Ciarán Murphy: Stakes still high for Galway and LimerickDefeat on Sunday could see losers left out in the cold following a restructured leagueWed Mar 22 2017 - 22:00
Second Opinion: Kerry have special reason to stop Gavin’s trailblazersDublin are on verge of breaking a record set by forefathers of Kingdom football dynastyWed Mar 15 2017 - 21:02
Ciarán Murphy: Time for Galway and Kildare to grasp the nettleStep up to Division One certainly not a test anyone should be backing away from nowThu Mar 09 2017 - 07:30
Ciarán Murphy: Clare are proof Super 8 is a good fitWrong to think new football championship format will be a hindrance to ‘weaker counties’Wed Mar 01 2017 - 16:20
Second Opinion: Write Brian Cody off at your perilKilkenny will most likely be there or thereabouts when the championship is decidedWed Feb 22 2017 - 17:30
GAA gives us all a chance to measure ourselves against our heroesJunior and intermediate finals are as good a day as you can have following Gaelic gamesWed Feb 15 2017 - 22:00
Ciarán Murphy: Defining year for Clare hurling beckonsLife after Davy Fitzgerald should be intriguing as Banner seek to prove themselves againWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: GAA online experience for the most part a positive onePodcasts dedicated to the struggles of one’s own county find a ready and willing audienceWed Feb 01 2017 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: ‘Forgotten’ hurling should take lead from football revampPlayers want more games and aim of any championship is to produce worthy winnerWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: Onerous contracts a bridge too far for GAA club playersIt’s incumbent on all sensible players to maintain a proper work-life-GAA balanceThu Jan 19 2017 - 13:20
Second Opinion: Welcome to the GAA’s own FA Cup third roundThe phoney war has started so don’t blame supporters for a bit of wishful thinkingThu Jan 12 2017 - 00:54
Second Opinion: This could be a weekend when a star is bornEarly part of GAA season is chance for some unknowns names to share in the limelightWed Jan 04 2017 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: ‘Setting record straight’ did Connelly and Holmes few favoursFormer Mayo managers would have been better served by not opening can of wormsThu Dec 22 2016 - 09:00
Ciarán Murphy: Munster rugby has found its way againTragic death of coach Anthony Foley is the moment season changed for the provinceWed Dec 14 2016 - 19:00
Ciarán Murphy: TG4 is still capturing the passion of sportYou don’t need subtitles to see the sheer enthusiasm driving TG4’s GAA coverageThu Dec 08 2016 - 17:04
Versatile GAA talents take chance to shine in a different codeGary Brennan, Daithí Burke and Con O’Callaghan have starred in their clubs’ runsWed Nov 30 2016 - 19:05
Ciarán Murphy: The rules won’t change for the GAAThe democratic nature of the association is a myth as most good ideas wither on the vineWed Nov 23 2016 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: Castleknock GAA club prove that sometimes less is moreSmaller clubs can help to facilitate the large numbers who want to play the gameWed Nov 16 2016 - 18:13
Second Opinion: Tipperary fans look askance at Austin Gleeson’s awardGifted hurler that he is, did he change the biggest games decisively in Deise’s favour?Wed Nov 09 2016 - 21:31
Ciarán Murphy: All Blacks’ domination provides a lesson for allGAA has had its own powerhouse sides in the last 15 yearsWed Nov 02 2016 - 21:15
Second Opinion: Leinster Council not giving Galway fair crack of whipConnacht county should be given full parity with other counties in Leinster hurling championshipWed Oct 26 2016 - 17:02
Club heroes now guaranteed their 15 minutes of fameExploits of the humble club player likely to be captured for posterity on social media sitesWed Oct 19 2016 - 19:30
Ciarán Murphy: Time for club players to get deserved respectA set calender should be introduced for clubs so their players can prepare accordinglyWed Oct 12 2016 - 22:00
Ciarán Murphy: Agonising All-Ireland wait a burden for suffering Mayo fansAnother shattering final defeat almost too much to bear for Mayo’s loyal faithfulWed Oct 05 2016 - 20:23
Ciarán Murphy: Relishing a floodlit footballing feast in replayClash of Dublin and Mayo under lights, with Sam Maguire on the line, promises to be specialWed Sept 28 2016 - 21:00
