A Rangers-supporting Orangeman who is proud to run under the Irish flag and follows the fortunes of All-Ireland club kings Kilcoo, Zak Hanna has always marched to the beat of his own drum.
'The appetite for fury is never-ending, and so round and round and round it goes.' - In a no-holds-barred opinion piece, GAA columnist
@CahairOKane1
takes aim at BBC broadcaster Stephen Nolan
#GAA
#Nolan
Ciara Mageean has so narrowly missed out on an historic medal as she finished fourth after an incredible run in the 1500m World Championship final in Budapest, won by now three-time champion Faith Kipyegon. What an athlete Mageean is! Report to follow on
In tomorrow's Irish News daily paper and on : Being shot at 16 paved his way into the IRA, imprisoned, escaped, on the run to Ballymun, beats extradition and brings up a son who has won seven All-Irelands with Dublin. The incredible story of Phil McMahon.
MICKEY Harte has ended his involvement with Tyrone football after 18 years managing the senior team.
See tomorrow’s Irish News for a from-the-heart feature interview with Mickey and a look-back at his exceptional career, by Brendan Crossan.
Stephen McAlorum had no interest in playing football again following the murder of little sister Megan. Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of Megan’s death & with her killer’s jail term up for review, the former Irish League star speaks to Neil Loughran
From the boy who had everything at 18 to a lost soul by 22. Domhnall Nugent is battling back from the alcohol addiction that brought him to the brink but, as he tells Neil Loughran, it has been a long road to get to this point...
Martin McConnell on the fight of his life: "I was on the pitch in Armagh after the Ulster minor final with all the boys. It was unbelievable. And when I came out of hospital again, the whole thing was over. The All-Ireland had been won."
Caolan Finnegan started
@crossrangers
' championship opener in August. He knew something wasn't right. Within weeks he was in surgery having a tumour removed from his brain. He's determined he will win the biggest fight of his life 💪
✍️
@CahairOKane1
In tomorrow’s Irish News and on : “They masquerade as average men and women. They are anything but.” Brendan Crossan pays tribute to the men and women who give up their time to coach our children
Oran Sludden was one of the most talented young footballers in Tyrone but at 20 had already had three cruciate operations on his knee. The after-effects of being isolated from football sent his life into a spiral of drinking, gambling and depression.
Kieran Hughes announces retirement from inter-county football
@kieranqz
talks to
@grainnemac3
about why now is the time to call it a day with the Farneymen
Armagh have become the latest county to revert to U12, U14, U16 and U18 age groups forthwith. Club delegates voted to change from the ‘odd-numbered’ model (U13, 15 & 17) to even-numbered age groups.
Players in their last year of minor will be eligible to play senior football.
In tomorrow’s Irish News and on : In a rare interview, former Derry star Mark Lynch opens up to Cahair O’Kane about being diagnosed with testicular cancer earlier this year, and how fortunate he was to find it early.
Ryan Dougan has spent 11 months of the last two years in Asia. Tiarnán Flanagan was still in Canada halfway through the Derry championship. In an arena obsessed with conformity, Malachy O'Rourke's approach is to put the player first
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@CahairOKane1
In tomorrow’s Irish News and at …
“My heart was going, I tried to just keep calm to show my mates what was happening. I was in two places at once, showing the penalties and watching as well”:
@DgnClarkeGFC
super-fan Pedro Gomes relives a night of drama
The Irish News is saddened to hear of the passing of two-time All-Ireland winning player and former Down manager, Eamonn Burns, who passed away earlier today
In late January 2019, John was travelling in a car with friends Shaun Harkin (22), Michéal Roarty (24) and Daniel Scott (23) when it left the road and crashed into a field at Gleannhulaigh near Magheraroarty.
@cloughaneelygaa
The time has come to reveal the 2019
#INAllstars
Player of the Year 🏆 Noel Doran, Editor of the Irish News and Oliver Galligan Ulster GAA President presents this year’s Irish News Ulster All-Star Player of the Year to Michael Murphy 🌟 Congratulations
@murphm95
#INAllStars
Sad news from Tyrone as legendary former manager Art McRory has passed away. The Dungannon man won five Ulster titles across three different spells as manager, taking the county to their first ever All-Ireland final in 1986.
Gearóid Adams was four and-a-half when his father was released from the Maze and if Gerry’s public life was shaped by his political beliefs, Gearóid’s has been defined by GAA activism
@AontroimGAA
Brendan Rogers took this semi-final by the scruff of the neck. Absolutely exceptional, beyond words almost. His carrying, his fielding, his defensive work, the display was just phenomenal.
🖊️
@CahairOKane1
on how the Derry players rated
Monaghan players wore specially made jerseys to honour their late team-mate and captain Brendan Og Duffy during their warm-up before tonight's Ulster U20 FC final against Down at the Athletic Grounds
The GAA more than pays its own way financially and, even more so, societally. Let there be no more debate about public money for Casement Park. Nationalists may not like who they pay their taxes to, but they pay them all the same.
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@CahairOKane1
In tomorrow's Irish News & on : Former
@OfficialDownGAA
footballer
@Ronan81Ronan
speaks to
@neil_loughran
about honouring his late wife Martina’s memory with a series of fundraising initiatives inspired by her love of the outdoors
In tomorrow’s Irish News and : 'Fergal McCann was the greatest trainer I ever seen.'
