Joe Kernan
Joe Kernan: Saffrons united in Bradley’s final goal
Unity is strength. And nowhere is this more applicable than within the GAA,
particularly at the height of the Championship season.
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Joe Kernan: Antrim show every dog has its day
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Sport can often provide insufferable heartbreak — just ask Antrim, Cork and
the Leinster rugby team. And it can also transport people to a joyous peak —
again, the same three teams will confirm that.
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Joe Kernan: Time should be called on part of referee’s role
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Time gentlemen, please. How often have we heard that rather depressing
pronouncement just when a social occasion is beginning to move into
overdrive?
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Joe Kernan: Ulster will prove Sam people wrong
Thursday, 4 June 2009
The prophets of doom appear to be having a field day right now in relation to
Ulster’s prospects of retaining the Sam Maguire Cup.
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Joe Kernan: Ulster can still get it off Pat
Thursday, 28 May 2009
A pall of gloom appears to have descended over the Ulster senior football
championship — and that’s even before the competition has engaged second
gear.
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Joe Kernan: Let battle begin
Thursday, 14 May 2009
The Ulster Senior Football Championship is upon us — and that means the summer
is about to kick in.
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Joe Kernan: Big guns will be left Harte broken again
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Few sporting competitions in this country can rival the appeal of the All
Ireland Football Championship.
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Joe Kernan: Just no grounds for these Croker finals
Thursday, 30 April 2009
It is the dream of every player to step out with his club or county at Croke
Park.
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Joe Kernan: Referees must prove ruling class
Thursday, 23 April 2009
The Experimental Disciplinary Rules have not gone away, you know.
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Joe Kernan: Cassidy, Bradley pointing the way
Thursday, 16 April 2009
They say a new broom sweeps clean. Well, in the case of two Ulster counties,
this is certainly proving very much the case so far in 2009.
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Joe Kernan: Our young guns need protection
Thursday, 9 April 2009
The ongoing quest by county football team managers to seek out new talent in
advance of the Ulster and All Ireland Championships has been taken to a new
level this year.
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Joe Kernan: We cannot allow the tail to wag the dog
Thursday, 2 April 2009
With the All Ireland Championship series just around the corner, it is perhaps
not a matter of coincidence that some county team managers find themselves
immersed in imposing disciplinary measures.
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Joe Kernan: Triple coup would just do very nicely
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
The winners’ enclosure is invariably a pleasant place to be no matter what the
sport. And over the course of the next week I’m hoping to enjoy a triple
coup.
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Joe Kernan: Rugby proves a huge hit in every sense
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
We may be in the throes of a numbing recession but it is still a fact that
many people, while perhaps not exactly dripping with wealth, can still
nonetheless boast a ‘second home’.
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Joe Kernan: GAA rules still do not tick the right boxes
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
We are living in what we can only regard as an era of instant communication -
but this has still to filter down to one important area of the GAA.
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Joe Kernan: GAA is shining bright at packed Croker
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The feelgood factor. It’s not quite so pronounced in society right now, is it?
Quite the opposite, in fact. We appear to be engulfed in gloom and doom,
fear and apprehension stalking virtually every step we take.
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Joe Kernan: Tyrone’s Croker clash is perfect party
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
It is perhaps entirely appropriate that the celebrations to mark the 125th
anniversary of the GAA should be launched in what is regarded as the best
stadium in Europe - and which will be a lasting testament to one man’s
vision and courage.
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Joe Kernan: We must guard against player burnout
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
It’s either a feast or a famine in the GAA when it comes to fixtures scehdules.
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Joe Kernan: Jury is still out on new playing rules
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Much is already being made of just to what extent the new experimental
disciplinary rules might impact on the very fibre of gaelic football.
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Joe Kernan: My big wish for 2009? More integrity in GAA
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
It’s the start of a new season and what better way for the GAA to set the
wheels in motion than by seeking to place much greater emphasis on one
attribute which much too often is sadly conspicuous by its absence - honesty.
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Joe Kernan: Rugby points the way forward for GAA
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Ever since it was founded in 1884, the GAA has carefully guarded its
independence and autonomy – and rightly so.
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