The idea that almost a quarter of GAA referees have suffered physical abuse is a true scandalMalachy Clerkin: Imagine the uproar if nearly a quarter of any other profession experienced physical abuseSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Vera Pauw: ‘We need to be ready as always and then we need to see if it’s enough’ Hayley Nolan earns Ireland recall as squad named for World Cup qualifiers against Finland and SlovakiaFri Aug 26 2022 - 12:30
Malachy Clerkin: Saudi human rights violations less and less of an issue for pro golf as civil war hots upMoney far outweighs morals in the ongoing fight between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour for the future of the gameSat Aug 20 2022 - 06:00
‘In my heart and soul I am a Gaelic footballer playing Aussie Rules’ - Sarah Rowe headlines 21 Irish players plying trade down underIrish players meet up in Melbourne ahead of upcoming AFLW seasonSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
AFLW: The 21 Irish players preparing for the sixth season of action in AustraliaThe five players to watch this year and a breakdown of each club’s best membersSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: For the Manchester United fan, the season was over after 14 secondsBad times, misery, despair - there’s a long 10 months in store for Manchester United supportersSat Aug 13 2022 - 06:00
‘A smile for me, and for you too’: The tragic death of Dillon Quirke leaves his people frozen in timeAt the age of 24, he was a million things you’d want to be – a hurler, a captain, the future of his club and countySat Aug 13 2022 - 06:00
Ah, Brian Cody - why did you have to leave just when it was getting interesting?Brian Cody never had the best relationship with the media but we’ll miss him all the sameMon Jul 25 2022 - 06:00
David Clifford: ‘This isn’t the end of us by any means. We are just getting started’When the go-ahead free needed to be kicked, Kerry wanted nobody else only the player they’ve been waiting on since his Junior CertSun Jul 24 2022 - 20:34
Galway ratings: Shane Walsh puts in one of the great losing displays in a finalGalway bench failed to provide enough, which proved the difference in the endSun Jul 24 2022 - 18:54
David Clifford carries the torch for Kerry just as Maurice Fitzgerald did before himVery few players have to carry the mantle of being the face of Kerry football like David Clifford when they’re not winning All-IrelandsSat Jul 23 2022 - 09:00
By the numbers: How many All-Ireland football final meetings have there been between Kerry and Galway?Eleven years since Jack O’Connor’s last All-Ireland final as a manager and other triviaFri Jul 22 2022 - 14:05
Tipping Point: Limerick’s resilience has changed the way they think of themselvesJohn Kiely has put together a team that means the county won’t fret about their place in the world for generationsMon Jul 18 2022 - 06:00
Unstoppable Gearóid Hegarty is Robocop crossed with Harry Potter Limerick’s man of the match has been top scorer from play in three All-Ireland finals in a rowSun Jul 17 2022 - 21:11
Kilkenny player ratings: TJ Reid once again the stand-out after exceptional performanceMalachy Clerkin assesses the performance of Brian Cody’s panel as they came up short at Croke ParkSun Jul 17 2022 - 19:11
From water-boy to corner-boy, the rise of Mikey ButlerKilkenny’s tigerish man-marker spent his teenage years with a backstage pass, helping out legendary kitman Rackard CoadySat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: Dublin’s biggest weakness an inability to see out close matchesFor second year in a row, Dessie Farrell’s side botch their game management down the stretchMon Jul 11 2022 - 06:00
‘Two prize bulls going toe to toe’: Jack O’Connor thrilled as Kerry get the better of DublinFarrell says Dublin’s fighting spirit ‘was evident in spades’Sun Jul 10 2022 - 20:13
Seán O’Shea has the final say as Kerry earn their deliverance the hard way Kerry captain’s superb long-range free wins it deep into injury-time as defiant Dublin’s fightback falls just shortSun Jul 10 2022 - 20:03
Kerry have to change power dynamic - no current player has beaten Dublin in championshipNo current Kerry player has beaten the Dubs in championship, just as no current Dublin player has lost to KerrySat Jul 09 2022 - 06:00
AIB shows you don’t need to go to Saudi Arabia to see sportswashing in actionDespite a record fine for its role in the tracker mortgage scandal, AIB is still a cherished sponsor of the GAAMon Jul 04 2022 - 06:00
Kilkenny still looking to veteran Reid to deliver when it counts Clare have been well warned that the phenomenal TJ Reid remains the focal point of the Kilkenny attackSat Jul 02 2022 - 10:00
Jack O’Connor blames four-week lay-off for rusty Kerry performanceJames Horan identifies shooting accuracy as the main difference between the teams and the reason for Mayo defeatMon Jun 27 2022 - 07:05
Mayo’s shooting deserts them once again as Kerry march on to meet DublinJack O’Connor’s Munster champions shake off the rust to proceed to the All-Ireland semi-finalSun Jun 26 2022 - 20:40