- Tony Donnelly pays an emotional tribute to his club-mate and double All-Ireland winner, Fergal McCann (centre) who has passed away, aged 47. Rest in Peace
“We’ve lost a hurling game, there’s things going on in this world that are a whole lot worse - you only have to look at county Tyrone and the news that came out last night to realise what’s important in life” - Michael McShane ⬇️
✍️
@neil_loughran
Tyrone's Conor Meyler: “It’s not about me – I know that’s a cliché. It’s a bigger thing. It’s my family, it’s my friends, it’s the whole county of Tyrone, that I’ve played a wee part in giving them something.”
#AllIrelandFinal
@CMeyler
@TyroneGAALive
Former inter-county referee Pat McEnaney, who has been coaching his club's minor teams for most of the last decade, is behind the latest motion to return the grade to U18 and believes clubs will continue to haemorrhage players unless it's changed.
'Some years it was pure magic – the chipped goals, ridiculous points, the ‘Dab’ celebrations…
'Other years playing for Tyrone tortured his soul.' In the first of a two-part feature Ronan O’Neill opens to
@CrossanBrendan
about his time with Tyrone
Big congrats to our Centre Half-Back Irish News 2019 Ulster All-Star Eoghan Ban Gallagher of
@officialdonegal
and
@killybegsGAA
as he picks up his award for his performance throughout the championship 🌟
#INAllStars
.
@DgnClarkeGFC
do it! Ciaran Barker nets the winning penalty 8-7 in the shoot-out to dethrone
@TrillickGAC
and take the O’Neill Cup back to the town after 64 years!
In tomorrow’s Irish News: “He’s very well thought of because he’s a good lad, he really is. I’ve known him for a long time and what we saw on Sunday was totally out of character” – former Clann Eireann coach and team-mate Ryan Henderson comes to Tiarnan Kelly’s defence
In today’s Irish News…
Coleraine and Derry player Ruairi Mooney is putting his passion for painting to good use after embarking on a fundraiser that will see him produce 100 original pieces of artwork over 100 days in support of mental health charity AWARE NI
Ciaran McCloy saw his life & football career veer off track before he was out of his teens as a result of alcohol & drug abuse. It's been a long road back, but the Maghera man is determined to let others know that all is never lost
Congratulations to Paddy McGrath of
@officialdonegal
and
@ardaraGAA
as he picks up his Irish News Ulster All-Star and taking position of Left Corner Back on our
#INAllStars
2019 team. 🌟
Huge congratulations to
@tyronegaa
and
@aghyaranGFC
player Ronan McNamee who is collecting his Irish News Ulster All-Star award in the position full-back. 🌟
#INAllStars
In 2019, Ronan McNamee
@rony_mac
opened up in an Irish News interview about his struggles with depression. After winning the All-Ireland, he spoke to
@CahairOKane1
about completing the journey and what it meant to have his dad at a game for the first time
Tyrone's All-Ireland winning captain Padraig Hampsey is among the 12,000 Ulster Gaels who have signed a letter addressed to the Taoiseach urging him to start preparing for a referendum on Irish unity and establish a Citizens’ Assembly
In tomorrow’s Irish News and on : No player in history has played more times for Donegal than Neil McGee. However, we’ve learned very little about the man away from the pitch. Cahair O’Kane went to Gaoth Dobhair to meet the Tír Chonaill stalwart…
Big congrats to our Right Corner Back Irish News 2019 Ulster All-Star Stephen McMenamin of
@officialdonegal
as he picks up his award for his performance throughout the championship! 🌟
#INAllStars
“See that picture? That handshake is all about… I was just so glad he had reached that pinnacle, and we had all been with him on that journey, every step of the way.”
@neil_loughran
speaks to the family of Damian Casey
Gregory Bradley was a Derry SFC winner with Coleraine in 2010 but since then his life has been turned upside down by the death of his brother and an accidental on-field collision that left him having to learn to walk and talk again. This is his story
#GAA
In tomorrow’s Irish News and at …
@EoghanRua
's Ruairi Mooney is putting his passion for painting to good use after embarking on a fundraiser that will see him produce 100 original pieces of artwork over 100 days in support of AWARE NI
The awards aren’t over just yet 🎉 The Irish News All-Star of the last 25 years is... 🥁 Peter Canavan 🌟Congratulations Peter, very well deserved.
#INAllStars
“
@JoeBrolly1993
wrote a lock of months ago about boys looking him to meet up for a coffee, and he was like ‘naw, I wanna meet up for a pint’. I’m still that old school way too…”
The gospel according to
@NiallJib
. Link in pic ⬇️
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@neil_loughran
In tomorrow’s Irish News: Ballinderry sliced their way through the best in the country on the way to the All-Ireland Club title in 2002. Adrian McGuckin jnr, who lifted three cups in that campaign, recalls an unforgettable season with Andy Watters
In tomorrow's Irish News daily paper and on : Kilcoo stalwart Caelan McEvoy comes through battle with illness to inspire Down champions in Ulster decider.
In today's Irish News daily paper: In the second part of his interview with Cahair O’Kane, Ronan McNamee talks about the rumours of poisoned water, rows with team-mates, not caring what Pat Spillane thinks and where his deep-rooted republican side comes from.
In tomorrow's Irish News & on : It's a day for perspective in Ballybofey as
@officialdonegal
's defeat of
@TyroneGAALive
is overshadowed by the death of former Red Hand 'keeper Jonny Curran