Jason Byrne

LOUTH have not appealed Sean Callaghan’s red card against Monaghan in case his one-game ban is doubled. The Wee County ace was sent off in the seventh minute of last Sunday’s 0-27 to 2-18 All…

DEATH, taxes and Cork collapsing at Croke Park in July. The Rebels’ 2025 All-Ireland final nightmare unfolded all over again in Saturday’s semi as Galway tore up the script to storm into the showpi…

DURING Limerick hurling’s recent period of dominance, certain years are conspicuous by the absence of silverware. A last-gasp All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kilkenny in 2019, a last-four loss to …

HENRY SHEFFLIN is the new Kilkenny senior hurling manager. Cats chiefs have confirmed that the 10-time All-Ireland winner is their man to succeed Derek Lyng as boss as they chase a first Liam…

GALWAY boss Micheál Donoghue refused to comment on the black card that never was in Limerick’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Clare. Treaty stopper Nickie Quaid conceded a penalty for upending Pet…

AS post-mortems are held up and down the country, none will be as intense as Cork’s. For all the talk of booked-out trains and Joe Canning’s All-Ireland medals, another long winter on Leeside becko…

CONOR GRIMES knew brighter days would come after Louth spent so many in the dark. The Glen Emmets man, 32, could not see much hope for Louth when he left for New Zealand in 2016 and spent two…

CONOR LAVERTY is a self-confessed psychopath when it comes to football – but the Down boss knows no different. Football is not a hobby in Kilcoo. Sheep farming gets the odd look-in in b…

DUBLIN boss Ger Brennan has called for VAR after their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kerry. The Blues boss fumed when ref Brendan Cawley awarded a second minute penalty for Peadar Ó Cofaig…

JACK O’CONNOR warned a second helping of yesterday’s performance will not be enough to hold the Mayo. The Kingdom failed to impress for large chunks of their contentious All-Ireland SFC semi-…