Flynn focusing on the positives

Fri, Apr 10, 2020

The current Coronavirus lockdown presents a trying time for any manager of a GAA club team - especially one who has just taken over a new side with ambitions of becoming the best in the county once again - but that is the situation new Castlebar Mitchels manager Alan Flynn finds himself in.

Cathal raises more than €60k for charity and PPE gear in his garden

Fri, Apr 10, 2020

Running a marathon would normally take months of preparation - getting the miles into your legs over time and building up to the big day and planning out how to get yourself around the course.

History is unfolding in front of our eyes

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Without doubt, we are living through one of the biggest stories the world has ever seen. We are living through a time that will command chapters when the history books are rewritten.

The Boys of Summer from a decade and a half ago

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

A decade and a half ago in 2005, it was a so-so year for the Mayo senior footballers. A year after reaching the All Ireland final, they had a league semi-final loss to Armagh in the Spring, which was followed by elimination from the championship at the quarter-final stage at the hands of Kerry, having been beaten by Galway in the provincial decider.

LGFA cancels league season

Tue, Mar 24, 2020

The Ladies Gaelic Football Assocation have deided to cancel the 2020 Lidl National Football Leagues for the season. 

Sport will rise again - but it's about getting through the next while as a country

Fri, Mar 20, 2020

These are unprecedented times. I recall being on a panel on Radio One in January where I expressed my concern about the congesting of the GAA season and - in particular - playing games and fixing the majority of league games from late January through March, when the weather is so unpredictable.

Mayo on the edge after Kerry loss

Fri, Mar 06, 2020

Mayo are staring down the barrel of relegation to division two of the National Football League following their third defeat from five games last Sunday against Kerry in Castlebar.

Mayo Ladies hoping to get back to winning ways against Westmeath

Fri, Mar 06, 2020

The Mayo Ladies will welcome Westmeath on Sunday in round five of the National Football League.

Mayo storm back but fail to catch Kerry

Fri, Mar 06, 2020

The old cliché of – “it was a game of two halves” could not be more appropriate when describing events between Mayo and Kerry last Sunday in round five of the Allianz league.

Mayo fightback comes up just short against Kerry

Sun, Mar 01, 2020

Mayo fell to their third defeat in the league on Sunday in MacHale Park - but they will have plenty to take from their second half showing against Kerry.

Mayo fall to Rebel's on the road

Sun, Mar 01, 2020

Cork made it four wins out of four as Orla Finn’s seven-point tally gave them the edge against Mayo in the Lidl Ladies National Football League division one clash in Mallow.

Mayo have responded before and need to again

Fri, Feb 28, 2020

Mayo have responded in the face of adversity before. When a situation looked doomed, this team somehow got inspiration from somewhere to rectify the wrongs, to produce performances when we didn't expect them and when we needed them badly.

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