#cobh-ramblers

#cobh-ramblers

Brian Cody's views on the media at large, or at least that wretched part of it tasked with covering hurling, were dim. Roughly similar in wattage to Bobby Knight.

Robyn O'Connor will make her Ireland debut in Saturday's Women's Six Nations game against Italy, replacing Vicky Elmes Kinlan on the left wing.

"It's right up there with some of my proudest achievements," she says of the street art. "It's coming up seven years and even with the Dunfermline weather, it's still managed to stay on."

Dublin would derive nutritional value from Leinster Championship success, with Wicklow first on the menu.

Ireland were cannibalised by their own emotions as the irrepressible energy slowly lapsed with fatigue.

Motherwell leads the PFA Scotland Premiership Team of the Year with five players, including goalkeeper Calum Ward and top scorer Tawanda Maswanhise, who has 17 goals.

To be honest, I probably put some of the blame on myself. I had a lot of chances to score and I didn't. It wasn't good enough in front of goal.

"The proudest thing I hear now is, 'I wish our club was like Wrexham'. Wrexham didn't exist in that format until Rob and Ryan took over."

Eoin Kenny's performance drew applause from the Oriel Park crowd, creating a memorable moment for his family during the match.

Gabriel Adebambo is on the hunt for a golden ticket to see Ireland in Prague on Thursday night, joining thousands of supporters making the trip.

Nathan Collins is having a good season. Captain of both Brentford and the Republic of Ireland, Collins is dreaming of Europe with his club and the World Cup with his country. Despite losing long-time manager Thomas Frank and strikers Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanne Wissa in the summer, Brentford go into the weekend seventh in the Premier League.

Dublin county board chiefs have been made aware of their footballers and hurlers' decision to protest at Allianz's continued sponsorship of the National Leagues.

Connor Parsons of Bohemians, right, celebrates with teammates Dayle Rooney, left, and Patrick Hickey after scoring their side's first goal during the SSE Airtricity Premier Division match against Shamrock Rovers at Dalymount Park.

Gaelic games coaching is increasingly benefiting from a different perspective. Some time in the future, Shane Keegan can see the current Donegal manager Jim McGuinness taking charge of a League of Ireland soccer team. And in that future, there's a place for the current Limerick hurling coach Paul Kinnerk as a coach.

Dingle are not the greatest-ever All-Ireland club football champions. That's still the preserve of Corofin, who did the only three-in-a-row between 2018 and 2020, or the Crossmaglen Rangers team that won three in four years between 1997 and 2000.

The Republic of Ireland will fulfil their Nations League fixtures with Israel due to the potential of disqualification, says the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). Israel were drawn with the Republic of Ireland, Austria and Kosovo in League B3 in Thursday's draw. In November, the FAI overwhelmingly approved a motion to call on Uefa to ban Israel from European club and international competitions.