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Mayo were fortunate to come through against Meath as they gave them a chance with some slack kickout pressing
Meath GAA
Kobe McDonald leads Mayo second-half revival to see out Meath
Royals reduced to 14 after straight red for substitute Ronan Jones
Wins for Kerry and Mayo in football, Clare hammer Dublin in hurling
Clare play Dublin the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final later
Malachy Clerkin: Every team is flawed in the football championship, so every team is hopeful
The format change has given us a brilliant slate of games this weekend, including Kerry v Armagh and Dublin v Donegal
Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Armagh v Kerry and Dublin v Donegal
A blockbuster football weekend sees All-Ireland favourites face off, while the Tailteann Cup semi-finals take place in Croke Park
Pat Spillane on the 1996 Meath-Mayo row: ‘I wasn’t the angry fella. Anybody who knows me knows I’m a piss-taker’
After 30 years as a Sunday Game pundit, Spillane’s legendary send-up of the All-Ireland final brawl remains one of the things he gets asked about most
Draw for All-Ireland football quarter-finals to take place on Monday
The draw is scheduled to begin shortly after 8.30am
All-Ireland SFC: Meath beat Derry in thriller; wins for Cork, Kerry and Monaghan - as it happened
Cork stun Donegal after being seven points down, while Monaghan hammer Roscommon in Clones to knock them out of the championship
Meath make air superiority count as they send Derry packing at Celtic Park
Robbie Brennan’s side dominated Derry’s kick-out while James Conlon was impressive all over the park
Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Donegal v Cork
Football championship moves into knock-out territory
Fully fit Galway look well placed to topple trio of favourites in All-Ireland
Dubs living on borrowed time as Ger Brennan returns to sideline
Meath master Joe Sheridan backing Royals to regroup against Derry
Robbie Brennan’s men face a tough test as they enter last-chance saloon of Celtic Park
Red cards have the power to turn the tide in modern football
It has become a real peril for any team to be at a numerical disadvantage
Steven Sherlock provides the answers for Cork as 14 men overcome Meath and red card
Home side advance despite midfielder Colm O’Callaghan being dismissed with 19 minutes left
Kildare overcome Meath on penalties in tense Leinster minor final
Substitute Logan Tennyson a crucial element in Kildare’s victory
Ciarán Murphy: Win the Tailteann Cup and good things can follow
Tournament still searching for a niche, but past winners have gone on to shine brightly
Darragh Ó Sé: All-Ireland draw should never have been held the week of provincial finals
Not only are the Munster and Connacht deciders overshadowed but the likes of Donegal, Meath and Tyrone are rewarded for getting knocked out early
Kerry drawn against Donegal for opening round of All-Ireland football championship
The opening eight matches will take place over the final two weekends in May
Leinster football and hurling championships move from monopolies to a process of deregulation
The weekend’s results accelerate the move away from predictability, with Kilkenny and Dublin showing frailties
Rory Gallagher fails to strike right note as social media pundit
Rust Belt Banshees on the way; fixture logjam; Westmeath revival; numbers game; and more
Westmeath knock Meath out of Leinster in seismic shock in Tullamore
Win was thoroughly deserved by a much hungrier and resolute outfit against the Division Two champions
Jordan Morris and Meath set out on mission to end 16 years of pain in Leinster
The Royals came undone in the 2025 provincial final but they have momentum on their side after clinching Division Two title
Kevin McStay: ‘Football can never be allowed to decline into such a state again’
McStay set to head new Gaelic football expert advisory group following Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee
All-Ireland SFC power rankings: Where is your county in the pecking order?
Heading into first weekend of championship, Donegal are in great shape, Kerry are still king. Here is how all sides are looking
Leinster Football Championship needed a shake-up, Louth provided the blueprint
After Dublin’s provincial run ended last season, more counties are daring to dream
Sam Mulroy: ‘Someone ending that cycle of Dublin winning Leinster was so, so important’
Louth are being held up as the team that have inspired everyone in this year’s championship to dream big
Donegal’s dominance from restarts leaves Kerry with an overwhelming problem
Meath did a similar number on Cork in the Division Two final, underlining a renewed focus on the strategy
Meath boss Robbie Brennan: ‘This is not our stopping point at all here today’
Players set to celebrate Division Two title success ahead of championship campaign
National League finals: Donegal dominate Division 1 decider against Kerry – as it happened
Meath won the Division 2 title in a close contest against Cork
Meath ride purple patch all the way to the finish to pip Cork for Division Two title
Royal County reel off eight points without response to turn around a three-point deficit at Croke Park
Weekend’s football league finals: Predictions, throw-in times and TV details, including Kerry v Donegal
Last year’s All-Ireland finalists meet again in Division 1 decider at Croke Park
Once again, league has become the football season’s focal point
High-voltage league conclusions have been charging up since the turn of the century
NFL final round: Dramatic finish as Dublin get relegated to Division Two – as it happened
Donegal and Kerry to contest final; Meath and Cork are promoted; dramatic finishes in Division Three and Four see Wexford and Longford promoted
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
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