Tuesday 11 March, 2014
We spoke to UCF’s legendary play-by-play announcer Marc Daniels about the Croke Park Classic.
The University of Central Florida’s next meaningful game will be in Ireland.
Jones’ Road is set to host a high-profile gridiron clash. We have a pair of tickets to give away.
UCF and Penn State will play their first game of the season in Dublin next August.
J.J. Worton’s one-handed grab helped them to a comeback win.
26 men will receive compensation for the crimes of former American football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Plans remain in place to bring elite American football to Jones Road.
Next year’s clash of Penn State and UCF will be a springboard for interest according to Paraic Duffy.
How will it look when Penn State and UCF meet in Croke Park next year?
The trophy for next year’s game is named after the former US ambassador to Ireland.
Penn State and UCF meet in tomorrow night’s college football game in Beaver Stadium. Next year Croke Park will host their meeting.
Sean Galvin will travel home to Ireland when his UCF team play Penn State in Croke Park next year.
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child sex abuse last year.
A limited number of tickets for the game have already been made available.
It is believed that GAA headquarters could host as many as three games in the next five years.
Bars, restaurants and off-licences in Pennsylvania are supporting the alcohol-free zone in a bid to curb drinking.
18-year-old Aaron Fisher, who was known publicly for a year only as Victim 1, put aside anonymity yesterday to speak about his ordeal as a child.
The former American fooball coach was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse.
Meanwhile, the ex-football coach’s lawyer says the 68-year-old will speak before his sentencing.
The former assistant coach at the high-profile college, was convicted in June of 45 counts of sex abuse involving 10 boys.
The president of the university said that the statue had become “a lightning rod of controversy and national debate.”
An investigation found the iconic coach was complicit in covering up child abuser, Jerry Sandusky’s actions.
Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of child abuse.
Former Penn State trainer Jerry Sandusky is accused of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period.
The former Penn State defensive coach is in the dock after a string of child sex abuse allegations.
Joe Amendola is concerned he will be “unable to effectively and adequately” represent Sandusky.
Thousands gathered for a memorial service to mark the life of the legendary coach who was fired for his inaction when told a coach had allegedly sexually abused children.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died last Sunday, will be buried in a private funeral today.
Former players and even those involved in the child sex-abuse cover up investigation gathered at the university today.
One of the most successful football coaches in US history, Paterno had recently been implicated in an alleged cover-up of child abuse at Penn State University.
Attorney said anyone who believes university officials thought his client, Jerry Sandusky, raped a 10-year-old boy and did little about it should call 1-800-REALITY.
“This is a fight to the death,” said accused coach’s lawyer on the steps of the courthouse today.
It is being alleged that Dottie Sandusky helped her husband cover up the abuse.
The latest accusers are the ninth and 10th described as victims in grand jury reports that claim Jerry Sandusky befriended and then molested boys.
Penn State, racism on the pitch and pro-IRA chanting on the terraces. It’s been a heavy week.
Pennsylvania state lawmakers are starting to plan for a special commission that will examine the legal issues raised by the child sex-abuse scandal.
Witness to alleged abuse of child by former university assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, told friends that he did act to stop it before leaving the locker room shower area.
In first interview since scandal broke, Jerry Sandusky says he merely ‘horsed around’ with kids in showers.
Most successful college football coach in the US loses job as child sex abuse scandal rumbles on.
Tim Curley, Penn State’s athletic director, and Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business, have also been arrested on perjury charges.
A SCHEME FOR people to check with police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has been introduced across England and Wales.
The scheme follows a long campaign by the family of Clare Wood, a 36-year-old woman who was murdered by her ex-partner in Manchester.
There are now calls for the scheme to be replicated in Ireland, but what do you think?
Today’s poll, Should Ireland have a domestic violence register?
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