Top GAA official calls for automatic access to All-Ireland quarter-finals for provincial winnersConnacht CEO and fixtures task force member John Prenty says greater incentive needed to reward championsFri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00
Seán Moran: What can the GAA do, as open season on referees looms into view?Last year produced a litany of awful incidents so bad that local events quickly became national news. Croke Park hopes for better this time aroundWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
GAA managers: Fewer counties looking for new boss than a year ago but they’re no easier to findTrying to identify plausible and willing candidates for a frequently thankless task is the challenge facing countiesTue Aug 29 2023 - 05:00
Jim McGuinness: ‘It makes it very hard to knock teams off their perch if you’re only copying’Everything aligns for Donegal’s once and future manager, as family, career and the county’s needs dovetailSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Study finds hurling frees more likely to go to team trailing on scoreboardDr John Considine of UCC is one of the authors of a study presented to European Sports Economics AssociationThu Aug 24 2023 - 18:48
Seán Moran: Managerial merry-go-round obscures complexity and sustainability of demandsPlayers are raised to have high expectations of team managers whose challenges get steeper and steeperWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
Jim McGuinness appointed Donegal manager for a second termBackroom team will include Colm McFadden, Neil McGee and Luke BarrettMon Aug 21 2023 - 20:45
Naomh Éanna second-half surge takes them to second Wexford titleGood start to both halves not enough for Oylegate-Glenbrien, as McGuckin and McDonald take chargeSun Aug 20 2023 - 19:43
GAA’s century of serial success shows no sign of easingModern systems of talent pathways and advances in sports psychology among reasons so many All-Ireland records tumbled in the past 24 yearsSun Aug 20 2023 - 07:00
Keith Rossiter to become Wexford’s new senior hurling managerFormer player was previously manager of the county Under-20 team, guiding them to Leinster finalsFri Aug 18 2023 - 12:27
Eventful weekend for Wexford hurling arrives against backdrop of uncertaintyAppointment of new manager expected as well as another novel county final, but scheduling concerns growingFri Aug 18 2023 - 05:00
Seán Moran: A sobering year for Kerry but they’re still in everyone’s roadFootball’s brand leaders may be down but they remain the game’s traditional benchmarkWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
No changes or tweaks expected for 2024 football championship formatWidespread consultation with counties produces likely consensus that new format should have at least another yearTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:00
History-makers: Michael Fitzsimons, Stephen Cluxton and James McCarthy and their path to nine All-Ireland medalsPhoto essay: The Dublin trio became the first members of a unique club when they won their ninth Celtic crosses last weekendSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Covid-19 pandemic ‘exposed’ gender inequalities in sport, new study reveals Survey conducted largely among women Gaelic athletes highlights concerns about access to facilities and fundingThu Aug 03 2023 - 22:01
Seán Moran: Striking a balance and other notes from a troubled championshipIntercounty football is over for another year and reservations remain about where it’s all goingWed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00
Dublin rewrite their final chapter after memorable All-Ireland coupEveryone who came back to regain the title was taking a risk but it paid off with the setting of further recordsMon Jul 31 2023 - 19:00
Football Review of the Year: Footballer of the Year contenders, Game of the Year, highs and lowsOur panel look back on a championship which failed to fully ignite but had moments of high drama and qualityMon Jul 31 2023 - 13:01
Five key moments that turned All-Ireland final for DublinDespite several periods of splendid play, Kerry failed to stretch clear of their well-organised and drilled opponentsMon Jul 31 2023 - 05:00
Dublin keep their nerve to climb the mountain one more timeVital incisions in injury-time carve out a ninth All-Ireland in 12 years for Dessie Farrell’s teamMon Jul 31 2023 - 05:00
All-Ireland football final: Dublin have the materials and motivation to make a last standKerry have evolved as champions but with McCarthy and Cluxton driving the effort, their old rivals can winSat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
From Heffo to Hawk-Eye: Managing football’s longest-running rivalry in the modern ageDublin and Kerry were the first to have all-powerful managers and facing each other became a defining taskSat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
Dublin and Kerry name their teams for Sunday’s All-Ireland football finalSeán Bugler has proved his fitness and is named among the replacementsFri Jul 28 2023 - 11:05
All-Ireland countdown: Reeling in the 70s as Dublin bounce back in the last 10 minutes Arguably the most famous of the decade’s matches turned out to be Kerry’s last defeat in the fixture for 34 yearsFri Jul 28 2023 - 10:42
