Final score: Corofin 0-11 Eastern Harps 0-6 Half time: Corofin 0-6 Eastern Harps 0-1 Attendance: 2,500.

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Corofin manager Jimmy Sice said they hope to make a serious bid for the All-Ireland club title which they won over a decade ago. He said that the side continued to improve in their march through Galway and Connacht and they would now set their sight

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A five point margin in the end might just flatter Eastern Harps, but the plain facts can been seen in the fact that the Sligo champions failed to signal a wide in the Connacht club football final as Corofin march on ten years after taking the All Ire

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Ballinderreen lost their senior hurling status when they went down by 0-15 to 1-10 in a play-off against Padraig Pearses. Pearses will now play Turloughmore this weekend with the losers also dropping to the intermediate grade.

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GAA clubs in Galway have failed to submit a single motion for next Monday’s Football Board convention. Galway Football Board secretary Seamus O’Grady contacted all clubs this week give them one more chance to find issues to debate.

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Galway's top hurling official has praised the county’s players for staying out of the process to appoint the Tribemen’s new manager. Hurling Board chairman Miko Ryan said that he was glad players left the process to officials and as a result the pro

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Kilkenny is Galway player of year After missing out on a camogie All Star award this year, the talented young Pearse's camogie player Niamh Kilkenny was named as Senior Player of the Year at Galway camogie dinner on Saturday night. Niamh Kilkenny ha

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New Sligo boss Kevin Walsh is not fazed by the fact that his first game in charge will be against his native Galway. The former All-Star will get his first real glimpse of his new charges when they take on Galway in Markievicz Park on January 4 in t

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Galway kickboxer Ken Horan will defend his world title at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast next Monday. The world champion will take on Szymon Was from Polan in the WKN Amateur Super Middleweight World title decider.

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After emerging victorious from a two-legged play-off with Kildare County, Mervue United manager Johnny Glynn has acknowledged that some tough conclusions have yet to be reached by the club before a Division One spot is confirmed.

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Newly elected managers in all sports talk a lot of claptrap but John McIntyre was bang on the button when he said his tenure as Galway hurling boss would be judged primarily on results. McIntyre has spent 28 years telling successive Galway hurling m

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New Connacht signing Niva Ta'auso will not be available for Friday's crucial Magners League clash against Ulster in Ravenhill. The 28 year old centre, who was capped by the Junior All-Blacks two years ago, is in the final stages of recovery from

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Galwegians 27 Highfield 17 Not even the presence of Cork's former All-Star hurler Diarmuid O'Sullivan on the wing could inspire Highfield to victory in the second round of the AIB Cup at Crowley Park.

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Galway United have launched their season ticket for the 2009 League of Ireland Premier Division campaign with the club reducing prices by 25% in light of the economic downturn. Preparations for the 2009 campaign are well underway and CEO Nick Leeson

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Fionn Carr (Connacht) Date of Birth: 17/12/1985 Nickname: Daffyd Place of Birth: Dublin Position: full back / wing Height: 5'11" Weight: 92kg School: Newbridge College

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Skipper John Muldoon will miss Friday's crunch encounter with Ulster and is likely to be out of action until the end of next month. The inspirational No.8 has suffered a calf injury and is unlikely to feature in the back-to-back European Challen

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Titans scored two huge wins in the National Basketball League at the weekend. Titans scored two huge wins in the National Basketball League at the weekend. They defeated Portloaise by 101-50 at NUIg on Saturday and followed up with a 96-55 victor

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A first-half Dave O'Brien strike and a second-half brace from Dave Goldbey handed Mervue United a 5-2 aggregate win over Kildare County at Station Road on Friday, but more importantly has confirmed their qualification for the First Division of the

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Veteran Sligo footballer Paul Taylor has been recently appointed as one of the backroom team in Kevin Walsh's line up in Sligo management. He is ready to play a dominant role in the fortunes of Sligo football as a mentor, having come through as one o

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Ten years after Corofin captured the AIB All Ireland club football title, when they became the first ever Connacht team to win the Andy Merrigan Cup, a new brigade are bidding to get back onto the national stage again. But standing in their way are

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Mervue United, after last-night's first leg of the eircom League Division One play-off, travel to Station Road on Friday to face Kildare County for the return leg of their promotion final. After a run of three defeats – including a 6-1 drubbing at th

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Galway United, having secured their top flight status on Friday, have received another major boost with a new main sponsor coming on board for the next few years. O'Connell Drylining have been announced as the main sponsor of Galway United FC in fou

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Galway United Supporters Trust will hold their 2008 End of Season Party next Sunday night upstairs at Fibber Magee's in Eyre Square (8.00pm). All United supporters, players, staff and club volunteers are invited to attend.

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Galway Titans advanced in the basketball National Cup with a relatively easy 58–103 victory on the road in Portlaoise. Victory sets them up for quarter final home tie with St Brendens, Tralee at the start of December. Titans got off to a quick star

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The third round of the Kearneycycles.com Connacht Mountain Bike League took place at a new venue - Knockranny Wood, outside Westport - on Sunday. The course challenged riders with off-camber descents, steep climbs, big drops, and deep muddy sections.

