Neil Loughran
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âYou go back every year with the hope that, one day, maybe itâll be your yearâ: Neal McAuley on what keeps bringing him back to Ballycastle (opens the original)
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WITH four kids, and a demanding sales job at Belfast-based IT and telecoms company B4B, Neal McAuley has plenty on his plate. Throw in the fact the former Antrim stalwart turns 40 in a couple of months, and you might wonder just where hurling fits into that equation. But it does, and will continue to until such times as he is no longer able It is eight years since McAuley called time on his inter-county career. The black and amber of Ballycastle remains a constant, just as it has for the past 24
âThereâs life after hurling, so he has to look after thatâ: Cushendall boss Brian Delargy on losing Paddy Burke, and stepping up against Dunloy (opens the original)
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IT had been on the cards for a while but, for now, Cushendall must learn to live without Paddy Burke. The experienced back had been playing through pain with club and county during recent years, and will miss the Ruairisâ championship campaign after going under the knife to try and resolve a long-standing hip injury. His absence will be felt as the intensity cranks up against Dunloy on Sunday, after routine Group Two wins over St Endaâs and Glenariffe, but boss Brian Delargy insists Burkeâ
Historic Katie Taylor fight will be unavailable to thousands of northern RTÃ viewers (opens the original)
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IT will be one of the biggest Irish sporting events of the year â but RTÃâs free-to-air coverage of Katie Taylorâs farewell fight will be unavailable to thousands of homes in the north. The national broadcaster confirmed on Wednesday that it had secured the rights to broadcast the huge Croke Park event in Ireland via RTÃ2 and RTÃ Player, with 2FM providing live radio commentary. However, those rights only cover the 26 counties, as subscription-based streaming platform DAZN have the righ
âWe want to get there again and feel that againâ: St Johnâs ready to begin defence of long-awaited Antrim title (opens the original)
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THEY waited long enough to finally get their hands on the Volunteer Cup once more, and St Johnâs arenât ready to loosen their grip any time soon. The memories of October 19, 2025 will live long in the memory of all those lucky enough to have been in Ballycastle on the most unforgettable of days. Fifty-two years since a last senior county crown, 31 since a last Antrim final appearance but, as the heavens opened, so the levee broke and this group of Johnnies players wrote their own chapter in
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