Con O’Callaghan and James McCarthy in race against time for semi-finalsDessie Farrell wouldn’t confirm the nature of their injuries but indicated that two weeks might not be enoughSun Jun 26 2022 - 13:08
Uninspiring Dublin do enough to swat Cork aside and book semi-final dateNot All-Ireland winning form but it doesn’t have to be yetSat Jun 25 2022 - 20:36
Clare return to the All-Ireland quarter-final stage a different proposition to 2016Six years after their only appearance in the last eight, they are an established Division Two team still on the riseSat Jun 25 2022 - 08:00
Cork can do Dublin a favour and give them a game but winning is beyond themDessie Farrell’s side are in better shape than after the 2021 Leinster campaign - we just don’t know how much betterSat Jun 25 2022 - 00:00
David Clifford named to start for Kerry as bumper crowds return to Croke ParkUpwards of 130,000 expected for two days of All-Ireland quarter-finalsFri Jun 24 2022 - 20:45
Once it was the time of their lives but the Mayo journey has now curdled for their loyal supportersLosing to Tyrone in last year’s All-Ireland final turned a lot of a once-loyal fanbase against the current managementFri Jun 24 2022 - 14:16
Tailteann Cup: Rampant Westmeath flex their muscles and make final push Offaly manager John Maughan non-committal on his future after his side were ‘comprehensively outplayed’ in Tailteann Cup semi-finalSun Jun 19 2022 - 20:07
Enjoy the games - it’s already later than you think By Saturday teatime there will only be three top hurling matches left in the year while the Tailteann Cup semi-finalists have big stage to themselves on SundaySat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
Conor McDonald on how Darragh Egan’s approach has revitalised Wexford hurling‘It wasn’t a case of throwing everything in the bin or telling us we had been failing. It was probably the complete opposite really’Sat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
No gloss from James Horan after abject Mayo stutter past KildareGlenn Ryan takes aim at local critics for their commentary after Leinster final hammeringSun Jun 12 2022 - 13:00
Mayo somehow overcome Kildare despite dreadful display Late goals from Oisín Mullin and Jordan Flynn secure victory in a slow-bicycle race of a gameSat Jun 11 2022 - 20:22
Kildare have to find a way to recover from yet another five-goal hammeringKildare must tighten up against Mayo, even though their supporters want them to play open attacking footballSat Jun 11 2022 - 10:00
Despite supporter concerns, the Mayo bandwagon rolls back into Croke ParkJames Horan makes two changes for Kildare qualifier, with Jason Doherty and Conor Loftus coming inFri Jun 10 2022 - 19:40
Ireland 0 Ukraine 1: Irish player ratingsNathan Collins comfortably Ireland’s best player as bright start fades from viewWed Jun 08 2022 - 22:22
TJ Reid the difference as Kilkenny overcome Galway in Leinster finalHenry Shefflin and Brian Cody’s handshake earns biggest cheer of the eveningSun Jun 05 2022 - 10:47
Clare’s Munster famine has to end sometime - why not now?Every other county in the province has won the title at least four times since Clare last did soSun Jun 05 2022 - 06:00
Politicians leave themselves open when they take bookmakers’ hospitalityThe TDs and senators hosted by the Irish Bookmakers' Association at Punchestown knew they were doing wrongMon May 30 2022 - 06:00
Offaly warm to Tailteann Cup task with convincing win over WicklowWe are taking this competiton very, very seriously,' says MaughanSun May 29 2022 - 18:45
Roscommon’s Enda Smith still in search of crowning glory The Rossies are always good enough to beat Mayo or Galway but there’s rarely much juice in them beyond thatSun May 29 2022 - 09:00
FC Mariupol’s season on pause but all adamant they will exist againManager Ostap Markevych finds focus on football hard amid tales of ransacked cityMon May 23 2022 - 06:00
Munster’s Super Sunday falls flat as Clare and Cork run amok in big winsWaterford and Tipperary on the end of big defeats in final round of gamesMon May 23 2022 - 06:00
Clare shoot the lights out as Waterford’s ambitions stall before the get-goLeague champions suffer 15-point defeat in Ennis to cap miserable round-robinSun May 22 2022 - 20:13
Evergreen Niall McNamee ready for Tailteann Cup testOffaly forward says return to an older league system would do more to lessen skill gapSat May 21 2022 - 06:00
The Hindenburg didn’t crash as hard as WaterfordWhen the Cork game needed to be turned around, who could Cahill call on?Fri May 20 2022 - 22:00
Kingdom eventually wear down spirited Cork’s challengeFlurry of points in the closing quarter secures Kerry’s Munster final spotMon May 09 2022 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Playing for your county deserves admiration, not derisionSitting on the sideline spitting jibes is the easy thing for club players like Eugene BranaganMon May 09 2022 - 06:00
