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On Saturday next, the eve of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Killannin's Kieran Molloy puts his IBF European Welterweight title on the line against the highly rated and unbeaten Sean Noakes.  The fight will take place at the iconic Copperbox Arena in London and is part of a massive card that also includes the IBF International Welterweight Title meeting of Harlem Eubank and David Papot.  Ahe...

History will be made on Saturday, 1st August when Ireland take on Australia in a first ever Australian Rules Football Women's International at the North Sydney Oval. The Irish contingent has grown from strength to strength down under with 46 players currenlty playing professional including Maigh Cuilinn's Áine McDonagh who has become one of game's top players. In four seasons with Hawthorn, she ha...

For the first time ever at Galway GAA headquarters, Galway United go head-to-head against Sligo Rovers in the Connacht derby of the SSE Airtricity League Men's Premier Division on Saturday (11th July 2026). With both teams currently in the bottom three of the top flight, victory is a must.  United have already beaten Rovers twice this season but their Bit O'Red won three of their four meetings in...

Racing in Ireland on Saturday is in Navan and Limerick (11th July 2026). Cross-channel, there are meetings in Chester, Newmarket, Ascot, York, Salisbury and Hamilton. With his 'Saturday Six,' here's Galway Bay FM's George McDonagh.

We come to our final game as we build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final. Saturday, July 4th was a day that will be remembered forever as Galway booked their place in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final for the first time since 2018 with a stunning win over Cork at Croke Park. Galway started well, leading 1-4 to 0-3 after Darragh Neary goaled inside the first 10 minutes....

As we continue our build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM looks back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series. Saturday the 6th of June saw Galway's Senior Hurlers become Leinster Champions for the first time since 2018 after an impressive 4-29 to 4-15 win over Dublin in Croke Park. Michael Donoghue's side impressed from the start a...

As we continue our build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM looks back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series. On May 24th, Galway played their final group game of the Leinster Championship and again had to come from behind to book a place in the Leinster Final. After conceding three early goals on a sunny afternoon, goals from Jaso...

As we continue our build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM looks back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series. On May 16th, Galway faced Dublin in Pearse Stadium and while the Dubs came away with a 3-16 to 0-21 win,  Offaly's win over Wexford and Kilkenny's win over Kildare meant that Galway and Dublin were guaranteed to finish in t...

As we continue our build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM looks back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series. May the 9th saw Galway head to Newbridge to face Kildare in a game that saw Galway character come to the fore.  Ten points down at Half Time, it took three second half goals to see Galway come away with the win by nine poin...

As we continue our build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM looks back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series. Today, we move to Round Two and a week after their win over Kilkenny, Offaly were the visitors to Pearse Stadium.   Goals from Conor Cooney and Rory Burke provided a buffer for the Tribesmen who topped the table before thei...

Every day over the next seven days in the build up to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final, Galway Bay FM will look back at all of Galway's games in the Leinster Championship and All-Ireland Series.  Today, we start at the beginning when Galway faced Kilkenny in the opening round of the Leinster Championship.  The date was the 18th of April and Micheal Donoghue's Men produced a stunning perfo...

Cyril Farrell and Johnny Coen join Niall and Sean on Hurling Chat this week after a wonderful weekend where Galway reached the All Ireland Final. The discussion centres on: · Galway overcome Cork in All Ireland Semi Final with a brilliant display · Galway’s progress in 2026 is dissected · An All Ireland Final awaits against Limerick · Limerick show composure to overcome Clare · And Henry Shefflin...

Galway's under-20 ladies footballers could make history this Saturday (11th June 2026) when they face Donegal in the first ever All-Ireland Final in this grade. The Tribeswomen won three of their four group games in May, beating Meath, Mayo and Cork.  But a loss to Dublin left them waiting a month before they knew they were qualified to take on the Ulster champions. Leading up to the game, Galway...

Tonight on 'Over The Line' with George McDonagh and Darren Kelly: We're joined by Andy Coen to look back on the All-Ireland senior hurling semi-finals and Galway's emphatic win over Cork; Tommy Devane will review the success for the Galway ladies football in their senior quarter-final victory against Mayo; We chat to Aoife Dempsey, a recent award winner at the Irish Thoroughbred Racing Awards Day...

Racing in Ireland on Monday is in Roscommon (6th July 2026). The feature is the €14,000 Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle at 5.13. With a full preview, here's Galway Bay FM's George McDonagh.

Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly looks back on the sporting weekend, including: Galway are through to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final as they beat Cork in Croke Park The Galway ladies footballers reach the final four after a quarter-final victory over Mayo Tuam Stars are Division 1 Football League champions following extra-time success against Corofin Mixed fortunes for the Galway United's mens a...

LGFA: Galway senior captain Kate Geraghty with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane after their All-Ireland quarter-final win over Mayo

LGFA: Galway player of the match Kate Slevin with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane after their All-Ireland senior quarter-final win over Mayo

LGFA: Galway manager Daniel Moynihan with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane after their All-Ireland quarter-final win over Mayo

LGFA: Galway 2-20 Mayo 1-6 (All-Ireland Senior Quarter-Final report with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane)

LGFA: Galway 2-20 Mayo 1-6 (All-Ireland Senior Quarter-Final commentary with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane and Tracey Leonard)

On Sunday Sport (July 5th 2026) Galway Bay FM's Ollie Turner was joined by Portumna's Damien Hayes and Johnny Kelly to look back on Saturday's All-Ireland Semi-Final as Galway reached a first decider since 2018. The Portumna U13 County Champions were also present as the group reflected on a hectic weekend of hurling...

Killannin native Tena Thornton was announced during the week as Ireland seniors vice-captain ahead of the Tag Rugby World Cup which takes place in Australia in October (15th-18th). It will be her third time to represent her country on the Global stage having captained Ireland at the 2023 competition in Limerick, as well as playing in Coffs Harbour in 2018, the same venue for the 2026 event. Tena c...