Kevin McStay

Kevin McStay ready to go again as Mayo review finally produces green light

Manager under increasing pressure to deliver as county board take three months to analyse the outcome of the 2024 season

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 06:00

Pro game a safe place for amateurs? Did the Dubs ever really go away?

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

Tue May 03 2022 - 07:06

Letters, phone calls and abuse: What happens when a referee gets a big decision wrong?

James Owens, Conor Lane and Paud O’Dwyer on being in the spotlight this year

Sun Nov 07 2021 - 08:00

Ciarán Murphy: Biased pundits are fine as long as they entertain and inform too

Those calling on RTÉ to use neutrals on GAA panels are unlikely to get much of a hearing

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 06:00

Bench has often proved decisive in Dublin-Mayo rivalry

McManamon was thorn in underdogs’ side but champions’ reserves look weaker this time out

Fri Aug 13 2021 - 06:00

All-Ireland SFC: Our writers and pundits answer the big championship questions

Dublin try and claim a seventh successive title - but is there a surprise in store?

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00

Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other

Mary Hannigan runs the rule over the weird and sometimes wonderful in 2020

Wed Dec 30 2020 - 05:26

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2020: Our writers’ and pundits’ predictions

Our experts find it hard to look past Dublin and Kerry as winners of unique competition

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 08:00

Football 2020: It’s a knockout revisited – ‘You played, you lost, you went home’

Darragh Ó Sé and Kevin McStay recall days when teams got no second chance

Thu Oct 29 2020 - 16:10

GAA rules out revival of provincial and All-Ireland club championships

Successful completion of county club campaigns has led to clamour for extended run

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 06:00

Finishers: How the evolution of substitutes has changed Gaelic football

Tyrone were one of the frontrunners in the tactical use of replacements

Sun Apr 12 2020 - 15:05

My favourite sporting moment: Donegal and Kildare’s high summer street opera

An unexpected epic of an All-Ireland quarter-final provides magic escapism in July 2011

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 06:00

TV View: Forget about the Fix for Six, how about the Yen for Ten

For now, all of Dublin wants to ‘paaaaaaaarty’ like Ciarán Kilkenny

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 22:09

TV View: Kerry take silver ... according to Joe Brolly at least

In the Sky Sports studio on Sunday José Mourinho couldn’t hold back on a few jabs

Sun Aug 11 2019 - 21:40

TV View: Give kitten-loving Dublin the trophy already

Hopeless panel tell us not to mind the drive for five, it’ll be ‘seven is heaven’ soon enough

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 21:26

Shane Lowry the ‘accessible superstar’; Dublin could lose home neutral venue

Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

Tue Jul 23 2019 - 07:38

Seán Moran: This year promises to be momentous for football

Dublin's quest for five-in-a-row may not be history's defining feature of this year

Wed May 08 2019 - 06:33

Expert view: National football and hurling league predictions

Irish Times GAA writers and columnists have their say on the 2019 Allianz leagues

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00

New managers face gruelling season with little to show for it

Personal lives put on hold as senior managers grapple with demands of the job

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 06:30

Donegal oppose Dublin playing two Super 8 games at Croke Park

GAA’s CCCC advocates continuation of the arrangements first introduced this year

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 06:00

Anthony Cunningham ratified as new Roscommon manager

Former Galway hurling manager replaces Kevin McStay who stepped down

Fri Nov 09 2018 - 20:26

Aidan O’Rourke’s appointment as Roscommon manager delayed

Former Armagh All-Ireland winner was expected to be ratified at a meeting on Monday

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 22:04

GAA managers: 'Possibly half-mad. Certainly obsessed'

Era of long-term inter-county manager has passed due to the growing demands

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 07:00

Hundreds buy tickets for Roscommon GAA’s Dublin house raffle

Club Rossie hopes to raise €1.5 million from the raffle of a €425,000 house in Ashtown

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 12:07

Seán Moran: Football’s growing hopelessness needs addressing

Quinn’s endorsement of the idea of a graded championship a timely intervention

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 07:00

GAA accepts escalating travel costs an issue for counties

DG Ryan thinks there may be better ways of addressing funding than Roscommon’s proposal

Tue Sept 11 2018 - 05:00

Kevin McStay stands down as Roscommon manager

He guided county to 2017 Connacht title and back-to-back All-Ireland quarter-finals

Wed Sept 05 2018 - 17:58

Kevin McStay: Galway will push Dublin but not quite far enough

All-Ireland champions to subdue western challenge while Tyrone can edge northern derby

Sat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00

Darragh Ó Sé: Super 8s experience should stand to Kildare

Roscommon need a new plan after their lack of physicality proved telling

Wed Jul 25 2018 - 07:00

Kevin McStay accepts three month ban

Roscommon manager involved in altercation with linesman last weekend

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 15:34

Majestic Murphy brings the magic for Donegal at Hyde Park

Roscommon’s Kevin McStay could find himself in hot water after altercation with linesman

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 06:00

Pressure is on as the Kingdom come to Clones

With Kerry still smarting from defeat by Galway, this could be Monaghan’s chance

Fri Jul 20 2018 - 05:00

Impressive Tyrone lay down a significant marker

Harte’s men prepare for “acid test” against Dubs by clinically dispatching Roscommon

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00

Seán Moran: GAA correct not to respond to Kildare ultimatum

Croke Park’s CCCC has the ultimate responsibility of making fixtures

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 07:00