Football Championship

Mark McHugh to take over as Westmeath football manager

Former Donegal All-Ireland winner was coach under Dermot McCabe last season

GAA Central Council to discuss report on extending All-Ireland season into August

Committee report also stipulates no return of pre-season competitions nor final replays

Final FRC report proposes review of four-point goal and suggests handpass trial at youth level

Hooter to revert to signalling end of play as rule changes heads for special congress

Ciarán Murphy: Intercounty selectors have never faced this level of scrutiny

Buck still stops with the manager, but in some cases their selectors pay first for bad results

Further intervention may be needed to get a grip on issue of hand-passing - Paul Earley

Key issue for coach has been the need for rebalancing in terms of creating contests for the ball, which is undermined by long bouts of possession football

Seán Moran: Tale of two All-Ireland managers shows importance of legacy and experience

Jack O’Connor and Pat Ryan had similar trajectories up until half-time in late July

David Clifford calls for Jack O’Connor to stay on as Kerry manager

Clifford lands POTM award for July while Tipperary’s John McGrath takes hurling prize

John Hegarty taking Wexford footballers onwards and upwards despite club reservations

Manager admits failure to achieve promotion this year would have meant ‘project was a failure’

GAA referees signal approval for Football Review Committee rule changes

‘I didn’t think it was going to work as well ... But when there is jeopardy and there is intensity, players still were disciplined.’

The All-Ireland final was no classic, but new rules meant a big improvement on 2024

There was a 51 per cent increase in the number of shots in 2025

Now it’s clear who the real beneficiaries of the GAA’s split season are

The split season has consistently been portrayed as a triumph for clubs and club players. But the reality is different

Donegal were staggeringly flat – they never laid a hand on Kerry

Few could have predicted Kerry’s dominance after just 12 minutes of play

Colm Collins critical of Munster decision to separate Cork and Kerry in football championship

FRC member calls for another national committee to review competition structures

Ciarán Murphy: Kerry have pointed us to Gaelic football’s bright future

To attend the All-Ireland final was to get a reminder of what makes this sport so important

Darragh Ó Sé: Kerry came to win Sam Maguire, Donegal came to see if they could hang in the fight

The ultimate example came at the start of both halves - Gavin White steamed on to the ball while Donegal players were caught on their heels

Seán Moran: Kerry find a way to do the usual when a ‘big year’ arrives

Ultimately, no team harnessed the FRC amendments to greater effect

How Kerry pulled off tactical masterclass to beat Donegal in All-Ireland final

Cian O’Neill’s dictum is role clarity, acceptance and execution and Kerry showed that in spades

Jack O’Connor resisted urge to quit Kerry in 2024 but now he is at peace with his next move

Kingdom boss likely to walk away once the celebrations from All-Ireland win have died down

Joe O’Connor’s talent comes through after early injury setbacks in Kerry career

The 25-year-old overcame a cruciate knee ligament injury three years ago to star for Kingdom in 2025

Conor McManus: Trusting their process left Donegal playing entirely on Kerry’s terms

Kerry came to play from the start and never gave the Ulster champions a foothold

Kerry were on a tried and tested path to Sam Maguire that escaped the attention of everyone

Just as night follows day, Jack O’Connor’s team followed the National League with an All-Ireland

David Clifford for footballer of the year? Biggest disappointment? Our writers make their picks

Kerry blow Donegal away; new rules survive All-Ireland inspection; David Clifford in a class of his own

‘Tough old year’ ends sweetly for Kerry manager Jack O’Connor

His fifth All-Ireland win at the helm may well be his last hurrah, but his place in the pantheon has never been in doubt

Paudie Clifford covers every blade of the pitch – and doesn’t hold back in post-match chat

RTÉ pundit does what no Donegal player managed: nab Paudie

The great David Clifford delivers his most complete performance when it matters most

Donegal had no answer for the greatest forward of all time with Sam Maguire at stake

Jim McGuinness: ‘We’ve got to take it on the chin. We’ve also got to tip our hat to Kerry’

Donegal manager says his team made too many mistakes that they haven’t been making all year

Kerry meet the moment to blow Donegal away for one of the sweetest All-Irelands they’ve ever won

Jack O’Connor: ‘We weren’t going to sit back and just see what they had to offer. We were really going after them’

All-Ireland football final: Kerry clinch title with win over Donegal - as it happened

Departing Jack O’Connor won his fifth All-Ireland with the Kingdom

Kerry unveil another final masterpiece to leave Donegal standing

Leading from start to finish, the departing Jack O’Connor’s team were peerless

Paudie Clifford says Kerry players felt ‘disrespected’ after being branded a ‘one-man team’

‘We were in three of the last four All-Irelands and we’ve won two of them now’

Five key moments: Blistering start by Kerry blew Donegal away

A masterful endgame by the Kingdom ended hopes of a comeback

Donegal player ratings: Conor O’Donnell impresses at both ends but key men fail to make impact

Players struggled as Donegal’s zonal defence was cut to shreds by Kerry at Croke Park

Kerry player ratings: The Clifford brothers star as Kingdom lift Sam Maguire

Gavin White and Joe O’Connor also stood out at Croke Park

Ian O’Riordan: Con Houlihan would have been 100 this year – what would he make of this year’s All-Ireland final?

A century after his birth in Castle Island, many words of the legendary Kerry sportswriter are still fondly recalled

Well over twice as many two-pointers scored into Canal End than Hill 16

Stats show that teams have a distinct advantage when playing one direction in Croke Park

Donegal can find sufficient elevation to clear final hurdle against Kerry

Desperately close contest may edge towards Jim McGuinness’s Ulster champions

Donegal v Kerry: Throw-in time, TV details and team news about All-Ireland football final

Everything you need to know about the football decider at Croke Park

True north: Kerry and Jack O’Connor’s clashes with Ulster sides are acid tests

While the Kingdom enjoy a good All-Ireland final record with representatives of other provinces, it stands at just 45% against Ulster teams

Brian McEniff: ‘I have a huge grá for the county. I love Donegal, that’s just it’

An audience with the All-Ireland winning manager, hotelier, family man, talented pianist, and godfather of Donegal football

Kerry and Donegal: Two households, both alike in dignity. And in scenery. And, for sure, in roguery

The 2025 football championship has brought back the floating public, even if the knockout stages have been a bit of a wash-out

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