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No plans to sell naming rights for Croke Park, says GAA director general Tom Ryan

No plans to sell naming rights for Croke Park, says GAA director general Tom Ryan

Following controversy over SuperValu branding of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, question of Croke Park renaming is ‘getting into the hypothetical stuff’

Thu Feb 08 2024 - 18:49
Wicklow manager Oisín McConville handed a four-week suspension for abuse of referee

Wicklow manager Oisín McConville handed a four-week suspension for abuse of referee

Division Three defeat to Sligo leaves the Garden County pointless after two matches in the campaign to date

Thu Feb 08 2024 - 18:22
GAA sees revenue drop of €16 million in 2023

GAA sees revenue drop of €16 million in 2023

Adjusted media rights income, lack of concerts in Croke Park and a drop in Government funding contribute to loss of revenue

Thu Feb 08 2024 - 14:38
Seán Moran: GAA needs to do more to keep top football counties interested in the league

Seán Moran: GAA needs to do more to keep top football counties interested in the league

Failure to allow adequate space in the calendar for the Division One final is one reason why many counties won’t engage

Wed Feb 07 2024 - 06:00
Five things we learned from the Gaelic Games weekend

Five things we learned from the Gaelic Games weekend

Cormac Murphy, Fergal Boland and Cillian Burke add extra scoring threats for their teams

Mon Feb 05 2024 - 12:16
Nothing personal, just business for Mickey Harte as Derry maintain strong start

Nothing personal, just business for Mickey Harte as Derry maintain strong start

Mickey Harte guides Ulster champions Derry to a league victory over his native Tyrone

Sun Feb 04 2024 - 20:59
Wexford snatch dramatic draw in Kilkenny with late goal

Wexford snatch dramatic draw in Kilkenny with late goal

A match that the visitors chased for the most part fell their way in the end

Sun Feb 04 2024 - 18:14
National Football League previews: Eager Mayo can claim prized Dublin scalp

National Football League previews: Eager Mayo can claim prized Dublin scalp

All-Ireland champions Dublin face a tricky assignment in Castlebar after the opening day defeat to Monaghan at Croke Park

Sat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
National Hurling League previews: Cork primed to avenge championship loss to Clare

National Hurling League previews: Cork primed to avenge championship loss to Clare

Cork aiming to start hurling league by avenging championship loss to Clare in Ennis

Sat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Prospect of restructured hurling league ups the stakes for top counties

Prospect of restructured hurling league ups the stakes for top counties

That pattern of losing up to a dozen players to the GAA’s third-level education championship is an occupational hazard

Sat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Munster to rotate neutral venues for senior hurling finals

Munster to rotate neutral venues for senior hurling finals

Those featuring Clare or Waterford will go to a neutral venue at Thurles, Cork or Limerick

Fri Feb 02 2024 - 16:19
NHL Division 1A: Counties’ priority will be a top three finish to guarantee elite status next year

NHL Division 1A: Counties’ priority will be a top three finish to guarantee elite status next year

NHL Division 1A: Cork hurlers will want to kick on from 2023 whereas Waterford and Wexford will want to forget it

Fri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
Cork delegates vote unanimously to accept SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh renaming

Cork delegates vote unanimously to accept SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh renaming

Thursday night’s decision reflects the consensus that the new name is an acceptable compromise

Thu Feb 01 2024 - 20:36
Cork’s Cahalanes honoured with Dermot Earley family award by GAA

Cork’s Cahalanes honoured with Dermot Earley family award by GAA

West Cork family acknowledged for ’outstanding commitment and long service across the club and county network’

Thu Feb 01 2024 - 18:09
Seán Moran: GAA shouldn’t throw out the TMO baby with the bath water

Seán Moran: GAA shouldn’t throw out the TMO baby with the bath water

There are surely ways of using video technology to assist referees without making them feel redundant

Wed Jan 31 2024 - 06:00
Excitement rising for Scullion as he recognises vital signs in Derry

Excitement rising for Scullion as he recognises vital signs in Derry

Tony Scullion, star defender for the 1993 All-Ireland winners Derry, will feature in this week’s Laochra Gael on TG4

Wed Jan 31 2024 - 06:00
Introduction of TMO unlikely after Saturday’s Central Council meeting

Introduction of TMO unlikely after Saturday’s Central Council meeting

GAA work group briefed delegates on its reservations about television assistance and those views were largely accepted by Central Council

Mon Jan 29 2024 - 18:42
Five things we learned this GAA weekend: Unpredictability of opening round strikes again

Five things we learned this GAA weekend: Unpredictability of opening round strikes again

