Ciarán Murphy: The uncomfortable truth is people don’t want more Gaelic football games
But Central Council should revisit its rejection of the proposal to add a third tier to the football championship
Waterford now merely base camp for brilliant Ballygunner
Ciarán Murphy: Despite unprecedented dominance in Waterford, champions Ballygunner remain all the more determined to add provincial and All-Ireland honours
Colm O’Rourke’s Meath exit a stark reminder of pitfalls in moving from punditry to management
As The Sunday Game panelist set sail as Meath manager, he had the tailwind of a nation’s worth of blowhards at his back
There’s no begrudging the continuation of Shane Long’s boy-meets-hurl story
But what if he’d left to play Aussie Rules?
Ciarán Murphy: Widespread live-streaming ensures a whole new ball game for the GAA
Ciarán Murphy: Expanding GAAGo to include Clubber and county board streaming services and making it cost effective for GAA members should be the new goal
Ciarán Murphy: National anthems often the catalyst to enable athletes excel
‘We stand for the anthem, buoyant and tribal, heart beating with heart, our colours brave, our faces turned towards the uncertain sun’
Ciarán Murphy: Oisín McConville’s quiet conviction undermines my Zen-like calm
Ciarán Murphy: All week I’ve had a firm belief about Galway’s chances of All-Ireland glory but a trip to Crossmaglen provided an unsettling doubt or two
Ciarán Murphy: Mass hysteria in store even if Clare don’t drink Cork’s milkshake
The All-Ireland finals feel pleasingly fresh even if the teams are familiar to each other
Donaghy and Armagh benefit from blurring GAA’s unwritten rules; and they’re not the only ones
The unreasonable men involved in this weekend’s All-Ireland semi-finals welcome external help
Ciarán Murphy: Reluctant Rebels pay a heavy price for their timidity
Ciarán Murphy: Cautious Cork refused to even place a bet when all the chips were on the table and Louth duly scooped the pot
Ciarán Murphy: Rory McIlroy’s US Open failure a stark reminder of sport’s unforgiving nature
‘I felt bad for him when he lost the Open to Cameron Smith at St Andrews … He played solid golf, the other guy played brilliant golf, and he lost’
Ciarán Murphy: The GAA doesn’t need bigger stadiums – it needs better ones
GAA president Jarlath Burns pessimistic about prospects for Euro 2028 in Belfast but already imagining a new future for Casement Park
Ciarán Murphy: It may be time to start taking Cork seriously again
There’s an event that offers the sort of weekend every GAA person should try to experience at least once in their lives
Copying Limerick hurlers could be worth a shot for some football teams
It would be foolish to expect Dublin, Kerry, Galway or Donegal to change now, but other counties should consider it
Ciarán Murphy: A golden age dawns for that GAA permutation-lover in your life
‘Life is frustratingly short on clarity and so too are league tables where three teams out of four … can qualify’