Leinster Hurling Championship

Offaly rock Kildare to march on to All-Ireland knockout stages

Defeat for Kilkenny at Parnell Park sees Offaly through to All-Ireland quarter-final

Kilkenny find themselves fighting for their lives, and their identity

Doubts about once-dominant Kilkenny make Sunday’s showdown with Dublin much harder to predict than such clashes used to be

Nicky English: Dublin hurlers are nicely poised, but can you trust them?

Niall Ó Ceallacháin has improved the team but breaking the Kilkenny hoodoo has proved elusive

Weekend’s hurling fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Cork v Clare

D-Day for Kilkenny in Leinster as they travel to Parnell Park to face Dublin

If Kilkenny get into a Leinster final, would you bet against them?

The general feeling is Dublin will never have a better chance of beating the Cats, but I find it hard to buy into that

Fortress Parnell Park? Dublin’s record against Kilkenny says otherwise

Sky Blues have never beaten the Cats in a championship game at the Donnycarney stadium

Nicky English: Clare smelled blood against a Tipp team blunted by second-season syndrome

Championship road opens up for rejuvenated Banner as Tipp left to rue another failed All-Ireland defence

Offaly hurling renaissance continues as they end Wexford’s hopes of progress

Eoghan Cahill scores 1-12 as Offaly secure first championship win over Wexford in 14 years

TJ Reid signals return to form as Kilkenny outclass Kildare in second half

Reid scores 2-6 as Cats run out 23 point winners in the end at Nowlan Park

Brian Hayes’s goal completes win over Galway for fast-finishing Dublin

John Hetherton and Ronan Hayes come off bench to play key part in come from behind win in Salthill

Joe Canning: Can Clare rediscover belief as Tipperary search for spark in Thurles?

After chastening defeats, mental freshness and hunger may decide a pivotal clash

Ciarán Murphy: Don’t say this in Munster, but Leinster is the story of the hurling summer

With Kilkenny in danger and Offaly daring to dream, eastern province has delivered a captivating narrative

Eoghan Cahill’s late strike secures draw for Offaly as Kilkenny endure tough day in Tullamore

Offaly will now target win over Wexford in bid to advance to the All-Ireland series

Conor Whelan powers Galway fightback to beat Kildare

Michael Donoghue’s side overcome half-time deficit after hosts’ bright start in Newbridge

Joe Canning: Cork firepower and the weight of history too much for Waterford to deal with

This is the seventh year of the round-robin and as they keep being told, the Déise still haven’t qualified

Micheál Donoghue ‘not overly happy’ by performance as Galway beat Offaly

Tribesmen were never in trouble at Pearse Stadium, but 19 wides caused concern

GAA Sunday: Waterford and Tipp draw in Munster SHC; Down shock Donegal in Ulster – as it happened

Waterford welcome Tipperary as both counties look to rally after opening round defeats

Dublin get first Leinster win of season against Kildare

Manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin was frustrated by ‘sloppy’ moments, but the Dubs ran out comfortable winners in Parnell Park

TJ Reid breaks championship scoring record as Kilkenny demolish Wexford

The Cats fired in four second-half goals to crush the visitors and the contest with them

Weekend’s hurling fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Cork v Limerick

Galway need to shake off flaky tag, Tipperary and Waterford both looking to bounce back

Martin Keoghan says Kilkenny’s confidence is not low despite humbling Galway defeat

The Cats suffered their biggest loss in Leinster since 1990

Leinster football and hurling championships move from monopolies to a process of deregulation

The weekend’s results accelerate the move away from predictability, with Kilkenny and Dublin showing frailties

Dónal Burke rescues draw for Dublin in Leinster opener against Offaly

Adam Screeney top scores for Offaly in strong Tullamore showing

Late Lee Chin goal sees Wexford off to a winning start in Leinster

Kildare fight hard in championship return

Kilkenny miles off the pace in 15-point defeat to improving Galway

Red card for John Donnelly pivotal as Derek Lyng’s side post their worst Leinster championship defeat in 36 years

Weekend’s hurling fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Tipperary v Cork

Cork can balance the books without bankrupting Tipp

Cork crowds, Tipp trips, Munster mastery: Seven-step guide to the 2025 hurling championship

Munster mark new domination by finally providing the province’s marquee rivalry

Joe Canning on taking frees: ‘If I miss this, I’m f**ked. I’ll never live this down’

Things can’t continue as they are for the Leinster final: it’s time to move away from Croke Park

Nicky English: Weary-looking Limerick’s errors allowed Cork confidence to flourish

Unconvincing Kilkenny did what they had to do to take sixth Leinster in a row

Cork and Kilkenny through to semi-finals after clinching provincial titles, but all the glory goes to Munster

Limerick left with longer route to Liam MacCarthy after losing out in penalty shootout

Derek Lyng praises Kilkenny’s hard work as they shrug aside Galway for six-in-a-row

Manager says the Cats' performance in Leinster final was ‘decent’ but admits they’ll have to take it up a gear for knockout phase

TV View: Cork freed from desire as they put an end to Limerick’s Munster reign

Palpitation-inducing Munster hurling final made the Leinster and URC shindigs - and England v Andorra - look like they were flatlining

Kilkenny make it six Leinster titles on the trot as Galway revival falls short

Tribesmen twice got within four points during endgame but pay price for leaving it all too late

Galway’s Conor Whelan: ‘Mental health is not as abstract as people sometimes make it sound’

A decade after his debut, the Galway forward talks about his cousin’s suicide, having a PhD due this week and how travel keeps him fresh

Leinster SHC final: Unflappable Kilkenny can contain the Galway bounce-back

Micheál Donoghue’s team have picked up momentum but maybe not quite enough

Nicky English: Opportunity for redemption smaller for Cork than Galway

The gap to Limerick looks too big but Galway have momentum in Leinster

Galway’s Cathal Mannion only too aware of Kilkenny’s extra-time threat

The Tribesmen’s top scorer in this year’s Leinster campaign believes a clear run from injury has helped him return to consistent form

Joe Canning: Limerick’s unrivalled big-match experience gives them edge over Cork in Munster final

John Kiely’s team served notice of their intentions in recent clash of the counties

Cork may be willing to lose the Munster battle to win the All-Ireland war

Gunning for their seventh successive Munster title Limerick look the hungrier of the two sides

‘I’ll play anywhere I’m told to’: Adrian Mullen keen to shine in Leinster final after beating injury demons

Kilkenny stalwart doesn’t subscribe to view that All-Ireland battle is limited to Cork and Limerick

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