Jarlath Burns

At home with Heather Humphreys: ‘I was surprised to be asked about something my husband was doing before I met him’

The Monaghan woman on getting Jarlath Burns’s support over questioning about her husband’s past Orange Order ties, criticism of her by Lucia O’Farrell, and her hopes of being a unifying president

Seán Moran: GAA rule on amateurism is a busted flush, so let’s change it

The GAA should ask how amateurism is viewed by its wider membership, and how best to protect the volunteerism ethos

Triumphant Football Review Committee tired, but looking to future after special congress

Even in absence of Jim Gavin, there was no derailing football’s reforms

GAA keen to maintain work of Football Review Committee with future changes considered

Four points for a goal and handpass rules among ideas to be reviewed

GAA special congress: Clock hooter to continue to operate in football matches

Approval of delegates was more sparing, at 67-33, whereas other motions passed at more than 90 per cent

International Rules Series revival unlikely for 2026, but support remains strong

Impact the series would have on the split-season among key considerations for the GAA

Denis Walsh: GAA must take a leap on paying managers and deal with the consequences

Piety about amateurism belongs to a bygone era

Instruments painted black to highlight battle by Artane Band abuse survivors to change its name and uniform

Historic link to industrial school legacy is ‘traumatising and distressing’ for victims

GAA president raises prospect of abolishing All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarter-finals

GAA president believes there is ‘an unfair burden on teams whose seasons have already been long and challenging’

GAA manager Rory Gallagher seeks damages from Jarlath Burns and the association over alleged defamation

Case against GAA and its president arises from controversy over coach’s proposed role with Naas club

Normalised breaches of amateurism rules is GAA’s ‘dodgy box’ challenge

Meddling with hurling championship structures again to accommodate fourth-placed teams would be a grave mistake

‘They do an incredible job’: GAA president Jarlath Burns defends CCCC after Jim McGuinness criticism

Donegal manager was angry over scheduling of clash with Mayo in Roscommon

Casement Park rebuild receives boost with £50m allocation from UK government

Plans have been mired in uncertainty because of a major funding gap of around £150 million

Men’s All-Ireland finals could be in August from 2027, says Jarlath Burns

GAA president in favour of provincial finals going to replays rather than penalty shootouts

Mayo GAA deny claims of financial mismanagement and reveal threats to county board members

Special county board meeting in Westport was attended by GAA president Jarlath Burns

Jarlath Burns to attend Mayo county board meeting amid questions over county’s finances

GAA president to be joined at Monday’s meeting by association’s director general Tom Ryan

GAA head of hurling William Maher: ‘A colleague said he never got an opportunity to hold a hurl. That’s just crazy’

‘If you can build hurling in Dalkey, you can build it anywhere,’ says man appointed by GAA to increase participation in the sport

Mick O’Dwyer tributes: ‘He set the standard for all of us and we’re only trotting after him’

President leads tributes to Mick O’Dwyer as the worlds of sport and politics remember the Kerry great

GAA Congress is well past its use-by date as a governing forum

Shooting down of motion to align rule on kit and equipment manufacture with EU law reflected badly on everyone

GAAGo gone as association moves forward with re-branded GAA+

Hurling handpass reform rejected at congress but football championship change sails through

Jarlath Burns criticises DUP’s Gordon Lyons for failing to engage with GAA on Casement Park

GAA president says Northern Ireland Communities Minister is yet to attend GAA match

GAA annual congress: Jarlath Burns confirms new streaming service GAA+

In-house service will replace GAAGo and will stream live games from the start of the championship

Documentary on GAA referee abuse lets players, coaches and fans off the hook

Television review: GAA referee David Gough provides fascinating insights but overall this film needs to dig deeper

GAA consider moving All-Ireland finals back to August

GAA players at all levels could train less frequently, travel less distance and stay in the games longer

‘It shouldn’t be getting discussed on The Late Late Show’: Jarlath Burns declines to retract email to Naas

Speaking on The Late Late Show, the GAA president said he hopes Rory Gallagher will not take action

Rory Gallagher threatens legal action unless GAA president Jarlath Burns retracts Naas email

Kildare club reversed their decision to appoint Gallagher as coach after a public backlash and email intervention by Burns

Malachy Clerkin: Whatever anyone thinks about Rory Gallagher, the GAA president should not be influencing Naas GAA’s coaching choices

Jarlath Burns has brought huge energy to the role since he took over last February, but his intervention at the Kildare club is an unprecedented overreach

UK government ordered to hold public inquiry into murder of GAA official by loyalists

Judge finds that UK government remains in breach of a human rights duty to investigate full extent of state collusion in the killing

Cork GAA chief calls on FRC dissent and cynical play proposals to extended to hurling

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

North’s sports minister has ‘no objection’ to attending GAA match amid row over Casement funding

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

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 sailing

Ciarán Murphy: Time for us to start living in the GAA world as is, not what we would like it to be

‘My answer to the idea of paying club managers is this: it’s already happening … These teams already exist. And managers are already getting paid’

GAA to appoint a Head of Hurling as part of plan to grow the game

New job’s brief is to be centred on the overall strategic development of the game

Jarlath Burns rows in behind Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosting Euro 2028 games

‘We know that Páirc Uí Chaoimh is open for all business and we would recommend as many games as possible’

Casement Park row: Taoiseach plans to meet GAA over future of west Belfast stadium

Simon Harris said he shared the disappointment that Euro 2028 games will not be played in Belfast after UK government announced it would not fund Casement Park redevelopment

Anger in GAA over decision not to hold public inquiry into Seán Brown murder, says GAA president

GAA official (61) was abducted and killed by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked Co Derry club gates in May 1997

Miriam Lord: Not a dry eye in the house as final whistle sends Armagh supporters into orbit

There are always scenes of wild celebration in Croke Park when the winning county is crowned but the Orchard County fans were on another level

Builders break ground on new €40m hotel beside Croke Park

Dalata will operate the four-star property under its Maldron brand, under an agreement with the GAA

Gaelic football receives State recognition as part of Ireland’s living cultural heritage

The national inventory aims to protect, promote and celebrate Irish living cultural heritage practices, customs, crafts and traditions

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Change is coming to the football championship structure ... again

Jarlath Burns indicates the group stages are on the way out; Mayo show what they are made of; Cork are on a learning curve

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