Fate of Parnells a cautionary tale for GAA clubsCroke Park aware of difficulties and working to safeguard future of the games in catchmentThu Nov 28 2024 - 18:22
Seán Moran: FRC proposals deserve to be trialled but referees also need enhanced supportThe most important group in implementing any of the GAA's rule changes have to feel less neglectedWed Nov 27 2024 - 06:00
Busy Saturday at Croke Park brings climax to seismic Leinster club hurling championshipTwo keenly contested semi-finals reflected an extraordinarily open Leinster campaignTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:00
Mayo’s Pádraig O’Hora expected to join Cillian O’Connor in departing senior football panelO’Connor has opted out of the Mayo set-up for next seasonMon Nov 25 2024 - 21:08
Na Fianna ride out the storm to reach a second Leinster finalGoal by replacement Seán Ryan helps to see off a determined St Martin’s challengeSun Nov 24 2024 - 19:42
St Martin’s get Wexford challenge back on the road after years of stallingThe county has won just two matches in Leinster since Oulart won the province nine yerars agoSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
GAA previews: Remaining provincial final places down for decision in three provincesNone of last year’s football champions remain in contention in Ulster, Leinster or MunsterFri Nov 22 2024 - 18:47
Wexford hurler Diarmuid O’Keeffe announces intercounty retirementSt Anne’s club man won an All Star in 2019Fri Nov 22 2024 - 18:21
GAA previews: Loughmore throw down gauntlet to fancied BallygunnerFormidable Waterford champions cast a big shadow over the club hurling championshipSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Dual in Tipp’s crown: Love of both codes makes Loughmore double troubleEqual commitment to hurling and football is what has made Loughmore-Castleiney senior champions in both codesSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Club culture in the new age - split season, fluctuating fortunes and anxious administratorsThere have been exciting matches and new contenders but scheduling fixtures is a tightrope walkWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00
Leinster club finals set for Croke Park on what promises to be a busy SaturdayNovember 30th is also the date for special congress, a general election count and the Ireland-Australia rugby matchTue Nov 12 2024 - 06:00
Roscommon GAA home ground to be renamed King & Moffatt Dr Hyde ParkFive-year deal for rebranding from sponsors of mechanical and engineering firmMon Nov 11 2024 - 21:31
Three-time All-Ireland winning Galway footballer Noel Tierney dies aged 82Milltown clubman was member of three-in-a-row winning Galway team of the 1960sMon Nov 11 2024 - 10:29
Niall O’Callaghan stars as Cuala navigate late Naas comeback to reach Leinster semi-finalsThe younger brother of Dublin star Con scored 1-5 as Dublin jinx strikes again for the Kildare championsSun Nov 10 2024 - 14:25
A familiar trail, trying to rediscover Cork football’s lost golden threadIn the first 33 years of the championship, clubs from the county won 11 All-Irelands; in the 21 years since, noneSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
GAA club previews: Cuala train their sights on seasoned Kildare champions NaasMunster champions Castlehaven put title on the line against Dr Crokes in KillarneyFri Nov 08 2024 - 19:00
Seán Moran: Thirty years witnessing the most eventful decades in GAA historyThe impact of change within the Association since 1994 has been obvious and generally positiveWed Nov 06 2024 - 06:00
Wexford SHC final: Rory O’Connor gets Martin’s moving after sluggish start to land fifth titleSt Anne’s were feisty opponents but the All-Star nominee made a vital differenceSun Nov 03 2024 - 18:54
Sixty years ago: a headed goal at Croke Park and the first appearance of a Dublin iconThis weekend in 1964, Laois played a league match in Dublin and a couple of legends were bornSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
GAA previews: County finals wrap up, as provincials swing into actionProvincial football championships kick off in Ulster, Munster and LeinsterSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Clare take home six hurling All Stars at the end of a memorable yearClare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremonyFri Nov 01 2024 - 20:28
Seán Moran: Policing amateurism in the modern GAA almost requires the skills of Elliott Ness Jarlath Burns’s presidency has prioritised concerns for football and amateur status. Football is proving comparatively plain sailingWed Oct 30 2024 - 06:00
Back to the future for Thomastown, as Farrell celebrates late career highsExperienced centrefielder has been a huge influence as the club strikes echoes of its pastTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
Thomastown dethrone O’Loughlin Gaels to end 78-year wait for Kilkenny senior titleThomastown gained promotion from intermediate ranks last seasonSun Oct 27 2024 - 18:39
Kilmacud and Na Fianna duel again in Dublin while Dr Crokes and Dingle battle for Kerry crown Many tight contests in store on weekend of finals, including in Mayo, Cork and Galway, but hard to see upset in ArmaghSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Four-point goal is dropped from new football rules to go before GAA Central CouncilFRC’s proposed rule reforms will go before Council, with debate set to continue over suspension of preseason tournamentsFri Oct 25 2024 - 15:21
