didn't get the frees and we wouldn't be happy with that.' The first of Cork's two second-half goals arrived just after throw-in as the hosts turned over possession after a block down on Paddy Leavey which resulted in a Brian Hayes finish. Queally admitted that the score was a 'killer blow' but commended his team for how they responded. Waterford were eight points down after conceding the second goal to Patrick Horgan but reduced the gap to three at one stage before the contest petered out. 'That goal straight away had us four points down. It was a very, very strong breeze. 'But I never saw a head drop. They just kept plugging away. They kept working hard. Kept getting the scores. One or two more breaks if they went our way, it could have been a different story.'