Ciarán Murphy: What happens on All-Ireland day reverberates for lifeIt’s a powerful thing that on All-Ireland day the winners from 25 years before are presentedThu Sept 22 2016 - 14:57
Ciarán Murphy: no place in an All-Ireland final for ordinary menThe fitness level needed in the All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Kerry was scaryWed Sept 14 2016 - 20:00
John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer could take a leaf from Rory McIlroy’s bookTipperary hurler should take criticism with a pinch of salt like world number threeWed Sept 07 2016 - 20:21
Cody’s will to win strongest when stakes are highestWhen the chips are down the Kilkenny manager shows what he’s really made ofThu Sept 01 2016 - 16:12
Second Opinion: GAA not the last bastion of Corinthian idealsWe owe it to our national sporting organisation to be aware of its shortcomingsWed Aug 24 2016 - 17:57
Waterford must start again from bottom of mountainPutting Kilkenny to pin of their collar sadly doesn’t guarantee success next seasonWed Aug 17 2016 - 22:30
Ciarán Murphy: Waterford must push away hand of historyKilkenny’s ‘lion in winter’ routine is getting pretty tiresome at this stageThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:41
Second Opinion: Waterford entitled to try a novel route to gloryDéise have suffered so many black days since last All-Ireland senior success in 1959Wed Aug 03 2016 - 19:35
Ciarán Murphy: Football championship trumping hurling in every wayWhile there has been bad games in both, the football carries more significant storylinesWed Jul 27 2016 - 17:21
Ciarán Murphy: Momentum a major asset in GAA seasonClare and Wexford have one advantage as they face wounded Waterford and GalwayWed Jul 20 2016 - 22:30
Connacht rugby losing Jarlath Fallon was Galway’s gainFormer goalkeeper Derek Thompson hopes Roscommon can return to winning cycle after he broke it in 1998Sat Jul 16 2016 - 07:10
Mayo might benefit from taking the road less travelledGalway will be disappointed if they don’t back up surprising win with Connacht titleWed Jul 06 2016 - 22:30
Ciarán Murphy: GAA doesn’t really need feed of pints to have a good timeAt Euro 2016 the crowd is different and the buzz too. Drink as a concept was everywhereWed Jun 29 2016 - 22:00
Ciarán Murphy: Apathy draining the life from Galway footballWhile Mayo leave no stone unturned, many Galway players decline a county call-upWed Jun 15 2016 - 18:00
Omnishambles as Armagh chairman rises to Joe Brolly’s baitWe find ourselves in the middle of our first Joe Brolly News Cycle of the summerThu Jun 09 2016 - 07:00
Offaly up for the fight as Laois collapse in TullamoreFaithful County avoid early season disaster to make their way into Leinster semi-finalSun Jun 05 2016 - 19:10
Ciarán Murphy: My guide for Dublin fans going to KilkennyThings have changed since last time Boys in Blue ventured out of their comfort zoneWed Jun 01 2016 - 13:06
Ciarán Murphy: GAA could take a leaf out of Connacht’s bookDemand continuing to outstrip supply can make for an unforgettable atmosphereThu May 26 2016 - 07:24
Second Opinion: Ciarán Murphy on the season kicking offCounties in All-Ireland championships take chance to shine in first sun of the summerWed May 18 2016 - 21:38
Second Opinion: Ciarán Murphy on the new ‘lovable’ DubsJim Gavin’s stylish team popular even with their country cousinsWed May 11 2016 - 21:27
Johnny Glynn feeling very much at home in New YorkGalway hurler ready to assist his adopted city’s footballers against RoscommonSun May 01 2016 - 14:47
Kerry and Kilkenny don’t care if they’re loved or loathed once they’re winningAll-Ireland winners show that specialists continue to rule the roost at the highest levelWed Oct 01 2014 - 13:10
Like Padraic Coyne in ’83, Paul Durcan got stuck between a Rock and a hard placeGoalkeepers suffer fate of having no control over redemption following errorsThu Sept 25 2014 - 12:00
Kerry football an evil empire with a siren’s call to all‘We’ll willingly make heroes out of their biggest spoofers, because they’re so damn charming’Wed Sept 17 2014 - 16:30
Failure of Clare hurlers leads to the end of dual dreamsDavy Fitzgerald’s intransigence is part of what makes him a winnerWed Sept 10 2014 - 21:00
