Kieran McCarthy
Host at The Southern Star (Podcast)
Sports Editor at The Southern Star
Sports Editor, The Southern Star. Author of Something in the Water, shortlisted for 2019 Irish Sports Book of the Year.
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3 days ago |
southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
BEARA have pulled out of the county premier senior football championship colleges/division section due to a lack of available players. They were due to meet Duhallow in Ballingeary this Thursday night, but Beara confirmed this Wednesday afternoon that they have withdrawn from the competition. The Southern Star understands that Beara had only 14 players available for their opener.
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1 week ago |
southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
IF it looks like a precedent and sounds like a precedent, when is it not a precedent? Well, apparently, it’s when the county board says so. But even the powers-that-be may struggle to get the genie back in the bottle after events in Carrigaline last Sunday morning. Trying to get access to inter-county players for club games during the county league is a major bugbear for club managers, who all have their own stories here.
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1 week ago |
southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
FINTAN McCarthy has made an encouraging start to life as a heavyweight rower. The two-time Olympic gold medallist is linking up Konan Pazzaia in the men’s double sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where they finished second in their heat on Thursday morning. Fintan and Konan delivered a strong performance, finishing second with a time of 06:09.69 to qualify for the A/B semi-final.
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1 week ago |
southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
KEITH Ricken admits the better team on the day won the Munster minor football final, but does feel the imbalance in the championship structure isn’t helping his young Cork team. Eighteen days after losing to Kerry by ten points in a Munster MFC quarter-final at Páirc Uí Rinn, there was still a gulf between the counties when they clashed in the provincial decider in Tralee on Friday night. This time, the Kingdom had nine points to spare as they completed the Munster three in a row.
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1 week ago |
southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
Skibbereen rower Aisling Hayes (35) will make her international debut this weekAisling Hayes has never taken the easy route – and that’s what makes her rowing story so compelling. Born in Westmeath, she swapped England for the rowing stronghold of Skibbereen, chasing a dream that now becomes reality as she prepares for her Irish debut at this week’s European Rowing Championships. In 2022, Hayes left her life in England to join Skibbereen Rowing Club.
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