GAA

Gaelic Athletic Association

Garda vetting and sports clubs

The time may have come for different sporting bodies to come together under the umbrella of Sports Ireland

Croke Park to host largest ever crowd for a soccer match in Ireland

Friendly between Manchester United and Leeds United will draw 83,000 fans

Crowds line the streets of Cork to welcome All-Ireland camogie champions home

Team bus arrived in the city to the sound of Tina Turner’s hit Simply the Best

Omissions, sales and scandals: the chequered tales behind hard-won medals

Sweat and sacrifice shown by winners does not always pay off in the long run when it comes to treasured medals

The number of Pioneer pins has fallen – but so too has alcohol consumption

Rite & Reason: The temperance movement originated in the United States in the 19th century

Allianz rejects allegation that it is complicit in genocide

Allianz Ireland responds to ‘inaccuracies and mischaracterisations’ regarding it role

Building a digital home for GAA supporters: From a start-up to over 400,000 downloads in five years

Fergus Grimes founded the Score Beo website and app to help fellow GAA fans keep up with the latest results. Now it has a fanbase of its own

Ciarán Murphy: The GAA owes more to women than it realises

On and off the pitch, leaders like them have served the association and Gaelic games well for 140 years

Paul Galvin: ‘It’s a bad loss for us, I think we have to be cold about it’

‘It’s a bad loss for us, and I think we have to be cold about it and analytical about it’

GAA’s denial of basic facts concerning relationship of Allianz Ireland with parent company is a stain on the organisation

The Allianz group is the biggest non-Israeli institutional holder of Israeli sovereign debt

Former GAA president Liam O’Neill dies, aged 70

A highly-respected administrator, he was an early advocate for the integration of the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association

Galway provide show-stopping finale against Kerry in All-Ireland women’s football decider

A disallowed equalising point was Kerry’s chief grievance after the game

Mayo’s win was one of the most joyful national episodes since Republic’s foundation

When winter arrives and the evenings close in, the people of Mayo will continue to remind themselves it was real

Conor McManus: Joy for Mayo tempered by heartbreaking farewell to my friend Stephen Gollogly

The joy of ending a 75-year football famine is tempered by the heartbreaking farewell to Monaghan teammate Stephen Gollogly

St Patrick’s Bed? – Frank McNally on spending All-Ireland final night in a Mayo bridal suite

After hitchhiking back from Craogh Patrick, the celebrations in Westport led to an unexpected ending for the weekend

Seán Moran lived up to the high standards of his predecessor

There is no greater compliment to pay a reporter than to recognise they are knowledgeable and fair

GAA community feels the piercing glare of soccer’s greedy eye

Ken Early’s article a fresh take on the views that surface when the national soccer team fails

Argentina should look to Kerry to learn how to lose with dignity

The Kingdom lost with graciousness despite their bitter disappointment

Mayo people abroad: ‘I told English friends it’s like winning the World Cup, but bigger’

Irish in Australia: ‘At 1am we woke up our two young children to watch the rest of the game’

All-Ireland winner’s medal from 1950 witnesses the end of Mayo’s 75-year wait

‘I know it’s going to be a day that I’m going to cherish and think of for the rest of my life’

The Mayo masterplan: How Andy Moran delivered a tactical blueprint for the ages in Croke Park

Mayo took lessons from the NBA, Jürgen Klopp and the Limerick hurlers in how they attacked the Kerry threat in All-Ireland final

We all were Mayo for that moment

It is an event that I will never forget - even though I’m not from Mayo

Tens of thousands welcome Mayo’s heroes back to Castlebar as county wakes from 75-year nightmare

Hollywood movies were reimagined and book deals invented before the All-Ireland champions returned to Mayo with a very special guest

Long-suffering Mayo fan explains his viral moment of unrestrained joy: ‘The emotions broke’

Shane Fitzgerald, also known as The Mayo Bandit, says county’s first All-Ireland win in 75 years was overwhelming

Are you a Mayo person living abroad? How did you celebrate the All-Ireland win?

Share your story: Have you told your friends and neighbours why this All-Ireland win means so much to you?

Football Championship 2026 review: Ryan O’Donoghue leads FOTY conversation after a championship like no other

Our writers choose their highs and lows of the season, and what they want to see in 2027

Former presidents, current prime ministers and Britpop kings celebrate Mayo’s All-Ireland triumph

The green and red see a swell of support on social media from well-known names at home and abroad

In pictures: Mayo fans celebrate historic All-Ireland win

Mayo won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in 75 years on Sunday

On Croagh Patrick the three-leafed shamrock predicted Mayo’s winning margin

Reek Sunday 2026: Mayo climb mountain in Croke Park as thousands of the county’s faithful ascend Croagh Patrick

GAA calendar: Two sides of the house are living together for the sake of the children

Once the All-Irelands are over, there is too much time to think in one side of the GAA house, and not a minute to scratch in the other

The price of history: Mayo’s odds, the pundits’ miss and another long wait ends

Sunday was the 19th time we witnessed a Munster v Connacht All-Ireland SFC final in the last century

Recollections from the road: The highs, lows and what I’ll miss after 32 years as a GAA correspondent

From washing machine mishaps to car battery failures, Seán Moran reflects on some memorable moments in his journalism career

David Clifford v Kobe McDonald: No getting away from pair amid All-Ireland build-up

We examine the role and impact of both players in helping their respective teams progress to this year’s decider

Here’s what I’ve learned from 22 years of meeting Mayo friends after All-Ireland finals

The years pass, the pubs change, our lives move on – but through it all, the mysteries of Mayo football remain a constant

Conor McManus: Kerry may be the best football team, but they are not out of sight yet

What makes this generation of Kerry footballers so close to being mentioned alongside the teams under Mick O’Dwyer and Páidí Ó Sé is that they can beat you any which way

Rating hurlers in the All-Ireland final

‘Disgraceful that self-appointed judges in the press box should ... allocate marks out of 10 to individual players’

The long-winded questions were believed to have caused the subject to die in his sleep

Caught between a late-filing past and uncertain future, Ireland’s newest pensioner reflects

‘Best team in the world’: Limerick hurlers welcomed home to a sea of green and white

Adam Manai (8) said his prayers had been answered when he ‘prayed to God’ for a Limerick goal in the All-Ireland final

Hurling Championship 2026 review: No debate over HOTY; what needs to change in 2027

Our writers also pick out what was most disappointing and what they would change for next year

Denis Walsh: How much does crowd noise actually matter in sport?

When a home team loses, nobody ever blames the crowd, but when they win, they get the credit

‘Éire abú’: How Ireland could yet again taste football glory on the world stage

Alternative to Fifa runs own global tournament and has accepted Cumann Sacair Gaeilge, an all-island team for Irish speakers

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