GAA

It’s understandable that a county like Kerry is annoyed at losing young players to Australia but once you start extracting a price for footballers, you turn them into tradeable commodities

Kevin O’Donovan praises GAA president Jarlath Burns and Jim Gavin for their work with the Football Review Committee

Hurling is doing fine in its nine or 10 traditional counties but could there be a way to grow the appeal of the national game beyond the heartlands?

Combination of widespread concern and relentlessly focused solutions earns a trial next year, which is all they were looking for

GAA special congress approved FRC’s new football rules, with clubs added to the experiment

Former president Liam O’Neill argued that ‘if we refuse to change, we can’t improve’

Can Sarsfields give Ballygunner a more robust challenge than they managed a year ago?

Former Kerry player and selector Éamonn Fitzmaurice says 96 per cent of players are club players so it is important they get the chance to try out the enhanced rules as soon as possible

Professor Simon Shibli spent more than a year leading research into what the national sports are worth

Croke Park aware of difficulties and working to safeguard future of the games in catchment

There is simply no gainsaying the combative Mayo forward’s record scoring rate over a long career

Saturday’s important meeting will see delegates gather to decide on a range of rule changes proposed by the Football Review Committee

None of last year’s football champions remain in contention in Ulster, Leinster or Munster

Tullogher Rosbercon clubman will be kept busy with newborn twins and surgery on thumb

DUP minister Gordon Lyons plays down reports of ‘tetchy’ meeting with GAA president Jarlath Burns

Niall Grimley, John Conlon, Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh and Hannah Looney take the main playing awards

There have been exciting matches and new contenders but scheduling fixtures is a tightrope walk

The European hurling champions went to Drogheda on Saturday in search of a little bit of history and, in doing so, helped show the essence of what a GAA occasion should represent

There is a generation who feel a bit directionless, a bit aggrieved and are casting about for models of how to be a good man. That’s where sport should come in

The impact of change within the Association since 1994 has been obvious and generally positive

This weekend in 1964, Laois played a league match in Dublin and a couple of legends were born

Historic wins for Feakle and Doon in Munster but the fairytale rise of new Kilkenny hurling champions perhaps the story of the year in the GAA

Jarlath Burns’s presidency has prioritised concerns for football and amateur status. Football is proving comparatively plain sailing

Television: RTÉ’s enjoyable documentary charts the progress that Michelle O’Neill, Joy Neville and Maggie Farrelly have helped soccer, rugby and GAA make

Max Wolpoff, from near Washington DC in the US, moved to Dublin this autumn

Football Review Committee’s proposed rule enhancements for Gaelic football will go before Special Congress

Former Kilkenny hurler talks about his new autobiography, being part of Brian Cody’s dressingroom and life after playing intercounty

Twelve counties represented in Irish team for Saturday’s game against Scotland in Ennis

Limerick man says he was ‘unexpectedly set upon’ by security staff when he entered the pitch following 2018 All-Ireland hurling final

The best players and managers available to the GAA showed up in Croke Park last week. That’s a statement admitting the game has to change

A meeting of Central Council on Saturday will hear motions calling for the January competitions to be revived

Ten of the Kerry club’s players must decide between featuring in a Munster junior football semi-final or provincial camogie semi-finals

Wicklow and Cavan have both prepared motions ahead of Saturday’s meeting of Central Council to revive provincial tournaments

Four-game interprovincial series acting as a showcase for rule changes proposed by Jim Gavin & Co

Growing push for the pre-league competitions to take place in 2025

The 40-metre arc could be a huge influence on the game, and will affect both attacking and kickout strategies

What the FRC needed was for teams to misbehave — the rules will be properly tested only when used in competitive games

Flights cancelled and diverted at airports as high tides and high winds created dangerous conditions around the coast

Weekend’s matches saw rapid improvement and sufficient positivity to indicate they will now be given a chance to improve football

The opening games under the FRC recommendations showcased some interesting possibilities but until there are league points on the line, nobody can truly assess the possibilities