GAA

Seán Moran: Allianz issue needs to be aired at congress to get the views of GAA members

It will be an opportunity to discuss but Central Council is the forum for action - if that is what the Association wants

Galway left Tralee with more than just a draw: Five things we learned from the weekend’s league action

Kieran McGeeney bemoans kickout ‘piggery’, while Meath and Cork impress

‘Home Rule in athletics’: Ray Burke on the GAA’s ‘ban on foreign games’

The ban survived the Civil War and was rarely challenged at conventions, enabling the GAA to avoid splits

Croke Park confident the NFL will return for a game in 2027

It would take a ‘few of the stars to align’ for Katie Taylor to fight at Croker

GAA director general raises fresh concern over rising costs surrounding intercounty teams

Annual report shows bill for preparing intercounty teams rose to €45 million last year

Several treated for injuries following fence collapse at schools GAA final

Incident occurred at Leinster senior schools hurling final at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny

Ben O’Connor bristles against ‘cleansing’ hurling: what we learnt from the weekend’s GAA

Sendings off at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday caused the new Cork manager to see red

Government officials say funding wasn’t a factor in NFL decision not to return this year

Croke Park commercial director confident that regular season games will be held at the stadium in the future

Donegal v Kerry was everything good about the league: Five things we learned from the weekend’s GAA

Louth and Cork football teams are going in contrasting directions

Playing Fantasy Gaelic Games has sent me down a rabbit hole

My fantasy team, Duffy’s Dynamos, didn’t do so well, but I’ll be back on the app for more

National League: Counties urged to alert Croke Park if fixtures in doubt due to rain

Concern at state of football and hurling pitches after Storm Chandra brought more rainfall

Moving home to Dublin from Taipei: ‘I used to be more tolerant of public transport here’

David Conway, who has returned to Dublin after seven years in Taiwan, made many friends in Taipei’s diverse GAA community

It’s clear what referees have been told to clamp down on this season: Five things we learned from the weekend’s league action

Cards, kickouts and the hooter on the agenda as the National Football and Hurling Leagues return

NFL Division One: Who can challenge Kerry in 2026 as teams assessed ahead of new campaign

Rebuilding jobs in Dublin, Mayo and Roscommon contrast with continuity in Kerry and Galway

Pro-Palestine protesters gather at GAA headquarters to oppose Allianz sponsorship

About two dozen people protest outside Croke Park over decision to continue deal with insurance firm

Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

Potential boycott of firm’s signs during player interviews has been discussed by Dublin County Board

No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National Leagues

Recent report by the GAA’s Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended retaining Allianz as sponsors

Full integration of Gaelic associations by 2027 ‘an unrealistic target’, says GAA Management Committee

Minutes of December meeting show committee feel ‘phased implementation would represent a more measured approach’

Fool’s paradise: Frank McNally on a cliche beloved of obituarists

Not a day passes when a writer does not note that the deceased ‘didn’t suffer fools gladly’

Antrim’s Neil McManus expects players to take a stand over GAA’s Allianz links

‘I don’t believe the values that make the GAA what the GAA is have any alignment with Allianz’

‘Up the Ambers!’ – Cork parish prays for All-Ireland win with a little help from the priest

Fr Pontianus Jafla will say early morning mass for Ambers fan before travelling to Croke Park on team bus

Irish people have always demanded too much of RTÉ – and it usually delivered

Responsibilities were presumed to include reviving Irish, selling everything ‘from sausages to sweep tickets’, and providing a living for writers and musicians

Cork man Aidan Walsh hopes to bring All-Ireland silverware back to Kerry

Former Cork dual player transferred from his native Kanturk this season to join west Kerry club An Ghaeltacht

Armagh look to put blitzkrieg by Kerry behind them as they face old enemy Tyrone

Defender Tiernan Kelly relishing Dr McKenna Cup opener after pain of last year’s SFC quarter-final

Just the ticket: Why tangible mementoes will always have a place in a digital world

The barcodes on the tickets seemed intact, though there was always a chance they wouldn’t scan properly on the day

Sport 2026 crystal ball: Our team of pundits share their predictions

Who will win the World Cup? Does the Six Nations still matter? Who will claim the All-Ireland? And who is set for a breakthrough year?

Ciarán Murphy: Gaelic football’s revival in 2025 was cultural as much as sporting

New rules, new art and a renewed cultural self-belief combined to make last year a turning point for the game

Storms, GAA clashes and crime: The stories that caught readers’ attention in 2025

Breaking down the stories readers were most interested in, there was a clear winner in 2025, and it was not the presidential election

Ciarán Murphy: Ending league sponsorship deal would at least stop Allianz from cashing in on the GAA’s virtues

The GAA shouldn’t understate the portion of its membership that wish to see Allianz axed as sponsors

GAA to continue with Allianz sponsorship after Ethics and Integrity Committee report

GAA said Allianz ‘has no involvement with the IDF or corporate entities involved in the war in Gaza’

Tributes paid as ‘amazing teacher’ and talented Meath GAA player dies in Australia

Sarah Halpenny (29) was well known in GAA circles in Ireland and Melbourne

Ciarán Murphy: One last year of togging out awaits, but I’ve caught the coaching bug

Dividing time between two clubs in different provinces was a character-building experience like few others

GAA ramps up efforts to tackle ‘unsustainable’ team costs with new licence motion

Several counties have reported team expenditure in excess of €2m in 2025

Micheál Martin survives Fianna Fáil showdown - for now

Report lays out process that ultimately proved disastrous for the party’s presidential election hopes

‘A seed was planted’: What is Jack Charlton’s legacy in Irish football?

The Republic of Ireland’s unprecedented success under the manager inspired a generation, but not necessarily the FAI

‘A lot of hurt in the team’: Pain of defeat pushes Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s drive for five

2019 final loss provided the fuel for Galway side to go on and dominate All-Ireland club championship

Seán Moran: 2025 was a GAA year of evolution, when skill was rewarded over brawn

Football benefited richly from new rules as hurling fans watched transfixed at unlikely Tipperary success

Contest to become next GAA president looks set to be two-man race

Wexford’s Derek Kent and Tipperary’s Ger Ryan set to be the two names to be voted on at GAA Congress next February

Falling birth rates seen as primary concern to emerge from GAA demographics report

Smaller rural clubs face existential challenges while Dublin’s bigger-clubs may no longer have a surplus of young players

Denis Walsh: GAA volunteers are taken for granted and now a reckoning has come

The irony is that the longer someone volunteers in a club, the more they are actually taken for granted

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

Stardust

Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands