Ciara Mageean remained relatable, unaffected and authentic across her extraordinary career
Public always had a sense of how much this vivacious and big-hearted athlete had struggled and how much she had overcome
Quick wits and nimble feet: the small sports shops holding their own amid the heavyweights
Faced with ever more powerful competitors, small independent Irish sports retailers know they have to think and act smartly to stay in the game
Ryan O’Donoghue named Footballer of the Year as Gearóid Hegarty claims hurling award
Recognition for youngsters Darragh Beirne and Jason Rabbitte too, as All-Ireland champions Limerick sweep up nine All Star hurling awards
‘He could score from all angles’: Why magic TJ Reid will always be one of hurling’s giants
He once nearly quit the game, but turned his career around to become one of the greatest forwards of all time
Unlocking inspiration remains sport’s final frontier that can’t be bought
In a landscape of endless statistics and data mining, the ability to motivate on a human level remains priceless
Cork SFC final: Nemo Rangers weather late Finbarr’s storm to end three years of heartbreak
‘I was struggling to speak lifting that cup’, said captain Stephen Cronin after emotional title victory
Money talks: Is it possible to buy success in the GAA?
Dublin, Donegal and Tipperary are among six sides to spend upwards of €2m a year on the likes of mileage, meals and training camps. Does it give them an edge?
Hurling’s new rules were trialled last night. How did it go?
A clampdown on fouled handpasses was the biggest feature of the MTU-UCC game in treacherous conditions on Thursday night
As rugby becomes more sanitised, the ‘dark arts’ are being legislated out of the game
Rugby is more concerned with how it is perceived than ever, and its laws are in a perpetual state of review
Glen Rovers turn back the clock to win their first Cork title in a decade
Two goals from Eoin O’Leary in a dominant second-half display seal their 28th Cork championship
Páirc Uí Chaoimh crowd pay perfect tribute to Anthony Foley on emotional evening by the Lee
Fittingly it was the present-day Munster number eight Brian Gleeson who scored the game’s opening try in Cork
‘You couldn’t ignore that madness’: The comedians turning the GAA into a laughing matter
From D’Unbelievables to club-match vloggers, each generation of comic talents casts the GAA in a new light
Famous photo of Jimmy Barry-Murphy and Christy Ring a powerful reminder of Cork hurling’s lost empire
Rebel clubs dominated the landscape in the 1970s, but that was then and this is now
Slick Thurles Sarsfields beat Moycarkey-Borris to win Tipperary SHC title
No fairytale finish for Moycarkey-Borris as Thurles win 37th title
Cork’s Séamus Harnedy retires from intercounty hurling
A three-time All-Star, the St Ita’s forward won four Munster titles