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Eoghan Cormican It’s fair to say that’s it’s been a busy couple of weeks for DCU GAA director Michael Kennedy. Aside from his role here within the college, the Tyrone native was video analyst for Read more…

DCU 0-11 UCC 0-9 Eamon Donoghue At Clonad DCU Fresher’s reached their fourth All Ireland final in two years overcoming a fancied UCC outfit in a game where Ross Munnelly’s charges were called upon to Read more…

Tom Rooney Since merging with the Mercy club in 2007, women’s basketball in DCU has gone from strength to strength and head coach Mark Ingle has been at the heart of this progression. During his Read more…

DCU 5 – 13 UCC 1 – 12 Mike Hurley At St. Clare’s   DCU Ladies made it two league victories on the trot when treating southern opponents UCC to a masterclass in finishing at Read more…

Brendan White The DCU first team finished their league campaign last week with a stunning 5-0 victory away to UCD. The result however, wasn’t sufficient to advance DCU beyond the group stages, but leaves them Read more…

Tom Rooney Now in his second season as DCU rugby Co-ordinator, Bernard Jackman is determined to build a rugby culture in the college for the long term. The former Leinster and Ireland hooker is not Read more…

Eoghan Cormican & Gavin Cawley Given recent results, it may come as no surprise that the hurlers of DCU are locked in a relegation fight, but the fact that their football counterparts are in similarly Read more…

Brendan White DCU graduate, Linda Byrne, has qualified for the Olympic games after completing the Dublin Marathon in 2:36.21, inside the Olympic A standard of 2:37. As well as achieving the Olympic standard, Byrne also Read more…

DCU 5-5 N.U.I.G 1-12 Eoghan Cormican At St. Clare’s DCU were made to fight all the way by NUIG before securing passage to a first ever Division 1 camogie league final. Those who pay any Read more…

Tomás O Ruanaidh   Following successive wins over QUB and St Mary’s, DCU’s fresher footballers qualified for the quarter final stage of the league where they meet UCD at St. Clare’s today, Wednesday (throw in Read more…

St. Patrick’s 1-17 DCU 1-10 Eoghan Cormican At St. Clare’s There was plenty of optimism emanating from the DCU camp ahead of this crucial league fixture against neighbours St. Pat’s, but it was sadly misplaced Read more…

  DCU 1-14 UCD 2-08 Tomás Ó Ruanaidh At St. Clare’s   Throw-in may have been delayed by over half an hour for this one, but it didn’t deter the home side who picked up Read more…

DCU 4 – 12 IT Sligo 2 – 11 Mike Hurley At St. Clare’s   Three first half goals – all of which came from the boot of sharpshooter Catriona Foley –  proved vital in Read more…

Brendan White In his role as DCU’s Soccer Development Officer Fran Butler is tasked with one simple job – progressing soccer in DCU. Fran is responsible for the University’s three men’s teams, one women’s team Read more…

Eoghan Cormican You train hard, advance through the various rounds of the championship and earn promotion to the top tier by virtue of reaching the final of that division. That was the story of DCU’s Read more…

by Dwayne Leavy DCU men’s senior GAA team lost their second league game off the season when they were comprehensively outplayed by UCD at the DCU Sportsgrounds last Wednesday. It was a farcical mix-up in Read more…

  by Brendan White Both Divisions of the League of Ireland this season have seen exciting finishes with neither league decided heading into the final weeks of the season. This is a huge positive for Read more…

UCD 5-20 DCU 0-11 DCU remain without a win in the Division 1 senior hurling league after the visit of UCD served only to highlight the gulf in class between the two colleges. It was Read more…

By Manás Bheáid DCU Saints remain undefeated in the Niveau for Men’s Superleague, after back-to-back wins over Moycullen. The Saints emerged with an 8 point victory in the DCU Arena, with a score line of Read more…

by Dwayne Leavy DCU student Paul Flynn won a place on the prestigious 2011 GAA/GPA All-Star football team. The Physical Education and Biology student was named at number 12 in the wing half forward line Read more…

by Dwayne Leavy It has been a meteoric rise to the top of the GAA world for Dublin football star James McCarthy. The DCU student made his senior debut against Laois in the Leinster Championship Read more…

by Brendan White His enthusiasm for karting is clear to see, but for 2011/12 DCU Karting chairperson Jeff Dalton, he has been tasked with the challenge of leading the club to more success after recent Read more…

DCU Saints opened their league campaign with a seven point victory over SuperLeague champions UCD Marian. Pat Glover and Eoin Quill led the way with 21 and 15 points respectively with Quill connecting on three Read more…

by Brendan White Thursday September 29th 2011. Tottenham Hotspur versus Shamrock Rovers at White Hart Lane. For a strange ten minute period, League of Ireland fans watched, almost in disbelief, as Shamrock Rovers held the Read more…

by Eoghan Cormican Three DCU students have been nominated for the 2011 GAA GPA All-Star awards. Paul Flynn and Kevin Nolan both of Dublin and Donegal’s Michael Murphy were among the 45 players nominated for Read more…