Armagh make first All-Ireland final since 2003 after thrilling win over KerryOrchard county come from five points down in second-half to earn victory after extra-time in a truly titanic tussleSat Jul 13 2024 - 20:25
Malachy Clerkin: All four teams know there is an All-Ireland on offer, if they can reach out and grab itEverybody was wrong about the football championshiop being a three-horse race. The upshot is that each of the semi-finalists are legitimate contenders for Sam MaguireSat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00
Kieran Donaghy’s four years with Armagh have been the making of him - and vice versaWhen the former Kerry full-forward joined Kieran McGeeney’s backroom team, it felt like an unlikely marriage. But his worth as a forwards coach and dressingroom presence has been hugeSat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00
For the FAI, this has the potential to be the most harmful scandal of allHopefully, the upsetting revelations over the weekend will embolden more people to come forward and tell their storyMon Jul 08 2024 - 13:35
For Cork to bring Limerick’s five-in-a-row odyssey to an end, only an epic like this would doJohn Kiely: ‘We haven’t tasted defeat very often. But any time we have, it has tasted very sour.’Mon Jul 08 2024 - 06:00
What I Read This Week: ‘Brilliant writing is all about small details’ Here are a few of the bits and bobs that caught my eye this week while I procrastinated from attending to all the fun stuffSat Jul 06 2024 - 07:00
Malachy Clerkin: Clare have to be ready for the Kilkennyness that’s coming their way Conor Fogarty sums up everything that makes Derek Lyng’s side such a consistent, dependable presence at the latter end of the championship every yearSat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Shane O’Donnell: ‘The stone wall I ran into when trying to interact with the GAA about my concussion was extremely frustrating’Whether it’s explaining the art of the pick-up or outlining his problems with the GAA, the Clare full-forward is always one of the most interesting and singular figures in the gameSat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Jack O’Connor makes no apologies for Kerry’s eyesore win over Derry Kerry boss Jack O'Connor ‘If you think you can play a kind of gung-ho open football against that type of structure then that’s not living in the real world’Mon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
Kerry eventually put Derry to bed in a pig of a game at Croke ParkA drab afternoon was saved by cameos from Cillian Burke, Killian Spillane and Dylan Geaney as the Munster champions progress to meet ArmaghSun Jun 30 2024 - 18:30
The difference with Louth in 2024 is that they’re heading to Croke Park full of beliefMickey Harte started it, Ger Brennan has continued it - the Wee County has to make sure that they’re not a one-year wonder, whatever happens against DonegalSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00
Everyone has a story to tell in the All-Ireland quarter-finals but Dublin and Kerry remain the teams to beatThe football championship finally gets serious with the two biggest beasts out there for everyone else to take a swing at in Croke Park this weekendFri Jun 28 2024 - 19:00
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh: People felt they knew him and that he knew them too The Kerry broadcaster’s lyrical genius wouldn’t have had such an impact without the organic connection with his audienceTue Jun 25 2024 - 15:55
‘They were mean at the back’ - Derry show old defensive grit to knock out Mayo Mickey Harte’s side prevail after ding-dong encounter but the home side will regret the chances missed prior to the penalty shootoutSun Jun 23 2024 - 12:56
Why did it take a draw against Dublin for Mayo fans to regain their faith?Kevin McStay’s side are probably not All-Ireland contenders, but been playing well enough to expect a better showing from supportersSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
Though stretched and chastened, Monaghan could finish down year on a high Hints of an upturn in recent weeks give Monaghan hope of springing a surprise on Saturday against Galway, who have been enduring their own woes this seasonSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
Cormac Costello’s form gives Dublin a quandary - how many inside forwards to play in the same team With Con O’Callaghan, Paul Mannion, Colm Basquel and Paddy Small to include as well, balance will be criticalMon Jun 17 2024 - 16:00
Rory McIlroy choked at the US Open and he has nobody to blame but himselfThis wasn’t about Bryson DeChambeau’s bunker shot or McIlroy’s perennially put-upon caddie - it was about the scrambled brain that led to two short putts being missed when everything was on the lineMon Jun 17 2024 - 10:02
Dublin and Mayo play out a scintillating draw as Dessie Farrell’s side go straight to quartersCormac Costello grabs an injury-time leveller to snatch a draw after a fantastic game in Dr Hyde ParkSun Jun 16 2024 - 18:06
Time for Mayo to discover just where they standIt’s been a reasonable campaign to date for Kevin McStay’s Mayo side but we will know a lot more about their potential this year after they face Dublin at Hyde ParkSun Jun 16 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Irish athletics has hit new heights, but let’s not lose the run of ourselvesParis Olympics: After the Irish team's heroics in Rome, it’s important not to overburden our best athletes with incessant medal chatSat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke: Brightest light in Irish sport continues to set new standardsThe Tallaght superstar has been named Irish Times/Sports Ireland Sportswoman of the Month for MaySat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00
Nobody takes the ‘Kilkenny are never beaten’ dictum more literally than DublinMicheál Donoghue has changed Dublin's hurlers but until they find a way to beat Kilkenny, they will be dismissed as the same old DublinSat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00
Man City v the Premier League is a repellent vomitfest - the Euros can’t come quick enoughAs Manchester City and the Premier League go to war, at least we can knock a month’s enjoyment out of hoping for England’s eventual European Championship demiseFri Jun 07 2024 - 19:48