Liam McHale departs Mayo coaching set-up after one year’s involvementThe move comes as a surprise, given McHale’s close relationship with manager Kevin McStayThu Jul 27 2023 - 12:47
All-Ireland final countdown: When Kerry became football’s brand leadersThe lines on the graph crossed for both counties in 1941; Kingdom keen to end Dublin’s four-midable sequenceThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
Seán Moran: Dublin and Kerry boys are back in town as GAA’s greatest rivalry rocks on The golden era of the rivalry came at almost the precise time that Gaelic games erupted out of monochromeWed Jul 26 2023 - 05:00
‘This crowd have rewritten Limerick GAA history forever’ - Damien QuigleyFormer All-Ireland hurler and selector on how the current team have helped to exorcise the pastTue Jul 25 2023 - 05:00
All-Ireland hurling final: Awesome second half leaves Limerick top of the worldThe champions ruthlessly suppressed Kilkenny to equal the four-in-a-row recordSun Jul 23 2023 - 20:44
All-Ireland hurling final: Controlled Limerick can exert enough pressure on Kilkenny to make historyBuoyant Kilkenny will exploit any mistakes but the champions didn’t become so hard to beat by being error proneSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
I’d have loved to have played in a game like we are going to see on Sunday’ - Neil McManusRetired Antrim colossus content in getting best from himself and in pride of representing his countySat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Tom Morrissey steps up to lead his generation from the frontThe former under-21 All-Ireland-winning captain has learned from the past to navigate the futureFri Jul 21 2023 - 05:00
David Gough to take charge of All-Ireland football finalGough was the man in the middle the last time the counties met in the final four years ago.Thu Jul 20 2023 - 17:33
All-Ireland hurling final countdown: Limerick’s first star; playing it again; TJ Reid on course for top scorer When Limerick and Kilkenny met in the 1897 All-Ireland final, Seán Óg Hanley was included among the great players for the ‘name and fame of his prowess’Thu Jul 20 2023 - 05:00
Seán Moran: From unlimited heartbreak to boundless achievement in seven stagesFive years ago Limerick crossed the Rubicon to initiate a modern dynasty. These are the numbers that achieved itWed Jul 19 2023 - 05:00
For Kilkenny, three is the recurrently magic numberThe county has won seven All-Irelands in years ending in -3 and lost just one, although that was against Limerick 50 years agoWed Jul 19 2023 - 05:00
Kerry and Dublin resurgent as sons of Ulster march towards the exitDerry dressingroom ‘in shock’ as late Kerry power play wrests semi-final from their graspMon Jul 17 2023 - 05:00
Dublin survive rigorous Monaghan examination to reach the All-Ireland finalTop-class shooting by Cormac Costello kept the Leinster champions on track against formidable opponentsSat Jul 15 2023 - 20:35
Derry scaled heights in 1993 when savvy boss Eamonn Coleman made the difference ‘We had been rudderless. He was instrumental in getting the team to a point where they had the confidence’Sat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
Dublin and Kerry set to deliver the expected All-Ireland finalMonaghan and Derry need a lot to go right if they’re to spring an upset but Down can get Ulster off to a good startSat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
LGFA in talks with other parties over players’ charter ‘contrary’ to impression given by Oireachtas meetingPlayers are participating in the championship ‘under protest’ in a campaign for a new players’ charterFri Jul 14 2023 - 10:48
Monaghan hoping not to be dragged out of their leagueUnbeaten in five years by Dublin, Vinny Corey’s team look to extend that impressive record to championshipFri Jul 14 2023 - 05:00
Kerry unchanged for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against DerryKillian Spillane fails to make panel after picking up injury earlier in the summerThu Jul 13 2023 - 21:43
Camogie Association to follow up on comments by GAA director general over support for playersCamogie Association ask GPA to engage ‘in a meaningful way’ over State of Play reportThu Jul 13 2023 - 18:28
Wicklow referee John Keenan to take charge of All-Ireland hurling finalAughrim official becomes the first Wicklow All-Ireland referee since the late Jimmy HattonThu Jul 13 2023 - 15:39
Seán Moran: GAA need to be more assertive to politicians on media rightsThe streaming service GAAGO is a reasonable commercial venture, which helps to fund the association’s core functionsWed Jul 12 2023 - 05:00
Situation not critical on Hill 16, says Croke Park director in wake of scufflesTrouble at Armagh-Monaghan was down to ‘excitable individuals rather than anything more planned or sinister’, says Peter McKennaTue Jul 11 2023 - 16:33
Mickey Graham steps down as manager of Cavan footballersManager led county to first Ulster Championship since 1997 during his five years in chargeMon Jul 10 2023 - 20:49
Kilkenny hold off furious Clare comeback to set up All-Ireland rematch with LimerickEoin Cody and Eoin Murphy provide the star billing as Cats excel in the endgame yet againSun Jul 09 2023 - 19:21
Limerick’s practised survival instincts give them edge over erratic GalwayClare’s potential injuries hinder their hopes of redeeming last year’s Kilkenny defeatSat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
