A Kerry v Donegal All-Ireland final isn’t the clash of styles you think it isKerry have changed their game plan to suit Donegal before so don’t be surprised if they tone down the kicking in order to winMon Jul 14 2025 - 12:51
Michael Murphy: ‘I was coming back in to help in every way possible that I could’Donegal’s on-field high chief was a huge factor and Jim McGuinness made sure to get him off the pitch as early as possibleSun Jul 13 2025 - 21:02
Kerry 1-20 Tyrone 0-17 (FT): Kerry qualify for the All-Ireland final with a six-point victory over TyroneKildare overcame Limerick by two points in a frantic Tailteann Cup final, which ended with the underdogsSat Jul 12 2025 - 19:24
Vibes and victories: how Robbie Brennan put smiles on Meath facesThe manager they call Baggio has a habit of finding the sweet spot with this teams Sat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Forget burning tricolours and immigrant effigies, Croke Park is where our culture is this weekendAn exciting weekend of All-Ireland football semi-finals lie ahead - Tyrone v Kerry on Saturday followed by Meath v Donegal on SundaySat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
Seven-goal Cork run amok against Dublin to ease into All-Ireland final – As it happenedTwo goals each for Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes and Tim O’Mahony see the favourites for Liam MacCarthy assert their dominanceSat Jul 05 2025 - 21:52
Pat Ryan pours cold water but the Cork hype train has left the stationDublin manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin was emphatic in his praise of Cork’s performanceSat Jul 05 2025 - 21:07
Niall Ó Ceallacháin has Dublin’s unlikely band of hurlers singing a fine tuneTrue to his word, the All-Ireland winning manager with Na Fianna has scoured the county for hurling talentSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Cork’s beautiful miracle has reached an excruciating pointThe perfect storm of a likeable team, a manager with decency and a devoted fanbase has propelled them to an eighth sell-out in a rowFri Jul 04 2025 - 19:00
Malachy Clerkin: Ger Brennan’s time with Louth will be remembered long after his shoes are filledWhatever awaits Brennan now, his success with Louth will remain among his greatest achievementsWed Jul 02 2025 - 15:03
Kerry’s Jack O’Connor: ‘A few pundits down our way let themselves down’ Manager hits out at criticism of him and his team after stunning victory over All-Ireland champions ArmaghSun Jun 29 2025 - 20:34
Johnny Giles was the footballer, John Giles was the pundit – both were geniuses in their own wayMy generation missed out on the thing that made old men adore Giles, but we got to see the real essence of him and to admire it tooSun Jun 29 2025 - 06:00
Monaghan’s Croke Park record is of failure against big teams - Donegal clash is a chance to change itMonaghan’s embrace of the new rules has given them a huge scoring threat and may well be enough to finally beat an All-Ireland contender Sat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Mayo’s decision to oust Kevin McStay was fair enough but the way they did it was foul Understandable desire for change after three years without notable progressionThu Jun 26 2025 - 12:40
Damien Duff’s desire to be hated never made any senseDuffer parted ways with Shelbourne in a shock move over the weekendMon Jun 23 2025 - 15:43
Football prelims had a whiff of predictability, but it’s anyone’s guess from here to the finalHeavyweights such as Donegal, Kerry and Dublin have all displayed flaws on road to quarter-finalsSun Jun 22 2025 - 19:34
Relentless Down give Galway huge test but experience sees Pádraic Joyce’s contenders throughOdhran Murdock sublime for the home side as Shane Walsh and Mathhew Thompson star for last year’s All-Ireland finalistsSun Jun 22 2025 - 17:33
Malachy Clerkin: I cannot wait for Lions tour, but why does rugby always feel this need for overblown nonsense?Beauty of a Lions tour is its unique one-moment-in-time energy – sell that instead of all the tired battleworn guffSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Dara Ó Cinnéide: ‘I’m getting sick of this #WeAreKerry stuff. What does it actually mean anymore?’Kerry need to bring the anger and get nasty if they’re going to dig themselves out of this holeSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Lousy game-management, too few scorers - what Mayo, Derry and the Rossies can teach the teams that remainThe counties who got knocked out of the football championship had fatal flaws that the others must avoid from here on outMon Jun 16 2025 - 13:19
Mayo exit championship in most Mayo way possible Galway the most dangerous third-place team in Monday’s draw after thrilling win over ArmaghSun Jun 15 2025 - 20:44
‘This wasn’t a fair one’: Donegal’s Jim McGuinness criticises choice of Dr Hyde Park as neutral venue against MayoMcGuinness says Donegal raised the matter with the CCCC to no availSun Jun 15 2025 - 19:46
Stephen Rochford the right man for Mayo with the season on the lineLee Keegan believes Rochford’s willingness to try the unpredictable could prove decisiveSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
US Open: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fight to make the cutSam Burns has shot the round of the day with a 65 to race up the leaderboard on Day Two of the year’s third majorFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:58
Malachy Clerkin: Calling the football championship wide open is a polite way of saying every team is flawedWhen the landscape shows up to nine teams able to win Sam Maguire or stop someone else, the format doesn’t matter a damnFri Jun 13 2025 - 16:49
