Joe Canning: I loved having a chip on the shoulder, I wanted it
Writing off Limerick after the league campaign will have motivated them even more
TV View: Shane Warne’s death leaves us all in a spin at the loss of a sporting genius
The Australian cricketing legend had moved seamlessly from player to TV pundit
GAA summer all the better when Wexford step up to the fight
Malachy Clerkin: County with their tails up never fail to add to the party
Formidable Lohan the ideal spiritual leader for the Banner
Resurgent Clare showing signs of the distinctive zeal associated with their manager
Jackie Tyrrell: Formidable Galway the main threat to Limerick’s crown
Tribesmen tick all boxes and new faces have added serious depth to to already strong panel
Malachy Clerkin: Nothing compares to rich tapestry of sound offered up by GAA match
RTÉ and Sky best get busy if they are to echo the roars and sounds of a Champo occasion
Tipping Point: Sporting lockdown will only highlight its importance to our lives
The whole thing has to be surreal for those who play sport to any reasonable level
Allianz Hurling League: Previews, throw-ins and verdicts
Keith Duggan looks at the final round of games in Division 1A and 1B
Gaelic games previews: Limerick and Waterford meet in top of the table clash
Malachy Clerkin gives his verdicts on all the weekend hurling and football action
Liam Sheedy: ‘I didn’t see guys who were throwing in the towel’
‘It hurts so badly because Wexford haven’t been there in 23 years,’ says Davy Fitz
Nicky English: Formidable Limerick have what it takes to book a final place
Other semi-final is harder to call but Wexford’s momentum may be difficult to halt
Jackie Tyrrell: Battle lines drawn ahead of hurling’s D-Day
Kilkenny under no illusions about scale of the challenge facing them at Wexford Park
Weekend Leinster and Munster hurling previews
Kilkenny’s 100% record will be tested by Galway at Nowlan Park on Sunday
Jackie Tyrrell: Let’s hear it for the big man at the edge of the square
Dublin’s Liam Rushe played with a bulldozing authority against Kilkenny that was great to see
On the road again: GAA players going the distance for their counties
With many players based in cities, organising intercounty teams is a logistical challenge
Melee? Brawl? Hurly-burly? Defining the real issues in GAA
Has Tipperary secretary Tim Floyd opened a veritable Pandora’s box for GAA legislators?
Ciarán Murphy: Top clubs no longer powering county teams
It takes a lot more than ‘best club’ status for players to make the cut at intercounty level
Structural changes in GAA will only cause the leagues to suffer
Why would any serious team go eyeballs-out for a league campaign early in 2018 season?
Nicky English: Third-level tactics impacting inter-county game
Traditional 15-a-side formation gives way as coaches try various set-ups with ‘extra’ man
All-Ireland SHC 2017: Top 30 moments part one – 30 to 21
Malachy Clerkin looks back at the best moments of a pulsating summer of hurling
GAA weekend that was: Where now for Wexford and Clare?
Both teams progressed in 2017 but they have hardly made giant strides
Darragh Ó Sé: Cody just the sort of ‘lawless’ leader every team needs
Like Micko or Páidí – Kilkenny man’s devotion to the cause inspirational for players
Nicky English: Galway able to halt Wexford bandwagon
Micheál Donoghue’s team have the forwards to prevail in a high-scoring clash
Nicky English: Kilkenny will be ready for all of the challenges
Wexford are well capable of winning in their home venue but wily Cats still get the nod
Speculation Jason Forde will be in Tipperary team to face Galway
Player facing a two-week ban for the incident involving Wexford boss Davy Fitzgerald
Wexford are happy and suddenly all feels right with world
County players know they will get back from their public multiples of what they put in
GAA pre-season kicks off with surprising gusto
Fans brave bleak January to see players test mettle on soggy pitches across country
Clare and Waterford put on Championship-like show
Sublime moments of skill on show as teams stay level right to the nerve-wracking end
Clare give Kilkenny a taste of their own medicine
Fitzgerald’s team blitz Cats with three first-half goals to reach league final
Kilkenny get chance to underline pecking order against Clare
Allianz Hurling League semi-final could reach championship temperature
TJ Reid points to Kilkenny’s work ethic as their star quality
Hurler of the Year ignores Loughnane’s view as he focuses on upcoming Clare challenge
Stakes high as Limerick and Clare vie for top flight spot
Tough assignment for TJ Ryan’s men as they travel to face great rivals in Ennis
Getting to the heart of the real Davy Fitz
Clare manager wears his heart is on his sleeve. He has just learned to live with the caricatures
New bishop reaches out to non-practising Catholics
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore calls for prayers to promote vocations to church
Maximising his side’s scoring tally from play still a crucial task for Anthony Daly
Resurgent Wexford in Wexford Park a dangerous assignment for Dublin
The hurler with the boyband looks, Shane O’Donnell was Clare’s hero against Cork
Davy Fitzgerald only told him he was playing two hours before the game to spare his nerves
Davy Fitz’s small little fishes keep us hooked on a whale of a game
Cyril Farrell was almost horizontal, hitting warp speed with the thrill of it all
Davy Fitzgerald lets loose as he feels key decisions went Cork’s way and against Clare on the day
‘There were a lot of tough things going against them’
Despite soldiering for Clare through the bad times, Patrick Donnellan insists he carries no baggage
Clare’s sweeper was marked out as a future star by Brian Cody as far back as 2008
Clare’s balance of power has shifted away from the big beasts of the ’90s to smaller clubs today
Coaching from an early age in local schools has raised the fortunes of Clonlara and Cratloe
‘There’s not a jersey to be had in the whole county’
Clare All-Ireland hurling preview: for €4 I got a hat that sings a verse of ‘My Lovely Rose of Clare’
Cocky Cork and GAA tradition stand in way of Banner triumph
There ain’t a Cork hurling fan in existence who right deep down in their marrow believes Clare have an earthly
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