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Selections for Listowel – May 30th 2026
2.06: MURCIA (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.41: TOUCH THE MOON (PHILIP BYRNES/BILL DURKAN) 3.16: BURNING ABILITY – EW – (EOIN WALSH/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.51: SEAN MC – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAUL NOLAN) 4.26: GARNACHO – EW – (TOMMY O’CONNOR (7)/MARK FAHEY) 5.00: EMBRACE THE DAY – EW – (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.30: TELL THE BOYS…
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Selections for Tramore – May 29th 2026
4.50: GIANT HAYSTACKS (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.20: ENDLESS TALKING (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.55: FEMME MAGNIFIQUE – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/HARRY KELLY) 6.30: MUTED MELODY – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TONY MULLINS) 7.00: TEDWORTH – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL BARRY) 7.35: EASTMORE (PHILIP BYRNES/CHARLES BYRNES) 8.10: ONE DAY IN MAY (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/ROBERT TYNER)
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Sideline Cuts – 46
Desperation in which corner? If you take it that, at the time of typing, the soccer season – at club level – still has one assignment to hand in, the Champions League Final between Arsenal and Paris Saint German – it’s a bit difficult to quantify that, in the formative stages of the off-season, the…
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Selections for Limerick – May 28th 2026
4.40: LUKER’S TIPPLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.15: LE COTE FLUERIE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.50: GAOITHE GLORY – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.20: MARIAN AVENUE (PHILIP BYRNES/CHARLES BYRNES) 6.50: CHEMDAWG (PHLLIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 7.20: SPELLACY’S CROSS – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/JIMMY BARCOE) 7.55: CRAIC EILE – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/KEN BUDDS) 8.30: MISTAKENFORANOTHER…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – May 28th 2026
2.12: JOGA BONITA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.42: GLORIOUSLY GLAM (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 3.17: STONE BEAR – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE (3)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.47: EL FENTONARO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 4.17: FORTUITY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 4.52: SMITHFIELD (SAM COEN (2*) /GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.27: MAI DAHLIA (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Patchy display leaves Peter’s pointless
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…0-13 Wolfe Tones…1-17 Home side Dunboyne got off to a flying start in the basking Tuesday evening heat, opening up a lead of 0-05 to 0-00 before their old rivals in purple and gold completely dominated the remainder of the first half with Caolan and Fiachra Ward and Tomas O’Reilly leading a blitz…
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Selections for Wexford – May 27th 2026
4.42: OH SO CHARMING – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.12: COLCANNON (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 5.47: GREY GARDENS (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAUL NOLAN) 6.19: BIG DEE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EOIN MCCARTHY) 6.49: LUMIERE DU LARGE – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.19: DANI DONADONI (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.49: LECALE’S DIAMOND (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL)…
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Podcast Episode: GAA Drama And Fine Margins
Pip: Boylan Talks Sport — where the margins are razor-thin, the heartbreak is detailed, and someone is always four points up with two minutes to go. Mara: Brendan covers a lot of ground this week — a senior football defeat that raises uncomfortable questions, a penalty shootout that he thinks never should have happened, and…
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Selections for Dundalk – May 26th 2026
5.07: WOLFPACK – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.42: JAMESTOWN (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 6.17: COOL AZUL (RONAN WHELAN/ANDY OLIVER) 6.48: LET HIM FLY – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/NOEL MEADE) 7.18: CITE FLORALE – EW – (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.48: EASTERN WIND – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 8.18: MANO CHICAGO (BEN COEN/JOHNNY…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – May 26th 2026
4.55: WITCHES FAMILIAR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: IMMEDIATE EFFECT (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.00: THE STORE BOY (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.30: JERRY FROM KERRY – EW – (JACK GILLIGAN (5)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 7.00: YOU MAKE ME SMILE – EW – (PADDY O’BRIEN (5)/PAT FAHY) 7.30: BEAN SAIBHRE – EW – (PETER SMITHERS (7)/AIDAN HOWARD) 8.00: LOW…
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