Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman strive for balance on Drumcree. But it’s a strain
Radio: On Newstalk, the Hard Shoulder host strains for balance during grim events in the North, while Andrea Gilligan hears an unorthodox voice on Lunchtime Live
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Grinds 360: Power struggle over business backed by rugby stars leads to CEO’s suspension and reinstatement
Grinds 360 has a new board after resignations of founder Brendan Kavanagh and Olive executives as directors
Croke Park could be in the mix to host future Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals
EPCR keen to announce final venues for 2028, 2029 and 2030 as French Top 14 clubs back format changes
Champions Cork lead field with 14 nominees for camogie All-Stars
Two from Rebel County and Galway’s Carrie Dolan in contention for senior player of year
Home-grown managers dominate intercounty football appointments for 2027
Only three counties remain without a senior football manager as Micheál Cahill prepares to take over in Limerick
It’s crunch time Down Under for Conor McKenna as Brisbane Lions go in search of Grand Final hat-trick
The Tyrone All-Ireland winner missed out on last year’s success but was part of the the 2024 triumph
All-Star hurling nominations: Full list of 45 players with 13 Limerick nominees
Gearóid Hegarty, Diarmaid Byrnes and Brian Hayes nominated for Hurler of the Year award
All-Star football nominations: Full list of 45 players as 11 Mayo stars make the cut
Eleven players from Andy Moran’s side among 45 nominees
Camogie Association proposes January 2028 as target for integration of Gaelic games bodies
A new chair of the integration group to replace Mary McAleese is to be announced on October 5th
What was said between Christy Ring and Mick Mackey? A new book details the lives of hurling’s heroes
Justin Nelson’s 1957 photograph caught two of the most important people in the explosion of hurling’s popularity
The Irish woman hoping to be crowned World Wallball Champion in New York’s Central Park
Handball is more than a sporting pursuit for Tyrone’s Eilise McCrory, it is also her profession
Integration row exposes GAA’s alarming lack of historical insight
It shouldn’t be hard to understand why ladies’ organisations have fewer resources
Government pushes games integration group to produce roadmap in push for transparency
‘A public statement of likely key timelines would be helpful to buttress wider confidence in the project,’ Ministers wrote
Both men and women built the GAA. It’s time women were given equal treatment
People take criticism of the GAA personally. But institutional misogyny is, by definition, not a personal accusation
Integration is the only way for GAA to level the playing field
Association needs to reflect the communities it serves
Katie Taylor’s farewell fight had ‘extraordinary impact’ on local economy, says AIB report
Close to half a million euro spent in pubs and restaurants in Dublin’s north inner city on night of Croke Park bout, AIB says
‘If Mary McAleese is disgusted by lack of progress ... take heed’: GAA clubs on grassroots integration
The Irish Times talked with clubs in four provinces for temperature check on integration
GAA’s commitment to integration under scrutiny
Ironic that row over misogyny erupted in the week Croke Park hosted largest women’s sporting event in GAA’s history
‘I dreamt of playing with Bernard Brogan’: musician Danny O’Reilly on life as a Dubs star
Coronas lead singer is a GAA player and helped Dublin Masters reach Saturday’s All-Ireland final
Oliver Callan shows his acerbic side with short sharp shot at GAA ‘gobshitery’
The RTÉ Radio 1 host’s acerbic rant lifts a sagging show, while Matt Cooper gets to the heart of the story on The Last Word
Simon Harris says he holds out hope that GAA integration will ‘get over the line’ in 2027
Organisations want guarantees around protection and promotion of women’s sports, says minister
Mary McAleese’s accusations cannot be waved off by the GAA – they need to get integration right
GAA must find a voice somewhere in their ranks who can prove they’re all-in on integration
GAA reneging on integration is damaging own goal
Did they realise properly funded and promoted women’s sport might surpass the men’s game?
