Clare’s Shane O’Donnell finds trimmed-down season is just the right fitExperienced forward Shane O'Donnell has looked particularly sharp in first two championship outings since his return to duty for the BannerFri May 03 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: All-Ireland football championship draw hastens final curtain for provincialsRelevance of the provincial championships to competition for Sam Maguire has declined to virtually nothingWed May 01 2024 - 06:00
Conor Whelan snatches point for Galway against KilkennyDepleted Kilkenny side pegged back in the fifth minute of added time at Pearse StadiumSun Apr 28 2024 - 16:22
Fanahan McSweeney, the ‘amazing character’ who deserves to be recognised for so much more than his ominous sighting before the Munich massacreThe Corkman once hailed in the US as ‘the Cajun sportsman of the century’ and described by Eamonn Coghlan as ‘one of the greatest Irish athletes of all time’ was also an inventor, engineer and musician. One RTÉ commentator says he was ’probably the most remarkable person I’ve come across in my life’Sat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Cork and Kilkenny ring the changes ahead of vital hurling matchesCork make six changes for Clare clash with Cahalane and Lehane left out, while injuries force Kilkenny into a number of switchesFri Apr 26 2024 - 12:34
Seán Moran: If you think this season needs an overhaul, take a glance backwardsProblems remain but the player and spectator experiences have been transformed this centuryWed Apr 24 2024 - 06:00
Limerick fight back to stun Clare with final-quarter surge All-Ireland champions scored 3-6 in the closing stages to record a three-point win, having at one stage trailed by nineSun Apr 21 2024 - 16:55
County-by-county guide to GAA hurling championshipRival hurling counties lining up to see if they can stop Limerick's quest for historic All-Ireland five-in-a-rowSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Weekend hurling previews: Clare aiming to lay down a marker to championsCusack Park not Limerick’s favourite hunting ground while elsewhere Cork and Wexford can register important opening round-robin victoriesSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Bringing All-Irelands back to September a curious piece of kite flying by BurnsIt’s not entirely clear whether the GAA president was simply thinking out loud or seriously contemplating itWed Apr 17 2024 - 06:00
Goal-hungry Louth see off Wexford to set up semi-final clash with KildareCiarán Downey’s two dynamite finishes and two penalties from Sam Mulroy seal the dealSun Apr 14 2024 - 19:17
Old gang is back for Dublin as Meath face daunting taskLaois, Down, Kildare, Louth and Armagh should progress in respective competitionsSat Apr 13 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Make football attractive and cynical fouling counterproductive. Simple?Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee addresses age-old concerns about Gaelic football in a contemporary settingWed Apr 10 2024 - 06:00
Can Derry win the All-Ireland? Have the GAA ruined the calendar? Do Dublin deliver dinners? Three football greats consider the big questions Darragh Ó Sé, Dean Rock and Michael Murphy - all highly influential and now all Irish Times columnists - chat about the state of play before the provincial championships kick off this weekendSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
All-Ireland football championship 2024: How the teams rank from 33 to 1 after the league campaignWho ranks as the main All-Ireland contender heading into the first weekend of championship action?Sat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
In-form Clare can finish the league unbeaten and with a first title in eight yearsBoth teams will have it harder than in poorly contested semi-finals but Brian Lohan’s Clare can edge out impressive Kilkenny in Division One finalFri Apr 05 2024 - 19:34
Jim Gavin lays out timetable for changing rules to make Gaelic football more excitingThe chair of the Football Review Committee explains that new rules could be trailled next year and implemented for the 2026 seasonFri Apr 05 2024 - 15:57
Dean Rock turned down trials for NFL’s international player pathway Former Dublin footballer was approached to travel to London with a view to joining the group of GAA players who travelled to AmericaFri Apr 05 2024 - 13:27
Mickey Harte repositions Derry as contenders and raises questions about DublinDoes the collision of trends from the past 10 years mark a turning point in football’s hierarchy?Wed Apr 03 2024 - 06:00
Harte happy as Derry deliver on the national stage in style Veteran manager Mickey Harte hails a big performance and deserved victory for Derry over reigning All-Ireland champions DublinSun Mar 31 2024 - 22:28
Derry claim league title as Dublin finally run out of escape actsMickey Harte’s men could have won this game after both normal and extra time, but penalties were eventually needed to separate sidesSun Mar 31 2024 - 19:22
Armagh could edge past Donegal to deliver win Kieran McGeeney craves Down’s fortunes likely to improve against WestmeathSat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
Armagh put relegation to good use as Kieran McGeeney prepares for Ulster challengeA season of better balanced attack and defence has sent Armagh straight back to Division One and into Sunday’s Division Two finalSat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
