A 25-year trend has increasingly marginalised the provinces. Time to recognise reality
New All-Ireland football format is the latest to undermine the provincial championships
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Gaelic Athletic Association
Limerick’s intensity and execution underline gap as Clare struggle to cope with pressure
For the Banner, the issue now is how they respond to issues that Limerick exposed in Ennis
Women in sport deserve more and better coverage
Plenty of events, such as Champions League semi-final, merit reporting in newspaper
All-Ireland football championship draw: Kerry play Donegal in first round, Dublin and Louth to meet again
Eight opening round fixtures to be played on last two weekends of May
Dublin out to reclaim Leinster throne: Five things we learned from the GAA weekend
Louth pulled from their provincial thrown, clinical Limerick leave Clare in tatters
If you think hurling referees are influenced by the scoreboard, you are right
A superb study on ‘compensatory bias’ produced some fascinating results
Limerick’s noise, Clare’s silence and a hurling statement made in Ennis
Brian Lohan’s men left chasing shadows as a reshaped Limerick deliver a commanding statement
Conor McManus: Following up on a big surprise is a different challenge for resourceful Down
Conor Laverty’s team will find Armagh pose a more varied threat than Donegal last week
Eimear Hurley sets sights on St Finbarr’s glory again after Cuala detour
‘I spent eight weekends in a row going up and down the road, which just took a lot out of me’
Waterford’s rising intensity cancelled out Tipperary’s clinical shooting display
The Déise need to learn that possession alone is not enough - it is what you do with it that defines outcomes
Should planning rules for one-off housing be relaxed? Opinions for and against
Liberalisation of the planning guidelines is necessary to support rural communities, proponents argue, but opponents point to environmental impacts and increased pressure on services
Too many head-high tackles were left unpunished in Páirc Uí Chaoimh: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Roscommon show strength in depth; the great Stephen Bennett; teams face Tailteann Cup wait; TJ Reid breaks record
Conor McManus: Armagh’s ferocity and Donegal’s depth shape the Ulster championship picture
A bad beating in the league final would have been a real setback for Donegal but Kerry can use it as a reset
Michael Jackson was breathtaking at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. But what was the 10-year-old doing at his hotel?
While the king of pop – the subject of a new biopic – was thrilling audiences in Cork in 1988, concerned reporters were offering to help James Safechuck escape
Cork showed against Tipperary that they have made progress but the next step is more complex
Ben O’Connor has changed his side’s style since the All-Ireland final implosion, but control gives you a foothold in games - variation wins them
Ex-rugby international Kathryn Dane: ‘I got exposed to concussions from a pretty young age’
Benefits of the game ‘far outweigh the risk of concussion in my mind, especially the social benefits of playing a sport like rugby’
Dublin’s slide back into the Leinster football pack continues: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Goal-shy Cork could struggle to beat Limerick on points; Galway’s novel tactical approach adds intrigue
Kobe McDonald is a reminder that GAA people are every bit as selfish as pro sports fans
Pressuring intercounty players to devote themselves to club and county is just as tawdry as the AFL picking them off for profit
Seán Moran: Despite renewed signs of life, are the provincial championships on borrowed time?
All-Ireland winners do not need them and they create structural anomalies
Man who assaulted umpire at underage GAA match given suspended sentence
Michael Kelly (41) came at victim with his arms swinging after his son got into verbal disagreement with umpire, court hears
Armagh make their bench boost count: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Cork hurling have a custody battle on their hands; Wicklow demonstrate their bouncebackability
Cork won’t mourn a league title lost when championship beckons: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Munster shows its might, gambling on cards, Shane O’Donnell looking sharp
Donegal’s Michael Murphy should have seen red: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Kerry prefer their losses inconsequential, two-pointers win games, and Carlow come alive
From North Macedonia to Munster, it doesn’t pay for teams to be hopeless for long
More and more sports bodies realise the value of keeping teams in the running for glory for as long as possible
My friend Michael Lyster met life on his own terms
Michael met life on his own terms, often swept up in the lightness of story telling without taking himself seriously
Over the last 100 years, the national leagues have innovated and entertained
From chaotic beginnings, the leagues are now the GAA’s best contested inter-county competitions
‘A stupid split-second decision’: Apology offered to umpire assaulted during minor hurling match
Concussion and other injuries sustained by official were not caused by Michael Kelly (41)
‘Magic in human form’: Michael Lyster funeral hears of a devoted family man
Former presenter of RTÉ’s The Sunday Game remembered as ‘one of the great broadcasters and one of the great people’
Seán Moran: GAA embraces new age of streaming as ‘biggest step change’ in match coverage
GAA+ has transformed viewing possibilities in little over an at-times-turbulent decade
Michael Lyster had the skill and talent to make his job look effortless
Unflappable approach and breezy nature were key to his astounding longevity as the face of The Sunday Game
Early-season intent a warning of what is yet to come from Kerry and other things we learned from the GAA weekend
Seán O’Shea and David Clifford raring to go, Ger Brennan looks on the bright side of relegation
With more ups and downs than a trampoline park, there’s nothing like the last day of the league
Longford and Wexford are promoted with the last kicks of their campaigns, Dublin are relegated with theirs
Weekend’s football league fixtures, permutations, throw-in times and TV details, including Armagh v Kerry
Division 1 final likely to see All-Ireland rematch between Donegal and Kerry
Ciarán Murphy: Merging Gaelic games associations is inevitable, so just get on with it
When Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right, the sky didn’t fall, so we can ignore the doomsayers
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