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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Gavin Devlin confirmed as new Louth football boss
Gavin Devlin has been confirmed as the new Louth senior football manager. Devlin has stepped into the role vacated by Ger Brennan, following the former Dublin footballer's recent departure from the role earlier this month. Tyrone native Devlin has been installed on a three-year term, having previously spent three seasons in the Louth senior setup as Mickey Harte's assistant from 2021 to 2023. Peter Dooley - a member of Brennan's backroom team that oversaw the county's first Leinster title win in 68 years - has stepped up to the role of assistant manager/head coach. Having departed Louth for Derry with Harte ahead of the 2024 campaign, Devlin - Tyrone's All-Ireland-winning centre back in 2003 - returned to Louth this year as underage director of football in 2025. The Ardboe clubman also coached the Wee County's minor footballers to the Leinster final this term. 'We are delighted to welcome Gavin and Peter into their new leadership roles with the Louth senior footballers,' Louth chairperson Sean McClean said. 'Both men bring a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for Louth football. Gavin and Peter's deep understanding of our player pathway and talent in the county give us a great combination for the future. 'This appointment represents a continued commitment to building on our recent progress and driving Louth forward at all levels. We wish them every success.'
Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
RTE pundit says DJ Carey booing 'left a bad taste' on All-Ireland final day
DJ Carey's name being jeered on All-Ireland final day 'left a bad taste' for Waterford great John Mullane. Boos rang around Croke Park as Carey's name was called out when the All-Ireland-winning Cats team from 2000 were being honoured ahead of Sunday's decider between Tipperary and Cork. Carey was not in attendance. The stadium announcer said of the nine-time All-Star winner: "Full forward DJ Carey from the Young Irelands. He scored 1-4 on the day, claiming his third All-Ireland of five in total and he would end the year with the eighth of his nine All-Star awards. DJ is not with us today." A number of people took to social media to hit out at the GAA's decision to honour Carey, but Mullane, who was working for RTE Radio at the game, said the booing of Carey's name did not sit well with him "I was up there (in Croke Park) and the thing with made a mistake and he's after admitting he made a mistake," Mullane told the Indo Sport podcast. "It's going through the procedures of the court now. And Jesus, here's me as someone who's made plenty of mistakes in life. And who hasn't made a mistake in life? "But I'll be straight with you, it left a bad taste in my mouth. It's probably hard enough on the family and probably hard enough on DJ Carey that he wasn't able to turn up there yesterday. "But y'know the not about booing people on All-Ireland final day. I don't know, I can't speak for others. "There is probably a certain percentage that would see that it was okay to boo but it didn't sit well with me. "From a neutral's point of view it didn't sit well that people would start booing a person on All-Ireland final day - and a person that wasn't even there on All-Ireland final day." John Mullane (Image: ©INPHO/James Crombie) Carey was named man of the match in Kilkenny's 2000 final victory over Offaly, scoring 1-4 as they won by 5-15 to 1-14. The five-time All-Ireland winner recently pleaded guilty to 10 counts of defrauding several individuals by falsely claiming he had cancer. The 10 charges Carey confessed to involved a total of 13 victims, including Denis O'Brien, Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, Aidan Mulligan, Tony Griffin and Christy Browne, Thomas Butler, Jeffrey Howes, Noel Tynan and Edwin Carey. Carey made his Kilkenny debut in 1988 and continued to play until 2006. He is seen as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time, boasting 10 Leinster Senior Championship medals, five All-Ireland titles, four league titles and a Player of the Year award in 2000. He also won nine All-Star awards throughout his career, second only to Henry Shefflin who has 11.
Irish Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
The GAA slammed over DJ Carey decision on All-Ireland final day
The GAA's decision to honour DJ Carey ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final has been questioned by fans. The former Kilkenny player's name was called out as the All-Ireland-winning Cats team from 2000 were honoured at Croke Park ahead of the decider between Tipperary and Cork. Jeers rang out around the stadium as Carey, who was not in attendance, was honoured alongside his former teammates. The Croke Park stadium announcer said of the nine-time All-Star winner: "Full forward DJ Carey from the Young Irelands. He scored 1-4 on the day, claiming his third All-Ireland of five in total and he would end the year with the eighth of his nine All-Star awards. DJ is not with us today." A large number of people took to social media to vent their frustration over the GAA's decision to honour the 54-year-old. One person wrote on X: "As a man who has lost both parents to cancer & I know the pain it brings on them & the family, but for the GAA even to put this c***, DJ Carey into their thoughts on this day is a kick in the bollox to all the cancer sufferers & survivors of this horrible disease & to all the people who he's scammed out of hundreds of thousands of pounds for his own gain." Another said: "Should of never had his name mentioned. He is no hero. Only a living disgrace." Someone else commented: "Sad that such an outstanding player would ruin his legacy to do what he done. To think children used to look up to him in awe at his skills on the hurling field." One other person stated: "They shouldn't have mentioned him at all!" Carey was named man of the match in Kilkenny's 2000 final victory over Offaly, scoring 1-4 as they triumphed with a scoreline of 5-15 to 1-14. The five-time All-Ireland champion recently pleaded guilty to 10 counts of defrauding several individuals by falsely claiming he had cancer. The 10 charges Carey confessed to involved a total of 13 victims, including Denis O'Brien, Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, Aidan Mulligan, Tony Griffin and Christy Browne, Thomas Butler, Jeffrey Howes, Noel Tynan and Edwin Carey. Carey first donned the Kilkenny jersey in 1988 and continued to play until 2006. He is undeniably one of hurling's all-time greats, boasting 10 Leinster Senior Championship medals, five All-Ireland titles, four league titles and a Player of the Year award in 2000. He also amassed nine All-Star awards throughout his career, second only to Henry Shefflin who has 11.
