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Joe Kernan
Croker entertainment hit a bum note but don’t give it up
In these austere times, the GAA is quite rightly endeavouring to offer value
for money to its patrons at every opportunity.
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Inside Joe Kernan
Joe Kernan: Proof there’s life in the old dogs yet
Friday, 10 February 2012
The notion that players who are fortunate enough to reach inter-county
standard can now expect rather shorter careers at this level would appear to
be gaining in substance — if we are to believe all we hear, that is.
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Joe Kernan: GAA violence has shamed us all
Friday, 27 January 2012
It will perhaps be argued in some quarters — I have my detractors like
everyone else, after all — that I perhaps tend to place rather too much
emphasis on the manly nature of gaelic football.
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Joe Kernan: Backroom team worth the money
Friday, 20 January 2012
The team behind the team can often prove the Achilles heel of any county
board’s annual financial returns.
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Joe Kernan: Entertaining McKenna Cup bodes well for rest of the season
Friday, 20 January 2012
The Railway Cup football semi-finals are looming and wearing my Ulster
manager’s hat I have been attending a number of games in the Power NI Dr
McKenna Cup recently.
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Joe Kernan: Right to hit rule breakers so hard
Friday, 13 January 2012
The administration of discipline within the GAA has, if anything, become an
even more complex and convoluted issue of late.
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Joe Kernan: Rookies ready to rumble in McKenna Cup battles
Thursday, 12 January 2012
The word ‘experimental’ is widely used in relation to the Power NI Dr McKenna
Cup competition.
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Joe Kernan: Team spirit is real key to glory
Friday, 6 January 2012
Skill, fitness and commitment are key requirements for any team with serious
ambitions of achieving success at the top level in gaelic football.
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Joe Kernan: Fingers crossed for a season free from injuries
Friday, 6 January 2012
Nothing is calculated to disturb managers more than long-term injuries to key
players.
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McKenna Cup offers fringe benefits to counties
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Right now there are a number of players preparing to participate in the Power
NI Dr McKenna Cup competition who are totally unknown outside the confines
of their own clubs.
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How to make 2012 a happy new year for all
Thursday, 29 December 2011
We live in difficult times. The economy is in turmoil, serious questions are
being posed about our health and education services, emigration is rife and
too many well-qualified young people are engrossed in menial tasks rather
than in more lucrative employment because of the lack of job opportunities.
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Joe Kernan: Show red card to violence against refs
Friday, 23 December 2011
It has been suggested more than once in recent times - tongue in cheek, of
course - that referees are becoming an endangered species.
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Joe Kernan: GAA's special offers proving just the ticket for Christmas
Friday, 23 December 2011
At this time of the year with the Christmas spending spree in full swing every
one of us is invariably in pursuit of a bargain.
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Joe Kernan: GAA must up game to stave off soccer threat
Thursday, 8 December 2011
If emigration is currently proving a major worry for the GAA authorities in so
far as it is making a significant drain on playing resources at club and
county level, then the biggest sporting body in the country is certain to be
saddled with another huge headache next year.
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Joe Kernan: GAA club servants deserve to shine like stars too
Thursday, 8 December 2011
This is the time of year when the Allstar hurlers and footballers enjoy their
respective safaris to exotic locations, a deserved reward for their
endeavours at inter-county level over the past season.
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Joe Kernan: Cash is king and it has made paupers of us all
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Within the past week, frightening evidence has been provided that financial
constraints are already taking a heavy toll within the GAA as a whole.
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Joe Kernan: Classy Crossmaglen Rangers shouldn’t rest on their laurels
Thursday, 1 December 2011
It seems that some people are getting fed up looking at Crossmaglen Rangers
lifting trophies — and that to my mind is the greatest compliment which can
be paid to the club.
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Joe Kernan: Talent drain putting even more pressure on GAA
Thursday, 24 November 2011
A recent survey revealed that an average of 100 senior players in every county
is currently out of work.
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Joe Kernan: It’s a big task but Canavan can lift Fermanagh
Thursday, 24 November 2011
During his playing career Peter Canavan faced up to many big challenges. But
it is doubtful if any of these can compare to the task he has undertaken
with Fermanagh.
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Joe Kernan: Tell us why our game was shamed
Thursday, 17 November 2011
A couple of years ago a Westmeath player missed a relatively easy free in an
important championship match at Croke Park — never the most pleasant
experience for someone who is entrusted with the important task of making
such chances count.
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Joe Kernan: Railway Cup back on track
Thursday, 17 November 2011
It's greatly encouraging to see that the Railway Cup competition being made a
priority by the GAA again — and ear-marked for what I consider to be a
sensible slot in the fixtures calendar.
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