The eagerly anticipated first match in the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying campaign will be screened live on Setanta Sports at 1am AEST on Saturday morning (September 4).
Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni is hoping captain Robbie Keane’s lack of football at Tottenham so far this season will work in his country’s [...]

Sydney Irish football club Phoenix FC is celebrating its 25th anniversary in style, winning this year’s Eastern Suburbs Football Premier Division home-and-away season and booking its place in the Grand Final on September 4.
A stunning 4-1 victory against Sydney Uni sealed the minor premiership while a 3-2 victory over Maroubra in the major semi-final secured [...]

Growing up in Wollongong, Trent Johnston scarcely thought that he would wind up becoming a pivotal figure in the development of Irish cricket. Aaron Dunne met the Irish skipper in Dublin.
In the summer of 2007, a magical few weeks in the Caribbean altered the course of Irish cricket forever.
An amazing run through the group stages [...]

Former Collingwood star Marty Clarke is within seventy minutes of an All Ireland winner’s medal.
Clarke, now playing with his native Down, played a key role in last weekend’s All Ireland semi-final win over Kildare at Croke Park.
Down now face Cork in the All Ireland final on Sunday, September 19. [Live coverage on Setanta Sports Australia].
Clarke [...]

The NSW GAA championship finals took place in Mona Park, Auburn on Sunday with Michael Cusacks and Central Coast each coming away with two titles.
The first game of the morning saw Central Coast and Clan NaGael battling it out in the Camogie final. It was a closely contested game but Coast came out on top, [...]

Former Australian International Rules coach Kevin Sheedy has said that the AFL and the GAA should re-vamp the current hybrid game’s format to create a ‘tri-series’ between an indigenous Australian team, a non-indigenous team and Ireland.
Having taken a break in 2009, the regular two-test series between the two countries will take place in Ireland in [...]

Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14
Cork waited until the very end of the game to overthrow Dublin and win a place in the an All-Ireland senior football final, clenching it with just one point to spare.
The Dubs led the nail-biting encounter from the beginning, with a Bernard Brogan goal after just a minute of play.
Cork had [...]

It’s a big weekend for the AFL’s Irish recruits with three players lining out for their clubs in the senior competition.
It will be an emotional night for Tadhg Kennelly and the Sydney Swans at the SCG as the Harbour City club’s coach Paul Roos and co-captain Brett Kirk make their last appearance at the team’s [...]

Tipperary will join Kilkenny in next month’s All-Ireland hurling final in a repeat of last year’s clash.
They comfortably beat Waterford by seven points at Croke Park to secure their place opposite the Cats, who are attempting to win a record-breaking five in a row.
For Tipp, there’s the anticipation, and a few weeks of intense preparation [...]

Ireland’s Grainne Murphy has had the week of her life at the European Championships in Budapest.
Murphy won silver in the 1500 metres freestyle recording a blistering time of 16.02.29, cutting a further eight seconds off the Irish record set in the heats and the second fastest time in the world [...]