Cora Staunton sees some FRC proposals that could benefit the women’s gameFormer Mayo player and currently coach with Ballina Stephenites favours the three/three structure with three players on either side having to stay in each halfTue Dec 10 2024 - 06:00
GAA attempting to come to terms with increased Revenue scrutiny of countiesA meeting of officers from the 26 counties convened to address concernsMon Dec 09 2024 - 21:41
Children to be charged admission for Allianz League tickets for first timeSeven NFL Division One and Two matches will cost €100 with four for €65Mon Dec 09 2024 - 18:37
FRC reforms aim to defy history by altering course of football permanently Previous think tanks developed good ideas but none sold the vision as convincingly. Can these new rules resuscitate a stagnating game?Sun Dec 08 2024 - 06:00
GAA previews: Ulster and Munster finals to conclude provincial championshipsTwo former All-Ireland winners, Dr Crokes and Kilcoo, will be favourites to advance to January’s All-Ireland semi-finalsSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
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 CommitteeFri Dec 06 2024 - 18:33
Mayo GAA confirm €120k voluntary disclosure to Revenue in relation to Cúl Camps programme County hope ongoing process involving Revenue Commissioners will conclude ‘in the coming months’Thu Dec 05 2024 - 21:34
All-Ireland finalists Armagh and Galway to meet on opening Saturday of football league Hurling finalists Clare and Cork open their campaigns agaisnt Kilkenny and WexfordThu Dec 05 2024 - 14:01
Seán Moran: GAA Football Review Committee’s perfect storm creates template for future reformsCombination of widespread concern and relentlessly focused solutions earns a trial next year, which is all they were looking forWed Dec 04 2024 - 06:00
Jim Gavin: ‘This is a great opportunity for our games, not to be continuously searching out the dark matter in life’GAA special congress approved FRC’s new football rules, with clubs added to the experimentSat Nov 30 2024 - 18:00
GAA Congress approves Gaelic football’s new rules for 2025Former president Liam O’Neill argued that ‘if we refuse to change, we can’t improve’Sat Nov 30 2024 - 15:38
GAA set to give Football Review Committee proposals the green light for next year’s leagueSpecial congress will first decide whether to approve universal application to all levels of footballSat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
Cuala likely to shade it over St Mary’s as they seem to have the priceless ability to find a wayCan Sarsfields give Ballygunner a more robust challenge than they managed a year ago?Sat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
What are Gaelic games worth? ‘It’s not just unusual. It’s unique’Professor Simon Shibli spent more than a year leading research into what the national sports are worthFri Nov 29 2024 - 06:00
Fate of Parnells a cautionary tale for GAA clubsCroke Park aware of difficulties and working to safeguard future of the games in catchmentThu Nov 28 2024 - 18:22
Seán Moran: FRC proposals deserve to be trialled but referees also need enhanced supportThe most important group in implementing any of the GAA's rule changes have to feel less neglectedWed Nov 27 2024 - 06:00
Busy Saturday at Croke Park brings climax to seismic Leinster club hurling championshipTwo keenly contested semi-finals reflected an extraordinarily open Leinster campaignTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:00
Mayo’s Pádraig O’Hora expected to join Cillian O’Connor in departing senior football panelO’Connor has opted out of the Mayo set-up for next seasonMon Nov 25 2024 - 21:08
Na Fianna ride out the storm to reach a second Leinster finalGoal by replacement Seán Ryan helps to see off a determined St Martin’s challengeSun Nov 24 2024 - 19:42
St Martin’s get Wexford challenge back on the road after years of stallingThe county has won just two matches in Leinster since Oulart won the province nine yerars agoSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
GAA previews: Remaining provincial final places down for decision in three provincesNone of last year’s football champions remain in contention in Ulster, Leinster or MunsterFri Nov 22 2024 - 18:47
Wexford hurler Diarmuid O’Keeffe announces intercounty retirementSt Anne’s club man won an All Star in 2019Fri Nov 22 2024 - 18:21
GAA previews: Loughmore throw down gauntlet to fancied BallygunnerFormidable Waterford champions cast a big shadow over the club hurling championshipSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Dual in Tipp’s crown: Love of both codes makes Loughmore double troubleEqual commitment to hurling and football is what has made Loughmore-Castleiney senior champions in both codesSat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Seán Moran: Club culture in the new age - split season, fluctuating fortunes and anxious administratorsThere have been exciting matches and new contenders but scheduling fixtures is a tightrope walkWed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00
