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Young stars soar at schools football finals

by 22/05/13 6:27am

Cup of joy: Monasterevin celebrate winning Division 2
  Seven new champions were crowned at last week’s Cumann na mBunscol under-10 football finals   Division 1 Clane 4-5 Naas 2-3 The Division 1 title was won in spectacular style as Clane hit three goals in the final minutes...

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Time to say goodbye

Leaving it all behind: Dermot Earley brings a 16-year Kildare career to an end
  IT was the day before his 19th birthday when a gangly teenager named Dermot Earley made his debut for...

Tuesday, 21/05/13 - 9:04am Read More

Dermot reminded me of Ray Cummins: John Crofton

Doing what he did best: Dermot Earley catches a high ball against Dublin in the 2002 Leinster SFC Final
JOHN CROFTON looks back on the career of Dermot Earley. I actually gave Dermot his first ever senior championship game....

Tuesday, 21/05/13 - 8:28am Read More

Earley aiming for club return after ending Kildare career

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Dermot Earley still hopes to play club football in 2013 despite losing his battle to return with Kildare. Earley finally...

Tuesday, 21/05/13 - 8:23am Read More

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Good news for Geezer as injury worries ease

All smiles: Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney with young fans at the Kildare GAA open night at Hawkfield last Friday
Although Kildare lost the services of Dermot Earley over the weekend, there is better news on the injury front, particularly...

Monday, 20/05/13 - 4:43pm Read More

Clash of the champions in round two

COUNTY champions Sarsfields will face 2011 winners Athy in a mouth-watering Kildare senior football championship round two clash. The Sash...

Sunday, 19/05/13 - 12:00pm Read More

‘Football was all I did growing up’

Tadhg Fennin
The preparations began in January and at the weekend the club championship finally got underway for Castlemitchell and TADHG FENNIN...

Thursday, 16/05/13 - 9:44am Read More

Kildare’s senior GAA clubs accused of poaching players

Poaching players
UNDERAGE players are being poached by bigger clubs according to a Kildare GAA official. County board delegate Tommy Buggle from...

Wednesday, 15/05/13 - 12:36pm Read More

Seanie Johnston could miss Offaly game

Seanie Johnston
KILDARE might have to plan without Seanie Johnston and Eoin Doyle for their Leinster SFC quarter-final against Offaly on 1...

Wednesday, 15/05/13 - 12:35pm Read More

Healy puts rugby on hold while Murphy gets ready for the Dubs

Chris Healy
THE cold and windy weather might have been unseasonable but it’s second nature to Kildare corner-forward Chris Healy. Healy spent...

Wednesday, 15/05/13 - 12:34pm Read More

National Sport

Zabaleta excited at prospect of Pellegrini taking over at City

by 23/05/13 7:58am

Pablo Zabaleta believes Manuel Pellegrini could be a great manager for Manchester City.The City defender has long known of Pellegrini's reputation having been a junior at Argentinian club San Lorenzo when the Chilean was first-team boss.Pellegrini is widely expected to...

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Garcia row hangs over Wentworth

Sergio Garcia was today trying to focus on the first round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after his...

Thursday, 23/05/13 - 6:27am Read More

Ramos: Bale would suit Madrid

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos believes Gareth Bale would be right at home at the Bernabeu.There has been considerable speculation...

Thursday, 23/05/13 - 6:04am Read More

Former United player Brian Greenhoff dies aged 60

Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died, aged 60.Greenhoff made 271 appearances for the Red Devils and...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 5:13pm Read More

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McIlroy plays down rift talk

Rory McIlroy today said he was unable to clarify reports that he is leaving Horizon Sports Management to create his...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 4:56pm Read More

Keane free to face England

Skipper Robbie Keane will be able to face England next week after the Los Angeles Galaxy granted him permission to...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 4:45pm Read More

Petrov to take up academy role at Villa

Aston Villa have confirmed recently retired Stiliyan Petrov will take up a new role as assistant to development coach Gordon...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 4:00pm Read More

Garcia ‘sorry’ for Woods ‘fried chicken’ jibe

Sergio Garcia has escaped punishment for what could be construed as a racist remark about Tiger Woods after offering an...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 1:57pm Read More

Giorud seeking improvement

Olivier Giroud wants Arsenal to kick on in the Champions League after securing qualification for a 16th successive season.The Gunners...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 1:46pm Read More

Woods: Garcia comment ‘wrong and hurtful’

Tiger Woods has labelled a remark made about him by Sergio Garcia as "wrong and hurtful," but believes there is...

Wednesday, 22/05/13 - 1:03pm Read More

Sports Columnists

It is because of men like Dermot Earley others were inspired to play Gaelic football

by 21/05/13 8:43am

Dermot Earley runs out against Antrim in the 2010 All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers - it was the evening of his father's funeral
Great players are never measured by what they’ve won but by the image they leave behind. Although he might be destined to join that mythical club of footballers known as the greatest never to win an All-Ireland, Dermot Earley junior...

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Exciting times ahead but questions still remain

Paul Cribbin celebrates scoring a goal against Tyrone
FIRST things first, this was far from a must-win game for Kildare. The howling winds that welcomed supporters on the...

Tuesday, 16/04/13 - 11:45am Read More

Special display needed to stop special side

A midfield marriage: Tommy Moolick and Sean Hurley were so dominant against Laois it's hard to see anyone stopping them
I can still see it happening now. Kildare are thinking about a Leinster final in Croke Park and Longford are...

Wednesday, 03/04/13 - 8:48am Read More

New rules, same problems

Cynical fouling will become a thing of the past after the new black card was introduced at this year's GAA Congress
IT makes me laugh when critics of the new disciplinary rules for Gaelic football suggest the current rules should just...

Wednesday, 27/03/13 - 10:24am Read More

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There’s time to heal this scar

Tomas O'Connor and Rory O'Carroll 10/3/2013
THERE are bad defeats and then there are defeats that leave you with a scar. Sunday’s loss felt like a...

Wednesday, 13/03/13 - 1:31pm Read More

Beating Dubs not important right now

Tomas O'Connor scores a goal against Dublin in the O'Byrne Cup Final
THERE is a common theme to these league games: what are we actually beating? It always seems like there’s a...

Saturday, 09/03/13 - 9:42am Read More

White will be a huge loss to Kildare

Gary White
Just when you think things are taking a turn for the better, you get hit with a curveball. Maybe us...

Wednesday, 20/02/13 - 11:31am Read More

A win against the odds

Cork's Donncha O'Connor with Kildare's Mikey Conway for company
The first thing that struck me about Saturday night’s win in Cork was: how the hell did we manage that?...

Wednesday, 13/02/13 - 2:10pm Read More

Kildare deserve praise for classy display

Mikey Conway
IT doesn’t get much better than this because you couldn’t ask for much more this early in the year. We’ve...

Tuesday, 05/02/13 - 1:18pm Read More

Kelly makes it a night to remember

Niall Kelly
To witness the debut of a special talent is always a magical moment. All the more so when it happens...

Wednesday, 30/01/13 - 3:57pm Read More