No change on the western front; McGuinness steadies the Donegal ship; Worth watching if Dublin stick with quick release; Fly goalies add to the thrills in Tralee

Mon Jan 29 2024 - 12:28
Jim McGuinness era gets off to a good start as football season hits the road

Jim McGuinness era gets off to a good start as football season hits the road

Mayo beat Galway again and Jim McGuinness era gets off to a good start in Donegal

Mon Jan 29 2024 - 06:00
Mayo maintain grip over neighbours Galway with dominant win in Pearse Stadium

Mayo maintain grip over neighbours Galway with dominant win in Pearse Stadium

Goals in either half, one Eoghan McLaughlin, the other a Cillian O’Connor penalty, help Mayo defeat Galway at Pearse Stadium

Sun Jan 28 2024 - 20:09
GAA to address red card anomaly at next month’s Annual Congress

GAA to address red card anomaly at next month’s Annual Congress

GAA prepare to remove red card anomaly at next month's Annual Congress

Sun Jan 28 2024 - 14:29
Allianz Football League: Opening weekend previews, teams news, throw-in times and TV details

Allianz Football League: Opening weekend previews, teams news, throw-in times and TV details

League returns to get the 2024 GAA intercounty season up and running

Sat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Limerick to face Tipperary on Sunday in aid of Dillon Quirke Foundation

Limerick to face Tipperary on Sunday in aid of Dillon Quirke Foundation

Managers expected to name strong teams for challenge match before Hurling League starts

Fri Jan 26 2024 - 20:27
GAA football season preview: Method in the madness as counties work out their motivation

GAA football season preview: Method in the madness as counties work out their motivation

Football season opens for business this weekend with familiar adversaries meeting in Tralee

Fri Jan 26 2024 - 19:29
NFL Division One: Strongest top flight in several years ready to rumble

NFL Division One: Strongest top flight in several years ready to rumble

The return of Dublin and Derry adds to an ultra competitive field with a scramble for position on the cards

Fri Jan 26 2024 - 06:00
Jerome Stack steps down as St Brigid’s manager after All-Ireland final defeat

Jerome Stack steps down as St Brigid’s manager after All-Ireland final defeat

Stack confirms he will not serve as manager for a third year after Glen saw off the Roscommon champions in Croke Park

Thu Jan 25 2024 - 16:27
Seán Moran: The GAA will have strong views on proposals to devalue its TV rights

Seán Moran: The GAA will have strong views on proposals to devalue its TV rights

Does the proposed expansion of ‘free to air’ matches plus the Páirc Uí Chaoimh intervention mean that sports bodies will be compensated for loss of competitiveness?

Wed Jan 24 2024 - 06:00
Éanna Burke’s glorious late point wins St Thomas’ dramatic All-Ireland club final

Éanna Burke’s glorious late point wins St Thomas’ dramatic All-Ireland club final

O’Loughlin Gaels aggrieved after being denied a goal in the first half that seemingly went over the line

Sun Jan 21 2024 - 19:02
St Thomas’ may just have the better balanced team to prevail over O’Loughlin Gaels

St Thomas’ may just have the better balanced team to prevail over O’Loughlin Gaels

It would not be a huge turn-up, however, for O’Loughlin’s to become the fifth Kilkenny club to capture the All-Ireland title

Sat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Glen deserved favourites for club All-Ireland but St Brigid’s not without a chance

Glen deserved favourites for club All-Ireland but St Brigid’s not without a chance

Derry champions have the bit between their teeth after a long apprenticeship

Sat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Glen now in Brian Stack’s sights as he looks to crown his best year

Glen now in Brian Stack’s sights as he looks to crown his best year

Last year’s All Star nominee has been immense for St Brigid’s as they prepare once more to defy expectations

Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Dean Rock combined talent and application to carve out exceptional career

Seán Moran: Dean Rock combined talent and application to carve out exceptional career

Dean Rock’s ascent was a vital element in Dublin’s unprecedented run of All-Ireland success

Wed Jan 17 2024 - 06:00
After 24 years telling players’ stories, Laochra Gael reaches a milestone

After 24 years telling players’ stories, Laochra Gael reaches a milestone

The TG4 series, Laochra Gael, which has become an invaluable archive of modern Gaelic games, will broadcast its 200th episode this March

Tue Jan 16 2024 - 06:00
Cork to decide on selling Páirc Uí Chaoimh naming rights

Cork to decide on selling Páirc Uí Chaoimh naming rights

SuperValu Páirc renaming proposal goes to Tuesday’s county board meeting

Mon Jan 15 2024 - 21:40
All-Ireland club finals previews: Thomastown to have the edge in intermediate final

