Munster trio Olympic-bound

Rebecca Barry (above), Roisin Upton and Antonia McGrath are the three Munster girls included in an all-new Ireland U17 girls team, which will compete at the World Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August, while the Ireland A squads for the Junior Celtic Cup have also been confirmed.

Classy Cregan a model of consistency

Like all accidental sporting heroes, Eimear Cregan could have chosen a very different path, had fate not played its part. As she stands on the cusp of becoming Ireland’s most capped player of all time, this week she recalled her humble beginnings in hockey.

Fringe players to get Irish chance

Ireland’s fringe midfielders have the perfect opportunity to stake their claim at the Celtic Cup later this month, after senior men’s coach Paul Revington was forced to name an experimental squad for the three-game series in France.

Cregan closing in on caps record

Eimear Cregan could overtake fellow Munster woman Rachael Kohler as the most capped Irish hockey player of all time later this month.

Irish girls gain youth Olympics berth

Ireland will field an U17 girls team at the inaugural World Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August, it was revealed earlier today.

Coaching pair resign over funding dispute

Irish U18 coach Andy Smyth and manager Christopher McCandless have resigned following a stand-off with the Irish Hockey Association (IHA) over the implementation of a pay-to-play funding system.

Muller expands on centralisation plan

Ireland senior women’s coach Gene Muller has further outlined his plans to centralise the team to Dublin from this October. Muller last night explained the rationale behind the idea to base an elite group of players full-time in Dublin for 10 months, in a bid to secure qualification for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Ireland salvage third place

Gene Muller hailed a fighting weekend’s work that salvaged third place from the women’s hockey World Cup qualifiers to limit the damage to Ireland’s world ranking after disastrous beginnings.

Scots deepen Irish problems

Ireland produced a stronger performance than Wednesday’s struggle but still bowed out of the running for the one available World Cup place this afternoon in Santiago, Chile as a goal late in each half handed Scotland a 2-0 victory.

Malaysia leave Irish hopes on the rocks

Ireland’s World Cup qualification dreams are already hanging by a thread following a disastrous 3-0 defeat by Malaysia in Santiago this afternoon.

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