Our national sport has clubs in valleys, villages and when district parishes combine. In cities throughout the country clubs have a mix of those from the area and those who have left their local club,…
Ireland has no shortage of small towns and villages and within these towns and villages, GAA is no laughing matter. So when a local club decided to have a night of entertainment in order to…
“Winning my first cap in both sevens and 15s was pretty memorable, to be honest,” says Hannah Tyrell, an international rugby player with the women’s Irish rugby team. “Finding out, the day I was picked…
A new method to GAA training When we think of GAA players, we often discuss how fast they are on the pitch, how good they are at scoring goals, or how good they are at a…
Summer time is fast approaching and with it comes the usual round up of sports events that are subject to the trifecta of Irish sport – GAA, rugby and soccer. RTE is sure to have…
In November 2013 a radio colleague (a student intern from Italy) interviewed Loyalists marchers (Orange men) at the stand off at Twaddell Avenue in north Belfast. Twaddell is an area in north Belfast where Loyalist marchers, loyal to the…