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Amy O’Connor is a woman on a mission to prove doubters wrong at every opportunity. She hails from an area in Cork with a poor reputation, plays camogie with a junior club and was the first member of her family to go to college. This is a memorable time for the Cork camogie star. Following on from her maiden All-Star …

“There needs to be a bigger push and we all need to row in behind it and if we don’t and things stay the way they are we may not have any camogie in 20 years time, and that is a scary prospect.” Niamh Rockett Waterford camogie captain, Niamh Rockett spoke exclusively with Pundit Arena back in January and was …

The standard of women’s Gaelic Games has risen exponentially over the past decade, and the proof is in the pudding. However, some of our top female stars still have gripes over how their respective sports are run compared to that of the men’s game.  Pundit Arena recently sat down with two top Camogie stars who both highlighted clear imbalances that …

Amy O’Connor is realistic in her assessment that camogie will never reach the heights hurling has in terms of nationwide popularity. However, she is bang on the money when she talks of the perks that come with playing inter-county hurling or football with a men’s team as opposed to the lack thereof granted to women’s teams. In this age of …

Twelve months ago, Dr Crokes beat Slaughtneil in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park as they were crowned as the best club team in the country. The Derry club lost out by just two points in their second final in three years, but it’s a long way back to Croke Park, as they learned this year. Some of the scenes at …