Flynn not Down after defeat to Kerry
Down 2-17 Kerry 3-16: Down have been drawn against neighbours Armagh in Round 2B of the Christy Ring Cup after suffering a first round defeat at home to Kerry.
Down 2-17 Kerry 3-16: Down have been drawn against neighbours Armagh in Round 2B of the Christy Ring Cup after suffering a first round defeat at home to Kerry.
Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10: Ahead by five points 20 minutes into the second half, 1-9 to 0-7, and playing with a one man numerical advantage from the 22nd minute, Derry struggled to hold off a determined Wicklow at Owenbeg on Saturday.
There is a refreshing honesty and directness to Antrim hurling manager Kevin Ryan when he talks. After this victory – only Antrim's second since they joined the ranks of the Leinster Championship in 2009 – he wasn't going to dodge the big questions.
Westmeath 2-13 Antrim 3-18: Considering where they were last year when they came to Cusack Park and were shocked by a 0-14 to 0-12 defeat to these hosts, Antrim's Leinster Championship is already a roaring success after a second half in which they demonstrated they were a class above Westmeath.
The main man was missing but it was business as usual for Kilkenny in front of a packed house at Nowlan Park as they captured the National Hurling League title with a superb, three-point victory over Tipperary.
Kilkenny retained their National Hurling League title with a 2-17 to 0-20 win over Tipperary at Nowlan Park.
Galway won their second All-Ireland Under-21 football championship title in three years with a 1-14 to 1-11 victory over Cork at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds.
Armagh captain Ciaran McKeever has claimed that from the outset of this year, he has been "headhunted" by referees eager to punish him.
Seven Ulster championship medals would prove sufficient to sate the appetite of most players but Neal McAuley's catalogue of success to date with Antrim has merely whetted his appetite for what he describes as "bigger game."
After the revelation that 1,000 tickets for the meeting between All-Ireland champions Donegal and Tyrone on May 26 in Ballybofey were put on sale on the GAA website gaa.ie on Wednesday –only for a complete sell-out within 40 minutes – Tyrone manager Mickey Harte reflected that the game could have attracted a full house to St Tiernach's Park in Clones.
Stand by for a score-fest bonanza! That was the confident prediction from provincial Director Danny Murphy at last night's launch of the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
The last decade has proven the most successful in the history of gaelic football in Ulster.
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness remains hopeful that Karl Lacey will be available for the Ulster Championship showdown against Tyrone at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey on May 26.
Fermanagh's failure to gain promotion to Division Two of the Allianz Football League proved a bitter pill for manager Peter Canavan but a ray of hope for the Ulster Championship has suddenly penetrated the cloud of gloom.
Drooped shoulders and expressions of anti-climax were all over the Tyrone players as they prepared to board the team bus after Sunday's league final defe
Long-serving Derry midfield ace Patsy Bradley believes that the single-minded approach adopted by manager Brian McIver can provide further rich dividends for a side that has already gained promotion and been crowned Division Two Allianz League champions.
Antrim hurling skipper Neil McManus believes that one stark statistic should in itself prove a major motivational factor for his team’s vitally important Leinster Championship clash with Westmeath in Mullingar on Sunday.
Dublin 0-18 Tyrone 0-17: Dublin have been crowned National League champions for the first time in 20 years after a dramatic two-point contribution from substitute Dean Rock stole the lead away from Tyrone in the closing stages at Croke Park.
Derry 1-18 Westmeath 0-15: Derry came home on Sunday night with a national title, their first in five years, but just as important was a further boost to morale ahead of the championship clash with Down in June.
Well, at least the crowd enjoyed it, but Dublin manager Jim Gavin took his team's successful National League campaign apart forensically before serving up his assessment.
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City.
Substitute Craig Doyle came off the bench to fire in a spectacular hat-trick as Carlow powered to a 4-17 to 2-13 victory over London in the Leinster SHC at Dr Cullen Park.
Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has apologised to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a mistaken act of retribution for a training-ground prank which went wrong.
There could be better to come from Tuscan Light judged on her manner of victory in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Median Auction Fillies Maiden at Wexford.