It’s difficult to see Derry stopping Dublin’s flowMickey Harte’s consistently effective team comes up against in-form champions as the league’s two best sides go head to headSat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ announce schedule of live GAA matches for next five monthsNational broadcaster will show half of the Munster hurling championship fixtures including Limerick’s first two matchesFri Mar 29 2024 - 18:52
Seán Moran: Burns has to spring early into action to exorcise the ghost of bans past The new president had an unexpectedly demanding afternoon at Central Council but he stamped his authority on itWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Anticlimactic final weekend comes at a bad time for football leagueTightness of scheduling and its associated distraction, the imminence of championship, have caused complaintsMon Mar 25 2024 - 15:30
GAA league final fixtures released as Clare take on Kilkenny at Semple StadiumDerry meet Dublin in the Division One football final in Croke Park at 4pmMon Mar 25 2024 - 14:42
Dublin swat Tyrone aside to book final showdown with DerryDessie Farrell’s side make in five successive wins as young players continue to add depthSun Mar 24 2024 - 16:49
GAA clears way for some soccer and rugby games to be held at its venues including Croke ParkCroke Park in line to stage Champions Cup semi-final if Leinster make last fourSun Mar 24 2024 - 12:18
Football previews: Last call for most counties before championship beckonsDifficult assignment for Fermanagh in Cavan as they seek to retain Division Two statusSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Hurling League previews: Limerick and Clare on course for unscheduled meetingImminence of the Munster championship makes Limerick and Clare potentially contesting a league final sub-optimal but needs mustSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
GAA league permutations: Top teams pick and choose but an anxious time for othersAllianz Football League: Several final weekend verdicts remain open as counties aim for the highest status availableFri Mar 22 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: League’s championship promise may be clouding but it remains bright at the topIncentives to reach Sam Maguire look elusive but for top teams, league performance is still proving a priorityWed Mar 20 2024 - 06:00
Subplots takes over as Kerry and Roscommon head for D-DaySeveral issues have already been settled but football finalists are still to be decidedMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
Kerry victory leaves Roscommon on the brink of relegationRoscommon wasteful at home as Kerry give themselves chance to make league finalSun Mar 17 2024 - 18:38
Kerry come calling and Roscommon once more look for the energy to survive Life as a yo-yo county: since 2015 Roscommon have been promoted to Division 1 four times. Now they face a potential fourth relegationSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Hurling league previews: Weakened Galway face tough task against LimerickCork have an outside chance of forcing a way into the league semi-finalsFri Mar 15 2024 - 19:00
Seán Moran: Four years on, the influence of Covid on the GAA is still in evidenceIt took the worst global health crisis in a century but the association responded by doing things differentlyWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00
Limerick’s imposing form doesn’t mean there’s nothing for rivals in the leagueThe Weekend That Was: Limerick may determine the hurling league’s championship relevance but other counties have witnessed progressMon Mar 11 2024 - 16:45
Waterford the fall guys as next year’s top division reveals itselfWexford’s win in Walsh Park relegates their neighbours while it also looks over for Dublin and WestmeathSun Mar 10 2024 - 20:18
Late burst takes Clare past Kilkenny and into league semi-finalsBrian Lohan’s team maintain their unbeaten record in EnnisSun Mar 10 2024 - 18:07
New hurling format: Better for players and spectators or cutting adrift developing counties?From 2025, the hurling league will have an elite level of seven counties set to thrive both on and off the pitchSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
National Hurling League previews: Moving weekend as next year’s Division One takes shapeHurling: Limerick can maintain upper hand over Tipperary while other fixtures will go a long way to settling the new hierarchySat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
Conor Glass and Paddy Deegan named AIB club players of the yearPlayers had key roles with their clubs Watty Graham’s Glen and O’Loughlin GaelsFri Mar 08 2024 - 23:00
Final farewell for Down GAA footballing hero Dan McCartan Player hailed from one of football’s most distinguished families and transpired to be a formative influence on the county’s 1960s breakthroughFri Mar 08 2024 - 16:40
Tipperary hoping to wipe the slate clean as they get ready for the championsWith just one win in 11 matches since they last beat Limerick in the league, Tipp look to draw a line in the sandFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Dublin’s old guard get the bit between their teeth to rewrite last year’s elegiesAfter a stolid opening to their league campaign All-Ireland champions Dublin are looking right back in businessWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
Mickey Harte on Cormac McAnallen: ‘He could’ve been one of the best to ever play the game’Former Tyrone manager said McAnallen is a loss to his family and GAA on the 20th anniversary of his sudden deathSun Mar 03 2024 - 15:31
Dublin inflict Derry’s first defeat of league season in Celtic ParkDerry manager Mickey Harte chose to rest players with a possible league final in mindSun Mar 03 2024 - 15:18