Leinster club finals set for Croke Park on what promises to be a busy SaturdayNovember 30th is also the date for special congress, a general election count and the Ireland-Australia rugby matchTue Nov 12 2024 - 06:00
Roscommon GAA home ground to be renamed King & Moffatt Dr Hyde ParkFive-year deal for rebranding from sponsors of mechanical and engineering firmMon Nov 11 2024 - 21:31
Three-time All-Ireland winning Galway footballer Noel Tierney dies aged 82Milltown clubman was member of three-in-a-row winning Galway team of the 1960sMon Nov 11 2024 - 10:29
Niall O’Callaghan stars as Cuala navigate late Naas comeback to reach Leinster semi-finalsThe younger brother of Dublin star Con scored 1-5 as Dublin jinx strikes again for the Kildare championsSun Nov 10 2024 - 14:25
A familiar trail, trying to rediscover Cork football’s lost golden threadIn the first 33 years of the championship, clubs from the county won 11 All-Irelands; in the 21 years since, noneSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
GAA club previews: Cuala train their sights on seasoned Kildare champions NaasMunster champions Castlehaven put title on the line against Dr Crokes in KillarneyFri Nov 08 2024 - 19:00
Seán Moran: Thirty years witnessing the most eventful decades in GAA historyThe impact of change within the Association since 1994 has been obvious and generally positiveWed Nov 06 2024 - 06:00
Wexford SHC final: Rory O’Connor gets Martin’s moving after sluggish start to land fifth titleSt Anne’s were feisty opponents but the All-Star nominee made a vital differenceSun Nov 03 2024 - 18:54
Sixty years ago: a headed goal at Croke Park and the first appearance of a Dublin iconThis weekend in 1964, Laois played a league match in Dublin and a couple of legends were bornSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
GAA previews: County finals wrap up, as provincials swing into actionProvincial football championships kick off in Ulster, Munster and LeinsterSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Clare take home six hurling All Stars at the end of a memorable yearClare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremonyFri Nov 01 2024 - 20:28
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 sailingWed Oct 30 2024 - 06:00
Back to the future for Thomastown, as Farrell celebrates late career highsExperienced centrefielder has been a huge influence as the club strikes echoes of its pastTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
Thomastown dethrone O’Loughlin Gaels to end 78-year wait for Kilkenny senior titleThomastown gained promotion from intermediate ranks last seasonSun Oct 27 2024 - 18:39
Kilmacud and Na Fianna duel again in Dublin while Dr Crokes and Dingle battle for Kerry crown Many tight contests in store on weekend of finals, including in Mayo, Cork and Galway, but hard to see upset in ArmaghSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Four-point goal is dropped from new football rules to go before GAA Central CouncilFRC’s proposed rule reforms will go before Council, with debate set to continue over suspension of preseason tournamentsFri Oct 25 2024 - 15:21
Dublin SFC Final: Cuala underdogs bite off Kilmacud’s four-in-a-row hopes to make historyDeserved first title for Dalkey club in breathless conclusion to finalSun Oct 20 2024 - 19:37
New football rules: Largely successful outing puts the ball in the GAA’s courtWeekend’s matches saw rapid improvement and sufficient positivity to indicate they will now be given a chance to improve footballSun Oct 20 2024 - 13:33
GAA county final previews: Kilmacud Crokes bidding for four-in-a-row in DublinMayo football final and Clare hurling final postponed due to status orange wind warningsSat Oct 19 2024 - 16:00
Connacht’s rampage against Leinster not ideal conditions for rules trialThe Westerners were far too sharp for Leinster in the first competitive outing for the FRC rulesFri Oct 18 2024 - 21:39
Connacht Council cuts ground rent rate for counties following GAA’s decision to scrap provincial leaguesConnacht Council estimates income will drop by €150,000 due to cancellation of provincial hurling and football leaguesFri Oct 18 2024 - 13:42
Seán Moran: It is hard to think of a more important football match hosted in Croke ParkThe weekend’s interprovincials may be low-key, but they are crucial to the game’s futureWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:00
Paul Shankey glad to be playing his part in making Gaelic football ‘a more exciting spectacle’Former Meath wing back and now Waterford resident is part of John’s Cleary’s Munster management teamWed Oct 16 2024 - 06:00
Pádraic Joyce ready to put Football Review Committee’s proposals to the test with ConnachtFour provinces will compete in an interprovincial series at Croke Park this weekend to showcase the FRC’s suggested rule changesTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Loughmore-Castleiney’s John McGrath makes the difference in Tipperary hurling finalSerial winners eye sliverware haul as if all goes to plan, the club will play two provincial semi-finals in successive weeksMon Oct 14 2024 - 19:00
