Hurling Championship

Discussion paper finds that the longer a career, the greater the chance of mental health issues

Only one team been beaten by a side who finished lower in the final league tables

Donegal and Galway win in the provincial football championships

The Munster semi-final against Cork has fallen through the cracks of popular memory. Back then, Clare’s world spun on the outcome

Munster champions Limerick tipped to find a way against Premier County

The Banner County will need the grit they have shown under Brian Lohan against Cork, while facing Limerick warrants a change of style for Tipp

Whatever tall tales you have heard about its glorious past, it was never like this. Cherish this sunny day while it lasts

Everything you need to know about the hurling provincial championships

Galway are still searching for their identity, and have only shown flashes of their potential so far

Hurler turns 33 this year and, while not yet in the veteran category, he is proving age is just a number

Format dependent on broadly competitive teams and that cannot be guaranteed

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More than 55,000 watched Leinster dismantle Harlequins, while attendance for Munster hurling championship could top 300,000

Limerick’s Munster hurling clashes against Tipperary and Waterford among fixtures selected

In the GAA, hype has a short window in which to run rampant

Offaly and Waterford precede Munster heavyweights in fascinating Division 1B final

The Galway hurler has had his share of setbacks down the years but he remains an influential presence

Micheál Martin joins tributes to two-times All-Ireland champion

Hurler of the Year ruled out after shoulder surgery

At intercounty level, are players the last of the amateurs? Look at Croke Park on All-Ireland final day: everyone in that stadium is being paid

Playing National League in early January ‘a no-no’, says GPA head Tom Parsons

GAA Director General Tom Ryan raises question in his annual report

Nickie Quaid has been a hugely influential figure in five All-Ireland triumphs but John Kiely must now plan without the outstanding goalkeeper

What teams will claim All-Ireland honours, can the Republic of Ireland make it out of their World Cup group, how many Irish players will make the Lions and Ryder Cup team teams?

Clash between keen Munster rivals in aid of former Déise stalwart Brian Greene, who is undergoing treatment for lung cancer, and Waterford Hospice

In the Golden Age of Irish sport, winning has become intentional

From Olympic medallists to heroics on the home front, and a poignant evening in Dalymount Park, it’s been another memorable year for Irish sport

After four years of frustration, the county produced its first league and championship double and a host of brilliant memories

Hurling finalists Clare and Cork open their campaigns agaisnt Kilkenny and Wexford

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?

Eoin Murphy and TJ Reid are the only remaining players that featured in 2015 All-Ireland final victory

Decision of four-time All-Ireland winner follows recent retirements of Cillian Buckley and Walter Walsh

Like the great Kerry and Kilkenny teams before them, Dublin now need a rebuilding period as the likes of McCarthy and Fenton bow out

The county has won just two matches in Leinster since Oulart won the province nine yerars ago

The Limerick referee hasn’t agonised over the outcome of the 2024 hurling final and, despite criticism from some quarters, believes ‘the goodwill outweighs the bad’ towards match officials

Limerick and Dublin have lost linchpin players, and no amount of forward planning could have prepared them for it

The 35-year-old recently lifted county title with Clonlara before securing double glory with Clare

The Tullogher Rosbercon player was named man of the match on his championship debut in the 2012 All-Ireland final

Clare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremony

Clare expected to dominate the hurling selection