Waterford man Paul Cooke now has the biggest job in Irish soccer. The crisis-hit FAI turned to the former newspaper executive to lead the association, just one day after John Foley dramatically announced he would not be taking up the reins as interim CEO. Mr Foley had been lined up to take over from Noel […]
Ireland’s hopes of qualifying directly for Euro 2020 have been dashed after they failed to beat Denmark tonight in the Aviva Stadium. Despite one of Ireland’s best performances in years, the boys in green could only manage a 1-1 draw in a pulsating atmosphere in Dublin. After battling back to draw level when Matt Doherty […]
It was a good night for Castlecomer’s Seani Maguire, scoring his first international goal and impressing the fans, the pundits and most importantly the manager. “I’d say notably Seani Maguire played well,” enthused Mick McCarthy, the Ireland manager, after watching the boys in green come from behind to beat New Zealand 3-1 last night in […]
Kilkenny’s Seanie Maguire gets a chance to impress Ireland boss Mick McCarthy this evening, as he has been picked to start up front for the Republic’s soccer team against New Zealand. The 25-year-old Castlecomer man has been beset with injury misfortune when it comes to international matches, so tonight is a real opportunity to lay […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THE Republic of Ireland soccer team’s chances of qualifying for Euro 2020 remains within their grasp after drawing 0-0 with Georgia in Tbilisi. It could have been so much different. Ireland’s best chance of the match came after three minutes when a John Egan’s header from a Conor Hourihane free-kick hit the […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Republic of Ireland striker Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once again over the weekend, but just a couple of weeks ago he feared he might never play football again. The 25-year-old Kilkenny man scored the only goal in Preston North End’s 1-0 away win at Birmingham City, a win […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Irish international Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once more, scoring the only goal in a win which pushes his club up to third in the championship. Maguire knocked in Preston North End’s opener on 23 minutes in their match away to Birmingham City this afternoon. Preston had to […]
By COLIN BARTLEY SCORING the opening goal for Preston North End, Kilkenny’s football star Seanie Maguire paved the way for Preston North End’s fourth win of the season. Preston held on to win 2-0 at home against Brentford and pushed the club into the top five in the English Championship. Maguire started out on the […]
A MAN is swimming the length of Ireland in memory of his late father, a Kilkenny man and former President of the Football Association of Ireland, to raise money for two charities close to his dad’s heart. Alan Corcoran, 28 from Waterford, is the son of Milo Corcoran, the FAI president between 2001 -2005. Alan […]
SEANIE Maguire is not the only Kilkenny man representing the Boys in Green this summer. Kilkenny’s Ciaran Brennan has been called up to the Republic of Ireland under 19 squad for the European Championships in Armenia next week. The 18-year-old played his soccer locally with East End United before signing his first professional contract with Sheffield […]