County hurling stars come out to play for Console

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Galway’s senior hurling stars will face a county selection in Gort on December 28 (3pm) to help national charity Console provide suicide prevention training for members of nine local GAA clubs.

Join the Fields of Athenry on St Stephen’s Day

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

One of the highlights of the athletics road race season takes place on St Stephen’s Day in Athenry.

GMIT students receive sports scholarships

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Twenty-five sports scholarships have been awarded to GMIT students who have excelled in individual sports. The programme is worth €32,000 in scholarships and bursaries across all five GMIT campuses, in addition to a complete range of support for the students’ sport and academic requirements.

Time is ripe for a first Connacht win at RDS

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Connacht head to Dublin for tomorrow’s pre-Christmas interprovincial with Leinster with momentum and confidence, while also treating this Pro 12 fixture with Leinster as their “international”.

Brancott Estate and Connacht Rugby bear fruit

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Kiwi nectar: Brancott Estate, creator of the original Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, will continue as the official wine sponsor of Connacht Rugby for the third year running. Pictured with two of Connacht’s New Zealand players Jake Heenan and Mils Muliaina is Niall Beatty of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard.

Maree look to close the gap on Moycullen

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Local rivalry in Galway is adding a distinct flavour to the Basketball Ireland National League with six derbies in the men’s division one this season.

SSE Airtricity Moycullen and Maree are the top two sides in the league respectively, while J&L Auctioneers Titans are also through to the cup semi-finals along with Moycullen.

Like father, like daughter as young O’Flaherty joins Galway soccer ranks

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway WFC’s Ellerose O’Flaherty made history on Sunday, becoming the youngest person to play senior national league soccer for a Galway side.

Tuam to host national cross country event

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Tuam will host National Cross Country Championships next February - the first time since 1999 a national event has been held in County Galway.

Gort’s greater hunger is rewarded in county hurling final

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

1. Gort's greater hunger and desire for victory
It may be a cliché, but the truism about the hungrier team winning has stood the test of time.

Corofin do enough to book semi-final place

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

Galway county football champions Corofin went to Ruislip with one job and one job only - qualify for the upcoming All-Ireland semi-final for the sixth time in the club's history.

They did that by virtue of an uninspiring 0-9 to 0-2 victory over Tir Chonaill Gaels on a heavy, slippery, and wet Ruislip pitch on Sunday.

Expectant Gort head to Kenny Park to face the kingpins

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

This Sunday at Kenny Park (1.30pm) the county senior hurling championship final sees Gort, the 2011 champions, take on Portumna, the 2013 champions, in what promises to be an epic battle to see which club takes home the Tom Callanan Cup for 2014.

Portumna have been outstanding Galway champions on four of the six occasions they have won the county cup since 2003, having progressed to win the All-Ireland title four times.

Canning hopes Portumna will hit the ground running

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Ollie Canning has played senior club championship hurling for more than 20 years, and with six county senior medals and four All-Ireland club medals in his collection, he knows what it takes to win on big championship days.

Teamwork the key for Connacht in Bayonne

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

By Linley MacKenzie
Pat Lam is expected to make a number of changes to Connacht’s travelling squad to France for the second of the back-to-back European Challenge Cup fixtures with Bayonne.

Galway boxers excel at national champs

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Galway boxers were toasting success this week when they claimed four national intermediate titles.

Orla McInerney from Monivea Boxing Club claimed the first Irish title for Galway. From the minute the bell rang McInerney put pressure on her opponent Emma Agnew from Limerick, forcing her to a TKO in the third round in the 54kg women’s division.

Galway WFC prepares to host champions on Sunday

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Galway WFC will look for the perfect finish to 2014 when they host champions RahenyUnited on Sunday in Eamonn Deacy Park.

Galway United takes another step forward

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

Having steered Galway to promotion during an impressive first season in charge, manager Tommy Dunne believes more supporter involvement is crucial to the long term success of the domestic game.