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Frank Murphy (Connacht) Date of Birth: 02/12/1983 Place of Birth: Cork Nickname: Brads son Position: scrumhalf Height: 5'11" Weight: 85kg School: CBC Cork

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Former Galway Co Chairman Frank Burke has been nominated to take up the position of Vice President of Connacht Council at next year's annual convention. Burke, who has served as Secretary, Vice Chairman and Chairman of Galway Co Board since 1982, has

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It has been, by any stretch of the imagination, a remarkabkle year for domestic soccer in this country and scarcely have Galway United supporters endured a closing game scenario as last Friday night. The huge crowd — estimated to be about 600 — who

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Corofin (Galway) 1-14 Castlerea St Kevins (Roscommon) 0-8 Ten years ago Corofin sparked a revival in Galway football when they became the first Connacht side to lift the All-Ireland club title but while they added four more county titles up to this

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Cappatagle 1-10 Killimordaly 0-11 Having qualified for the Galway senior championship for the first time since 1963, Cappatagle wanted silverware on the table and they displayed much more hunger than Killimordaly in claiming the Finnerty Plant Hire

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The new Galway hurling manager will be announced next Tuesday night after the eight candidates for the post are interviewed. Interviews will take place this Thursday and Friday night and if a shortlist is drawn up they will face a second interview p

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Several hundred people packed into the Claregalway Hotel for the first ever Claregalway Hotel Galway senior football championship Dream Team awards. Guest of Honour at the lavish banquet was legendary Tyrone footballer Peter Canavan. The dream team a

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St Michael’s 1-9 Kilbride 1-8 Galway city club St Michael’s captured the Connacht intermediate title for the first time when they held out to defeat Roscommon champions Kilbride in the Connacht club final at Kiltoom on Sunday. The Galway

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Galway United has received a massive boost with a new kit supplier coming on board for the next four years. Rival, one of the best brans for soccer training wear and accessories and currently exclusive to Elverys Sports, will be providing new home a

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Mervue United will bid next week to qualify for the eircom League First Division when they take on a Kildare County in a two-leg play-off. Kildare County have finished bottom of the First Division and Mervue United qualify for the play-off by finish

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The second annual invitational tournament organised by Maree/Oranmore Juvenile Soccer Club has kicked off and will run through to next April. The tournament, which has U-7, U-8, U-9 and U-10 categories, involves the host club along with Colga FC, Cr

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Renmore AFC will turn the sod on their new clubhouse tomorrow when former Repubic of Ireland goalkeeper Packie Bonner will perform the honours.

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Galway United 3 Finn Harps 0 Perhaps after back-to-back defeats to Derry City, Galway United fans had reason to be nervous in the build-up to Friday's Finn Harps relegation encounter. However, those doubts were transformed to delight as they wit

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Galway United Supporters Trust are running several buses to Friday's Premier Division match against UCD at the Belfield Bowl. Buses will be leaving from Fibber Magees, Eyre Square. To book a seat, contact Ronan Coleman at (087) 6972823, or Conor Hol

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Galway United face an already-relegated UCD side on Friday night in the Belfield Bowl, in the knowledge that a win will secure their place in the Premier Division for next season. The game will be live on RTE (kick-off 7.35pm) but United boss manage

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Galway Motor Club, organisers of the Galway International Rally, has received a timely boost with the announcement that Safety Direct will be the title sponsor of the Galway International rally for the next three years. The Galway based safety equip

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Kieran Campbell (Connacht) Date of Birth: 06/07/1979 Place of Birth: Hillingoon Nickname: Naz Position: scrum half Height: 5'7" / 1.70m Weight: 79kg / 12st 6lbs School: Gunnersbury Catholic School for boys Previous Clubs: London

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Two Galway athletes may walk away with an award at this weekend's Athletics Ireland National Athletics Awards. Paul Hession from Athenry AC and Olive Loughnane from Loughrea AC have been nominated for awards.

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Connacht 27 Portugal 11 Irish U-20 John O’Brien crowned a fine debut for Connacht with an excellent try as Michael Bradley's men put Portugal to the sword at the Sportsground on Sunday night.

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It will be a nostalgic occasion next Tuesday at Thomond Park when Munster take on the All-Blacks in a game to mark the re-opening of the new stadium and the 30th anniversary of their famous win over New Zealand. That win in 1978, which attracted the

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Munster 1-9, Connacht 0-7 The absence of Galway veteran Padraig Joyce was a severe loss as Connacht's bid to win the Martin Donnelly interprovincial football title for the first time since 1969 crashed when a spirited Munster side collected t

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Galway football manager Liam Sammon has received a timely boost with Padraic Joyce confirming he will be available for the 2009 season.

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Date of Birth: 9th February 1980 Place of Birth: Galway Nickname: Concrete. Many other names also not worth mentioning Position: 7 Height: 5'11" Weight: 100kg

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A Galway weightlifter has extended his Irish record to complete a highly successful year. Headford native Kevin D'Arcy created a new national record when he lifted 123kg in the snatch at an event in Cork.

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