Irish Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Davy Fitzgerald: Liam Cahill proved the doubters wrong, now it's time to enjoy
Liam Cahill will wake up tomorrow morning as an All-Ireland-winning manager. It's something no one can ever take away from him. All those doubters, those who wrote him off after last summer's Championship, now have to revisit their words. For he proved every single one of his critics wrong throughout 2025 and especially this afternoon. The decisions he made were both brilliant and brave: his match-ups, his decision to go with a plus-one in defence; his decision to stick with plan A even when Cork had opened up a six-point lead at half-time. Yet before we delve deeper into how Cahill and Tipperary won this game, we need to step back in time briefly, to the stick he received last summer after Tipp's Championship had ended without a win. It was wrong because Liam has a proven track record having won All-Irelands at minor and Under 21 level prior to his impressive run taking Waterford to the senior All-Ireland final in 2020. The man has pedigree. He is talented yet humble. He has confidence and a shrewd tactical brain and all those qualities were demonstrated throughout the 70 minutes of yesterday's final. Tipp were pure class. Nothing less. Their players' work rate was insane. Their adherence to the gameplan proved a masterstroke. Some have said you can never win an All-Ireland playing the plus one. Well, Tipp proved that theory wrong. They clearly looked at Cork's semi-final demolition job on Dublin and decided they had to kill the space in front of the Rebels' full-forward line. They did so brilliantly. Bryan O'Mara was immense. And so was his management team. What really impressed me about the Tipp victory was the decisions they made in terms of their match-ups: Ronan Maher marking hurler of the year contender Brian Hayes; Michael Breen picking up Pat Horgan; Robert Doyle nullifying Alan Connolly. Between them those three Cork players had scored 12-67 in this year's Championship. Yesterday they were restricted to 0-3 from play, 0-4 in total. There are two key reasons for this. First, you have to credit the Tipp management for the choices they made in their match-ups. Second, credit the players for delivering performances. Tipperary manager Liam Cahill celebrates with the Liam MacCarthy cup But you also have to look at the game from a tactical perspective. O'Mara's positioning was exceptional. He collected so many long balls that were fired into the sky by the Cork backs. The one time Tipp were opened up, for Shane Barrett's first-half goal, was a prime example of what a team should do when they play against the plus one. The key is to run at a side, to commit defenders and then pop passes over their heads, which was precisely what Robert Downey and Mark Coleman did in the build-up to the Barrett goal. If that's one effective way of getting around the plus one, then another is to deliver quick passes into your midfield around the 65, and trust them to score points from distance. Cork, to their detriment, didn't try those two tactics often enough. And they suffered accordingly. While questions have to be answered within their camp, I firmly believe they have an All-Ireland in them. The talent is there. The lessons are there. But to find the answers, they are going to have to engage in some deep soul-searching across the remainder of this summer and then into autumn and winter. For that's two successive All-Ireland finals they have now lost. Many of these players were also there for the 2021 final defeat, too. To figure out what they need to do right, they first have to ask themselves what they did wrong. Tipp, and Liam Cahill, did precious little wrong in 2025. This victory is a tremendous vindication of everything he is about because the truth is that you don't manage an All-Ireland winning team unless you know your stuff. A poor manager would relent to player power during tough times. That was never going to be the case with Liam and it was only when we listened to the post match interviews yesterday, when we heard the Tipp players speak with such humility about themselves, and with such warmth towards their manager, that we got an insight into what makes them tick. That second half performance that they delivered was remarkable. Equally as remarkable was their calmness. Despite going six points down, they never felt as though they were in trouble. Jake Morris delivered for them in a big way. Darragh McCarthy was a phenomenon. John McGrath, scorer of two goals, proved precisely why rumours of his demise were grossly inaccurate and unfair. He was simply immense. Yet for me a big part of the Tipp victory yesterday was their goalkeeper. Aside from his penalty save, which was superb, Rhys Shelly proved yesterday why he is the goalkeeper of the season. His puck-outs were exceptional and this part of the game is so important in determining outcomes. Every team has their strategy when it comes to puck-outs. But it takes a good keeper to execute it. Rhys did. Tipp expected Cork to press up on his puck outs yet Rhys had the composure and the accuracy to counteract this with precise deliveries. His short ones worked as did his variations when he went longer. His reward tomorrow morning is to wake up with an All-Ireland medal. He earned it. All those Tipp boys did. And my advice is to enjoy it to the max, to be humble, but to also be proud. Because what they achieved in 2025 was immense.
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Disgraced hurler DJ Carey absent as Kilkenny's Jubilee team are honoured on All-Ireland final day
Carey was man-of-the-match in his side's All-Ireland final win over Offaly in 2000 having given yet another scintillating scoring display, but he has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and months. Carey pleaded guilty on July 3 to ten counts of defrauding a number of people out of money while pretending that he had cancer and needed finances to obtain treatment. There was some debate whether the five-time All-Ireland SHC winner would be in attendance at Croke Park today but the 54-year-old was not present, although there was a short citation read out about him while his team-mates were celebrated in front of a large crowd at GAA HQ. There was some jeering when his name was read out by master of ceremonies, TG4 commentator Mac Dara Mac Donncha, but Carey was not the only one absent with All-Ireland-winning manager Brian Cody also missing out due to a pre-planned holiday. Goalkeeper James McGarry, Cody's right-hand man as coach for several of his All-Ireland successes following retirement, was also absent but captain Willie O'Connor and Irish Independent columnist Eddie Brennan were among the star-studded squad on show.