Sweden 1 Republic of Ireland 0: How the Irish players rated Caitlin Hayes is supreme at the centre of defence as Ireland just fall short in StockholmTue Jun 04 2024 - 19:48
Sunday GAA Championship - live updates: as they happenedFollow along for live commentary with seven matches scheduled between the All-Ireland Championship and Tailteann CupSun Jun 02 2024 - 18:03
Hugo Keenan’s Sevens dream is a fantastic risk to take – only the Olympics has that kind of powerParis Olympics will see the biggest Ireland team ever competing at these gamesSat Jun 01 2024 - 06:00
Can Donegal win the All-Ireland?Jim McGuinness’s Donegal have injected some energy into a pretty drab championship but panel depth and playing style could prevent them going all the way to All-Ireland successSat Jun 01 2024 - 06:00
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Louth just the latest to break a Meath recordLimerick’s season is going exactly how they would want; Dublin wind it up; Keith Rossiter’s Wexford revival; and those bloody abacusesMon May 27 2024 - 11:14
Davy Fitzgerald: ‘The players will come and tell me what they think and they’ll be pretty blunt’ Having managed in the championship for all but one of the past 17 seasons, the Waterford boss heads to Limerick in search of a result to extend their summerSat May 25 2024 - 06:00
An afternoon with refugees at the Dublin Castle Fan Zone restores your faith in the power of footballFor an hour, a group of men weren’t any of the septic names they’d be called in the swamps online - they were just young lads playing footballSat May 25 2024 - 06:00
A ruthless streak might be the only thing Clare are missing - but they need to find itEven though Clare scored 4-21 against Waterford, they left another 4-18 on the table and continued a worrying pattern of letting big leads fade awayMon May 20 2024 - 14:48
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: A sobering seven weeks for DerryWaterford conceding too many goal chances; Monaghan at lowest ebb; Tipp bottom out; Kilkenny work in progressMon May 20 2024 - 10:22
Clare make hard work of it to finally come out ahead against heartbroken WaterfordBrian Lohan’s side should have won more easily but succession of misses kept Waterford in it until the endSun May 19 2024 - 16:25
Derry faced with a dilemma against Galway, do they stick or twist?Following the chastening defeat to Donegal, Mickey Harte's Derry must decide whether to revert to a more cautious Plan B or just come back blazing with a better, more effective Plan ASat May 18 2024 - 06:00
Jamie Costin was 27, in the shape of his life, ready for the Olympics. Then he got hit by a truckThe Waterford racewalker suffered two broken vertebrae and had to wear a body cast for five months but still made it back to compete in Beijing four years laterSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
Scottie Scheffler: After his arrest, that’s the last time anyone will call the world No1 dull and boringIt’s hard to imagine a more surreal situation than the world’s best golfer getting taken away in handcuffs from the site of the year’s second majorFri May 17 2024 - 14:54
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Don’t mess with the Ulster finalHave Cork finally uncovered Limerick’s tactical vulnerability? John Kiely laments inability to communicate with his playersMon May 13 2024 - 11:21
Jim McGuinness: ‘It felt like the Armagh fans thought that was their moment’Kieran McGeeney’s side losing their four-point lead cost them dearly against Donegal in the Ulster finalSun May 12 2024 - 21:16
Margins paper thin at Clones as McGuinness and Donegal reap final reward Heartbreaking Ulster final defeat for Armagh again as they suffer a fourth penalty shootout loss in big gamesSun May 12 2024 - 20:56
How Armagh fell from being the most feared team in Ulster to 16 years without a provincial titleWhen they lifted the Anglo Celt in 2008, it was their seventh time being champions in the previous 10 seasons - nobody expected it all to fall off a cliff, least of all themselvesSun May 12 2024 - 12:43
Amy Broadhurst has done a brave thing switching to Great Britain – but things could get messy at ParisSwitching to fight for Team GB can’t have been easy for the world champion from Dundalk but it underlines what a singular life you have to lead to be an OlympianFri May 10 2024 - 15:00
Leinster back where they most want to be, the place that has caused them the most hurtThe majority of this squad have known nothing but heartbreak in Champions Cup finalsMon May 06 2024 - 06:00
‘The humiliation of Kerry’ – how losing to Clare in 1992 made for a bitter aftermath in the KingdomThere were a lot of bad days for Kerry between 1986 and 1997 but none lower for the players involved than the county’s only ever Munster final defeat to ClareSun May 05 2024 - 06:00
Jamison Gibson-Park puts in an all-seeing display to lead Leinster to victoryJames Lowe scored a hat-trick of tries but it was no surprise that the Leinster scrum-half was awarded man of the matchSat May 04 2024 - 20:37
Galway’s form has nosedived in the absence of Shane Walsh and Damien ComerThe Tribesmen’s two best forwards played 92% of the time on the way to the 2022 All-Ireland final but those numbers have nosedived since, along with the team’s formSat May 04 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Don’t mind Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly - pitting sport against sport is completely outdatedLeinster coming to Croke Park for an enormous rugby match is a great coup for the GAA - we should not be so po-faced and precious about itFri May 03 2024 - 17:40
No shame in losing to Limerick but Sunday could not have gone worse for TipperaryThe weekend that was: Liam Cahill’s team needs to find something in the coming days otherwise their year will be over quicklyMon Apr 29 2024 - 13:51
Peter Casey injury clouds trademark Limerick win over hapless Tipperary A scoring burst either side of half-time put clear water between the teams at the Gaelic GroundsSun Apr 28 2024 - 19:12
Born leader Darragh Canavan bears the load of great expectations lightlyAn intense spotlight in Tyrone was always going to follow the footballing fortunes of Darragh and Ruairí, the sons of legendary former county star Peter CanavanSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