All-Ireland club finals previews: Thomastown to have the edge in intermediate final

Kerry-Cavan All-Ireland rivalry renewed in junior football final

Fri Jan 12 2024 - 18:44
Donegal’s Jim McGuinness cleared of suspension after Ulster Council hearing

Donegal’s Jim McGuinness cleared of suspension after Ulster Council hearing

Penalty had been imposed because Donegal fielded an underage player in McKenna Cup match against Armagh

Fri Jan 12 2024 - 10:53
Aidan Nugent counting on Christmas coming late for Cullyhanna

Aidan Nugent counting on Christmas coming late for Cullyhanna

Cullyhanna will become the first club from Co Armagh to contest the All-Ireland intermediate football final when they face Cork’s Cill na Martra

Fri Jan 12 2024 - 06:00
Connacht GAA chief advocates reform of trial format of football championship

Connacht GAA chief advocates reform of trial format of football championship

New format would see provincial champions advance directly to All-Ireland quarter-finals

Thu Jan 11 2024 - 19:26
Munster CEO defends broadcast coverage of province’s hurling championship

Munster CEO defends broadcast coverage of province’s hurling championship

Munster GAA chief executive Kieran Leddy has defended the television coverage of the province’s hurling championship in 2023

Thu Jan 11 2024 - 18:22
Sports Review 2023: Written-off Wexford tear up the script in dramatic last act

Sports Review 2023: Written-off Wexford tear up the script in dramatic last act

Wexford’s survival in the Leinster Hurling Championship seemed a lost cause as they prepared to take on Kilkenny in May. But Darragh Egan’s team defied the doom-mongers

Wed Dec 27 2023 - 06:00
GAA previews - Castlehaven and Scotstown favoured to take Munster and Ulster crowns

GAA previews - Castlehaven and Scotstown favoured to take Munster and Ulster crowns

Cork side have the Hurley brothers in fine form while Rory Beggan has been imperious for the Monaghan champions

Sat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Mayo’s Brendan Harrison and Clare’s Pádraic Collins retire from intercounty action

Mayo’s Brendan Harrison and Clare’s Pádraic Collins retire from intercounty action

Harrison, aged 31, played 67 times in league and championship while Collins steps back aged 32 after a dual career

Fri Dec 08 2023 - 19:24
‘Clear, yet dramatic’ rules changes needed in Gaelic games, says Cork GAA CEO

‘Clear, yet dramatic’ rules changes needed in Gaelic games, says Cork GAA CEO

Kevin O’Donovan made a critical appraisal of both hurling and football in his annual report

Fri Dec 08 2023 - 15:10
Government funding top-ups help GAA recommence development projects

Government funding top-ups help GAA recommence development projects

Wednesday’s Government announcement of additional funding for GAA development projects came as good news for Kildare, Waterford and Meath

Fri Dec 08 2023 - 06:00
Remembering the 1990 finals that immortalised Teddy McCarthy

Remembering the 1990 finals that immortalised Teddy McCarthy

Meath footballers and Galway hurlers come to Cork this Saturday to commemorate the famous 1990 All-Ireland Cork double and remember the late Teddy McCarthy

Fri Dec 08 2023 - 06:00
Seán Moran: GAAGo has been turned into a lightning rod for many different agendas

Seán Moran: GAAGo has been turned into a lightning rod for many different agendas

The much reviled streaming service has become vital for showing matches and getting a reasonable return for them

Wed Dec 06 2023 - 06:00
GAA happy that GAAGo has ‘bedded in well’ as 2024 season launches

GAA happy that GAAGo has ‘bedded in well’ as 2024 season launches

Streaming service will carry fewer Munster hurling matches next year but Cork will feature in three out of four

Tue Dec 05 2023 - 15:09
Michael Murphy can’t be any plainer — he’s not coming back

Michael Murphy can’t be any plainer — he’s not coming back

Donegal’s totemic former captain says even return of Jim McGuinness will not change his mind

Tue Dec 05 2023 - 06:00
GAA announce taskforce to develop hurling in weaker counties

GAA announce taskforce to develop hurling in weaker counties

National Hurling Action Plan Workgroup has its first meeting at the weekend

Mon Dec 04 2023 - 20:51
Surprises sprung and records set on a lively GAA club weekend

Surprises sprung and records set on a lively GAA club weekend

Kilmacud and Ballygunner claim three-in-a-row while St Brigid’s and Cushendall upset favourites in provincial deciders

Sun Dec 03 2023 - 21:13
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