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After a rollercoaster of a National League campaign, it all comes down to one final match to determine whether the Louth Footballers will spend 2022 back in Div...

Davy Fitzgerald set to miss Wexfords championship opener after being hit with two-match ban June 09, 2021 Referee Patrick Murphy sends Wexfords manager Davy Fitzgerald to the stands ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson Wexford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald will not be on the sideline for his side’s Leinster SHC quarter-final against Laois later this month after being hit with a two-match suspension. Fitzgerald and Antrim counterpart Darren Gleeson clashed during the first-half of last Saturday’s Allianz...

On the Irish Examiner GAA podcast, Anthony Daly said the designation of two Clare players as close contacts “sets a dangerous precedent”

Parrock back for Wexford camogs May 04, 2021 Katrina Parrock of Wexford Four-time All-Ireland winner Katrina Parrock has returned to the Wexford senior camogie fold for the 2021 season. Parrock stepped away from inter-county camogie in 2017 having been part of the Model County side which captured three successive All-Ireland titles. She joined Wexford Youths in 2018 and scored the winning goal as they captured the FAI Cup in a season that saw them finish with three trophies. Yesterday the thre...

Less than 5 cases of Covid reported in Wexford yesterday The 14 day incidence rate for the County now stands at 40.4 Under 50 cases were reported in the Model County in the last two weeks. Just 48 new cases of the virus were confirmed over 14 days. Meanwhile, 474 new cases were confirmed nationwide last night along with 3 additional deaths. Professor Julien Mercille, from the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group, believes as the Country opens up, we will see a rise in cases of Covid-19. “Whe...

Fans unite in praise for Liam Griffin after brilliant Laochra Gael season finale April 30, 2021 Liam Griffin and Jim Bolger. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane. Fans heaped praise on Liam Griffin last night after the legendary Wexford manager featured on the series finale episode of Laochra Gael. Griffin famously led the Model County to All-Ireland hurling glory in 1996 and viewers got a trip down memory with last night’s episode on TG4. He had been inspired by the Rackards and their likes growing up, but ...

Foley steps away from Wexford squad April 17, 2021 Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald will have to plan without infuential defender Paudie Foley this year. The Crossabeg-Ballymurn clubman, who has played every single league and championship game for Wexford since 2018, has decided to step away from the county squad, as reported by the Irish Independent yesterday. In 2019, Foley was a vital figure in the Model Countys capture of the Leinster SHC title for the first time in 15 years and the half-bac...

‘Loophead Lighthouse’ by Marja Van Kampen Then came that March afternoon when we got the call saying we had to close for two weeks, which then turned into two months, which has turned into almost an entire year, said Larry. While everyone was left to deal with the crisis it wasnt the same for all sectors and as the lockdowns progressed the challenges they presented were different dependent on the particular circumstances people found themselves in. People liked to say were all in the same b...

Down Memory Lane: The Rackards of Killanne March 07, 2021 Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th February 1993 The 1950s will surely be remembered by the unbiased hurling followers (if such a remarkable phenomenon really exists) not for the wonderful games between Cork and Tipperary, superb though they were, which marked the early years of the decade, nor for the thrilling nip-and-tuck clashed between Waterford and Kilkenny that saw out the period. They will be remembered for the meteoric rise and...

Down Memory Lane: The Rackards of Killanne March 07, 2021 Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th February 1993 The 1950s will surely be remembered by the unbiased hurling followers (if such a remarkable phenomenon really exists) not for the wonderful games between Cork and Tipperary, superb though they were, which marked the early years of the decade, nor for the thrilling nip-and-tuck clashed between Waterford and Kilkenny that saw out the period. They will be remembered for the meteoric rise and...