New chair to be appointed to Gaelic integration group next month
Mary McAleese’s replacement to expected to be confirmed on October 5th
The five main stumbling blocks on the road to Gaelic games integration
As Mary McAleese steps down as SGI chair, the scale of the challenge facing the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association comes into sharp focus
GAA challenges Mary McAleese’s ‘offensive’ suggestion of misogyny at top level
Former president said some within the organisation ‘not entirely happy’ at idea of women in decision-making roles
GAA president says equal funding for intercounty teams a concern of integration process
Jarlath Burns urges Mary McAleese to reflect on comments criticising GAA Management Committee
Mary McAleese may have done the GAA a favour by burning the boats
The biggest problem the integration steering group has faced is that its work has been so opaque
Mary McAleese’s scathing criticism of GAA leadership is highly damaging
Former president’s fiery resignation leaves GAA roadmap to integration in tatters
GAA management committee ‘lacking in vision’, says Mary McAleese after stepping down as integration chair
Former president of Ireland criticises lack of leadership at top level of the GAA
‘People come to our exercise classes with heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes’
ExWell runs community-based clinical exercise programmes for people living with chronic illness
Intercountry hurler scores big in New York construction sector
Wild Geese: Jer McCarthy, a Cork man in the Big Apple, recalls building his business amid ‘days when I don’t remember eating or sleeping’
Pádraic Joyce left Galway in a better place than he found them but the sense of wasted promise will linger
Very few counties had the raw materials at Joyce’s disposal but far too often they weren’t able to close out crucial games
‘Let’s just slow down’: plan to integrate Gaelic codes raises concerns
Timeline to merge three associations in 2027 meets resistance from members seeking a level playing field
New football and hurling rules can be trialled in third-level leagues, says committee
Higher Education Committee sought assurances that coaches and players would have advance details of rule changes
Message from the Editor: a story of desperation, horror and unthinkable human endurance
IT Sunday: Our in-depth account of a single small boat that set off for Europe in June gives a rare glimpse of the human tragedy behind one of the defining issues of the age
Malachy Clerkin: If you’re coaching kids with your county in mind, you’re just as transactional as Aussie Rules
Once you make a move to Australia about the work of coaches rather than the life-changing chance for the player, you lose the argument
US college football is back in Dublin with one of its biggest names and an ex-GAA kicker
Texas Christian University and University of North Carolina face off in Aer Lingus College football classic at Aviva
Copycat culture among counties leaves Gaelic football skills stuck in the past
The county that chooses to truly innovate, instead of perfecting the ‘Mayo press’, can yield a rich harvest
As I stood outside Slattery’s last Sunday I felt a great communion with the common Gael
Nothing happened in the GAA last weekend, apart from a thousand Iliads, a thousand local rows
Christy Ring’s All-Ireland medals reunited for first time since 1950s
GAA Museum has complete collection
‘I left school without filling out CAO form’: Louth GAA’s Sam Mulroy insists Leaving Cert ‘doesn’t define you’
Businessman who runs his own gym says he ‘got 200 points in my Leaving Certificate, and still ended up with a Master’s degree’
The solution to hurling’s handpass blight is quite simple
Outsourcing responsibility to linesmen or even a microchip is no guarantee of success
Garda vetting and sports clubs
The time may have come for different sporting bodies to come together under the umbrella of Sports Ireland
How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?
Rite and Reason: The reaction when the county’s footballers finally won the Sam Maguire was unpredictable
Being wrong is part of the job. I thought Katie Taylor might not sell out Croke Park
Hosting Premier League teams and musicians makes perfect business sense for association
Ireland’s football pitches have turned to ‘barren, dusty ground’ in the summer heat
GAA and soccer grounds have taken ‘real hammering’ over the prolonged hot and dry spell
Croke Park to host largest ever crowd for a soccer match in Ireland
Friendly between Manchester United and Leeds United will draw 83,000 fans
Crowds line the streets of Cork to welcome All-Ireland camogie champions home
Team bus arrived in the city to the sound of Tina Turner’s hit Simply the Best
Omissions, sales and scandals: the chequered tales behind hard-won medals
Sweat and sacrifice shown by winners does not always pay off in the long run when it comes to treasured medals
The number of Pioneer pins has fallen – but so too has alcohol consumption
Rite & Reason: The temperance movement originated in the United States in the 19th century
Allianz rejects allegation that it is complicit in genocide
Allianz Ireland responds to ‘inaccuracies and mischaracterisations’ regarding it role
Building a digital home for GAA supporters: From a start-up to over 400,000 downloads in five years
Fergus Grimes founded the Score Beo website and app to help fellow GAA fans keep up with the latest results. Now it has a fanbase of its own
Paul Galvin: ‘It’s a bad loss for us, I think we have to be cold about it’
‘It’s a bad loss for us, and I think we have to be cold about it and analytical about it’
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