Dunne’s new-look United squad nearly complete

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Galway United's pre-season preparations continue with a Saturday evening fixture at Fahy's Field, Mervue, against UCD (kick off 7.30pm).

Galway claims three national titles at indoor champs

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Galway athletes had great success at the weekend’s National Senior Indoor Championships in Athlone IT Arena, taking three national titles.

Powerlifting medals

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Four Galwegian women were among the medallists at the National Single Powerlift championships last weekend.

Sharon Conroy (29) from Inverin, Claire Heneghan (23) from Mountbellew, NUIG student Kathryn O’Neill (23), and Orla O’Flaherty (28) from The Claddagh all won medals and qualified for European and international competitions. All four lifters are coached by Max Lauth at Maximum Results.

NUIG promoted after league final win

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Two converted tries both sides of half time were enough to see NUIG prevail by 14 - 5 over Sligo in the Connacht J1C league decider at a windswept and and rain-soaked Hamilton Park, Strandhill, on Sunday.

Corinthians edged out in Connacht derby

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Corinthians and Buccaneers produced a great battle in Cloonacauneen Park on Friday night, but the Midlanders claimed the spoils by 17-14.

Galwegians secure vital bonus point win

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Galwegians delivered a decisive blow to opponents Ballymena in the fight for UBL League honours when they edged the home side by 25-17 on Saturday.

GAA Fixtures

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

Football Fixtures: Saturday 28 February: U21 A North Football Championship, At Mountbellew, Mountbellew/Moylough v Tuam Stars, 4pm Ref: M Flaherty; U21 B North Football Championship, At Caltra, Caltra v Athenry, 4pm Ref: G Daly; At Monivea, Monivea-Abbey v Headford, 4pm Ref: T Keating. U21 B West Football Championship, At Indreabhán, Mícheál Breathnach v Renvyle, 2pm Ref: K Nally; At Letterfrack, Clifden v St James, 2pm Ref: K Quinn; At Crestwood, Fr Griffins/Éire Óg v St Michael's, 2pm Ref: F Kinneen. U21 C North Football Championship, At Ballygar, St Brendan's v Williamstown, 4pm Ref: L Kelly.

Sunday 1 March: U21 A North Football Championship, At Ballinasloe Gaa, Ballinasloe v Claregalway, 11am Ref: S Lawlor; U21 B North Football Championship, At Caherlistrane, Caherlistrane v Killererin, 11am Ref: G Guinan; U21 C North Football Championship, At Menlough, Menlough v Cortoon Shamrocks, 11am Ref: Gerry Moore

Connacht appoints new head of operations

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

Karl Boyle, the CEO of Mountaineering Ireland has been appointed head of operations with Connacht Rugby and will take up the position with the province in March.

Ireland team training helps Connacht step it up this week

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Connacht's run of "cup finals" in their quest for Champions Cup qualification continues with the second successive Guinness Pro 12 fixture in Wales on Sunday.

GAA Fixtures

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Football Fixtures
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Friday 20th Feb

Dunne happy with squad preparation as league beckons

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Galway United host Athlone Town in a pre-season friendly at Eamonn Deacy Park on Saturday evening, kick off 7.30 pm.Tommy Dunne's charges are undergoing a robust pre season having played out a scoreless draw with Finn Harps at Moyne Villa's grounds in Headford last Friday. The squad followed that fixture with a 2-0 victory over Jumbo Brennan's NUIG Collingwood Cup squad in Mervue on Tuesday morning.

SSE Airtricity Moycullen prepare for tough trip to Demons

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

SSE Airtricity Moycullen resume their Basketball Ireland National League campaign this weekend and 'every game left is like a cup final'according to stalwart Nollaig Cunningham.

Hurlers face a wounded Tipperary in crucial Thurles tie on Sunday

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

The Galway senior hurlers will travel to Thurles on Sunday (2pm) to take on a panel of Tipperary players that will be hurting from last Sunday's embarrassing 2-20 to 0-14 defeat to Dublin in Parnell Park.

Tipperary manager Eamon O' Shea will no doubt have told his players that their performance last weekend was not up to scratch, and cannot be replicated, especially on home turf.

Corofin glide into All-Ireland final against Slaughtneil

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Corofin will head to Croke Park in four weeks time on St. Patrick's day for the All-Ireland club finals for only the second time in the club's history, after producing a storming display last Saturday in Tullamore to defeat St. Vincents' on a score-line of 1-14 to 1-09.

Titantic struggle expected as injury-free Corofin face a well-oiled St Vincent’s

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Galway and Connacht champions Corofin will take the M6 motorway on Saturday morning to Tullamore to take on the Leinster and All-Ireland champions St Vincent’s in the eagerly anticipated All-Ireland football semi-final in O’Connor Park (2pm).

Connacht need to step it up again as Pro 12 enters crunch period

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Connacht, maintaining sixth place in this season’s Guinness Pro 12 League, enter a crunch period that could well determine their European qualification hopes.

Maree look to catch Moycullen in title fight

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

The SSE Airtricity Moycullen men’s basketball team extended its lead in the men’s division one league on Saturday with a 56-46 win over Fr Mathews in Colaiste Iognaid.

Galway Ladies maintain first division pace

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Galway Ladies and Dublin were forced to share the spoils, 2-9 to 1-12, after an entertaining division one round two clash in the Tesco Home Grown NFL.

Gort fall short against top-class Ballyhale Shamrocks

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Galway county champions Gort tried hard, but ultimately fell short in the All-Ireland semi-final against an experienced Ballyhale Shamrocks outfit last weekend in O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

Brave Valeo fight all the way

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Valeo from Tuam came up just short in an epic All Ireland Junior football semi-final played in ideal conditions in Claregalway on Saturday.

In a cracking match, the Tuam outfit lost by 3-8 to 1-13 to Belfast’s Citi Bank.

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