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€32.5 million was spent on training teams in 2022, and still the management teams grow bigger.

The Tyrone native previously managed Derry on an interim basis.

County board are actively recruiting for highly desirable and vacant job.

In overtaking south Waterford’s Erin’s Own and Mount Sion, Ballygunner set a record that will be hard to ever overtake.

Thirty-two years after Down beat Meath in the All-Ireland final, a chance encounter in Parnell Park triggered a lifetime of memories for Pete McGrath.

More GAA news and scores from Ireland this week - Mayo v Galway; Monaghan v Kildare; Cork v Roscommon; Tyrone v Donegal; Down v Laois; Meath v Antrim; GAA shorts.

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The GAA inter-county split seasons has created a lot of divide between club and county teams, across many counties but not in Down GAA.

This Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final belied recent laments to put on a match that resulted in Down’s advancement to the final eight of the competition proper. Down, in their usual Conor Laverty scheme of things, played for goals all evening. Spurred on by the substitute Danny Magill’s angled run and low 45th-minute finish, the home side overpowered Longford 1-12 to 0-4 in a second-half pummelling.

Meath and Down do battle this weekend in Parnell Park to decide who tops Group 2.