Dublin SFC Final: Cuala underdogs bite off Kilmacud’s four-in-a-row hopes to make historyDeserved first title for Dalkey club in breathless conclusion to finalSun Oct 20 2024 - 19:37
New football rules: Largely successful outing puts the ball in the GAA’s courtWeekend’s matches saw rapid improvement and sufficient positivity to indicate they will now be given a chance to improve footballSun Oct 20 2024 - 13:33
GAA county final previews: Kilmacud Crokes bidding for four-in-a-row in DublinMayo football final and Clare hurling final postponed due to status orange wind warningsSat Oct 19 2024 - 16:00
Connacht’s rampage against Leinster not ideal conditions for rules trialThe Westerners were far too sharp for Leinster in the first competitive outing for the FRC rulesFri Oct 18 2024 - 21:39
Connacht Council cuts ground rent rate for counties following GAA’s decision to scrap provincial leaguesConnacht Council estimates income will drop by €150,000 due to cancellation of provincial hurling and football leaguesFri Oct 18 2024 - 13:42
Seán Moran: It is hard to think of a more important football match hosted in Croke ParkThe weekend’s interprovincials may be low-key, but they are crucial to the game’s futureWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:00
Paul Shankey glad to be playing his part in making Gaelic football ‘a more exciting spectacle’Former Meath wing back and now Waterford resident is part of John’s Cleary’s Munster management teamWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:00
Pádraic Joyce ready to put Football Review Committee’s proposals to the test with ConnachtFour provinces will compete in an interprovincial series at Croke Park this weekend to showcase the FRC’s suggested rule changesTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Loughmore-Castleiney’s John McGrath makes the difference in Tipperary hurling finalSerial winners eye sliverware haul as if all goes to plan, the club will play two provincial semi-finals in successive weeksMon Oct 14 2024 - 19:00
Loughmore find the right touch to win Tipperary final against battling ToomevaraJohn McGrath comes up with another big display to keep club on track for another hurling/football doubleSun Oct 13 2024 - 19:47
GAA county final previews: A busy weekend of deciders in hotly contested club championshipsToomevara hoping to win first Tipp county final since 2008, but they’ll need a big performance to beat Loughmore-CastleineySat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Down forward Pat Havern named Tailteann Footballer of the YearOffaly’s Charlie Mitchell wins equivalent hurling award after been selected as Man of the Match in the McDonagh Cup finalFri Oct 11 2024 - 21:00
The GAA says it has no interest in selling Croke Park naming rights. Will that always be the case?‘It’s more valuable than the family silver – it’s almost like the family name is gone’ says stadium director Peter McKennaFri Oct 11 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: After 15 years, Leinster and Munster rugby are back but it’s a changed worldIn 2009, playing a club rugby match in Croke Park broke new ground. It can do so againWed Oct 09 2024 - 06:00
Should penalty shoot-outs in hurling get the bullet? Ronan Sheehan’s Down won the first shoot-out in 2020. He would prefer an alternative means of resolutionTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Bonner Maher the ‘bread winner’ for a talented Tipperary generationPatrick ‘Bonner’ Maher retires after a career that yielded three senior All-IrelandsMon Oct 07 2024 - 13:41
Five talking points from the weekend GAA club championshipsUnique southside final in Dublin; tight margins in Clare and Mayo; Imokilly division again on the march; shock demotion in KilkennySun Oct 06 2024 - 21:37
Tim Healy: ‘We are actually paying guys to make football less attractive at club level’Member of previous FRC believes GAA should limit payments to outside managers to €20,000 per head at intercounty level and €3,000, €5,000 at club levelSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Football Review Committee deliberations to be put to the testCroke Park interprovincial matches will have a critical influence on the prevailing mood towards the proposed rule changesWed Oct 02 2024 - 06:00
Sporting disappointment, then a real tragedy: the deaths that tipped the balance on Inish TurbotFifty years ago three men from Inish Turbot went to watch the All-Ireland football final. Patrick Scuffle (48), Patrick O’Toole (58) and Michael Wallace (62) never made it homeSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Let’s hope Jim Gavin’s FRC isn’t the latest example of squandered expertiseFor years the GAA has benefited from the work of highly qualified volunteers only to ignore their recommendationsWed Sept 11 2024 - 06:00
John Kiely and Paul Kinnerk to remain at Limerick helm for a further two yearsDublin hurlers appoint Na Fianna’s Niall Ó Ceallacháin to take over from Micheál DonoghueTue Sept 10 2024 - 21:37
Malachy O’Rourke confirmed as new manager of Tyrone for three-year term57-year-old former Fermanagh player has been one of the most sought after football managers in the gameTue Sept 10 2024 - 20:11
