Eamon Donoghue

Dublin

Columnist at RTÉ

Director with Teneo | Journalist, columnist, TV. Now with RTÉ | Formerly The Irish Times | All views are my own. https://t.co/GP4lYHZF9N

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Articles

Pass master Conroy still the key man for Galway

4 days ago | rte.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Galway's Paul Conroy has made 170 passes so far in 2025, reaching his target with all but three of them. From 66 kickpasses in seven games, he has been accurate with all but one. In the championship opener against New York, all four of his kickpasses from play were to an inside forward, and overall he created a scoring opportunity with just under a third of his in-play passes.
League lessons lift lid on Tyrone's best foot forward

1 week ago | rte.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Darragh Canavan created a scoring opportunity from all but one of the kickpasses played into him during Tyrone's 2025 Allianz League campaign. After dropping down from the top tier with three defeats, Tyrone should have learned one key thing from a forgettable start and a promising finish.
Glass half full - Derry midfielder's scoring surge

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Derry come into the 2025 Ulster Championship off the back of a winless league campaign. However, their talisman Conor Glass is in the form of his life, thriving within the game's new rules. The 27-year-old scored more from the middle of the park over the past two months than in the previous five league campaigns combined, since making his debut in October 2020.
Garrycastle make it two wins from two in league

1 month ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Garrycastle 2-10 Coralstown-Kinnegad 0-12 By Eamon A. Donoghue Garrycastle laid the platform for this ACFL Division 1 win over Coralstown-Kinnegad in the first half against the wind on their home pitch last Friday night. In an entertaining game played with the most positive intentions by both teams, it was Garrycastle that continued on their winning ways.
Richardson hits the winner as Skyvalley shock Moore

2 months ago | westmeathindependent.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Skyvalley Rovers 1 Moore United 0 By Eamon A. Donoghue Skyvalley Rovers pulled off a shock win against Premier Division title contenders Moore United in the Joe’s Bar RDFL Challenge Cup at Onagh Park, Taughmaconnell last Friday night. Moore came into this game in good form as they have been towards the top of the Premier Division in recent weeks and they were favourites to beat the hosts.
Murphy has everything to be Donegal's two-point king

2 months ago | rte.ie | Eamon Donoghue

The return of one of the greatest footballers of all time has been overshadowed this weekend by the excitement and anticipation around Gaelic football's new rules. The two are intertwined however, as not only was Donegal's Michael Murphy a member of the Jim Gavin-led Football Review Committee which came up with the wide-ranging package of new rules - he's also set to be one of the main beneficiaries of them.
Flowers treble not enough for Melville as Kinnegad bite back

Jan 23, 2025 | westmeathexaminer.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Melville 3 Kinnegad Juniors 5 By Eamon A. Donoghue Kinnegad Juniors scored four late goals to beat hosts Melville at Sarsfield Park last Sunday, thereby moving a step closer to the top of the CCFL Division 2 table. Both sides came into this fixture having aspirations of possible trophies and promotion later in the season. Kinnegad got off to the perfect start.
Coláiste Choilm denied as Mullingar boys find a bit extra

Dec 6, 2024 | offalyindependent.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar 2-13 Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore 0-17 By Eamon A. Donoghue Coláiste Choilm, Tullamore lost out to a resilient Coláiste Mhuire side after extra-time in the North Leinster Schools second years football 'A' final at the TUS grounds in Athlone last Friday. These two teams met earlier this year in the final of the Br Hubert Cup (a competition for first years) and on that occasion the weather was also atrocious.
Impressive Moate CS girls march into Leinster final

Dec 6, 2024 | westmeathindependent.ie | Eamon Donoghue

MCS in running for double glory Moate CS 2-21 FCJ SS, Bunclody 1-7 By Eamon Donoghue Moate Community School blew their Bunclody opponents away with an excellent performance at the Portlaoise GAA grounds in Rathleague on Tuesday of last week. These two schools clashed last year and FCJ SS, Bunclody won comfortably and ended their campaign as All-Ireland runners up. This year though, Moate CS avenged that defeat impressively and commandingly.
Garrycastle girls find a bit extra to edge out St Mary’s

Nov 22, 2024 | westmeathindependent.ie | Eamon Donoghue

Garrycastle 2-9 St Mary’s Rochfortbridge 3-5 By Eamon A Donoghue Erin McHugh kicked the winner for Garrycastle in extra time against St Mary’s Rochfortbridge in the Westmeath LGFA Division 2 Minor Championship final at Hogan Park, Moate last Sunday. In a thrilling game that ebbed and flowed, back and forth, both sides looked to have the game won at various stages. But at the very end, Erin McHugh kicked the winning point to seal the title.