LIV Golf shows what happens when a niche sport goes to war with itself – rugby should take noteProfessional rugby probably needs to change to stay viable, but the R360 breakaway league proposal seems a fanciful solutionSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Galway’s Conor Whelan: ‘Mental health is not as abstract as people sometimes make it sound’A decade after his debut, the Galway forward talks about his cousin’s suicide, having a PhD due this week and how travel keeps him freshSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Ireland 1 Slovenia 0: How Carla Ward’s side rated at Páirc Uí Chaoimh Emily Murphy pick of the bunch as Ireland finished second in groupTue Jun 03 2025 - 20:52
‘There’s no way of getting into the psychology of it’ – Stephen Rochford responds to Mayo’s win over TyronePaddy Durcan made his first championship start in 14 months for Mayo, contributing three points and taking Man of the Match Sun Jun 01 2025 - 12:27
Con O’Callaghan’s loss highlights how long it’s been since Dublin found a diamondWith Armagh coming to HQ, Dessie Farrell fields a squad that has seen a huge amount of churn and looks light on stardustSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Derry’s annus horribilis: Failure to beat Galway would give Oak Leaf county a thoroughly unwanted distinctionInjury, poor decisions and bad luck mean Derry are facing the possibility of a full year without a winSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Crunch time for Mayo and Galway on bumper weekend of GAA actionPreviews to the weekend’s games from the All-Ireland Series, Tailteann Cup and hurling finalsFri May 30 2025 - 12:00
Tyrone beat Donegal at the death; Wins for Armagh, Monaghan and Meath – As it happenedGoals flying in at all the venues as Ger Brennan blames Leinster final hangover for Louth defeat to MonaghanSat May 24 2025 - 22:13
Louth have ended their Leinster title famine – can they avoid the fate that usually follows?Ger Brennan must overcome the terrible record of counties who have ended decades-long waits for provincial success Sat May 24 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: At Manchester United, this awful season is everybody’s and nobody’s faultThere is no accountability at the most venal, most disorganised, most hubris-laden sporting organisation on the planetFri May 23 2025 - 18:00
Ponderous Mayo find out how dangerous it is to overthink their gameplan in the new-rules eraGAA weekend that was: Mayo lose to Cavan for the first time since 1948Mon May 19 2025 - 12:00
Limerick’s monumental display a stark reminder of their enduring powerCrushing of Cork shows John Kiely’s side are as big and bad and forbidding as ever they wereSun May 18 2025 - 20:15
Tipperary overcome nightmare start to overwhelm Waterford and qualify from Munster Andrew Ormond and Jake Morris in top form for Liam Cahill’s side as they win their first championship game in Thurles since 2019Sun May 18 2025 - 17:59
How Cork v Limerick became the biggest game in Irish sportFour years ago it wasn’t much of a contest, but an injection of pure uncut Cork has helped make this a rivalry for the ages Sun May 18 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: In Rachael Blackmore, horse racing had maybe its greatest ever assetThe Tipperary jockey was polite, careful, wary and, despite her efforts to the contrary, completely fascinatingSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke on life in the spotlight: ‘How do people like Beyoncé handle this? This is crazy!’Rhasidat Adeleke interview: Tallaght sprinter on navigating fame at 22, building her brand and the changes she has made ahead of September’s World Championships Sat May 17 2025 - 06:00
The Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-upThe Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-upMon May 12 2025 - 05:00
‘Why not us?’: Louth’s Sam Mulroy says belief was at heart of county’s march from lowest ebb to Leinster titleMeath manager Robbie Brennan magnanimous in defeat but questions award of crucial late freeSun May 11 2025 - 21:21
Sam Mulroy’s storybook second half sees Louth win Leinster for the first time since 1957Louth captain claimed 1-7 in win over Meath at Croke ParkSun May 11 2025 - 20:01
Shaun Patton and Ethan Rafferty make mockery of goalkeeper obituary writers, with both men key to Ulster final hopesWhen all is said and done between Armagh and Donegal, Anglo-Celt Cup could be won on kick-outsSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Tailteann Cup has retained goodwill, but it might also be confirming need for a third-tier competitionSomething is not right when so many teams have no hope of making waves in football’s two championshipsSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Patrick O’Donovan’s overstatements damage credibility of the International Sports Diplomacy FrameworkDocument is filled with ideas and goals that are impossible to disagree with but hard to measureWed May 07 2025 - 16:41
Dublin camogie breaks ranks and allows games go ahead even if players refuse to wear skorts Several teams lined out in shorts during Tuesday night’s round of senior league gamesWed May 07 2025 - 12:13
GAA live updates: Galway beat Mayo in classic Connacht final as Kerry ease to Munster title Four goals in the first half leave Kerry a simple task in putting away Clare for their 86th provincial titleSun May 04 2025 - 18:01
Malachy Clerkin: Lamine Yamal is incredible and it would be great if we could just leave him aloneThis Barcelona prodigy has already played an abnormal number of games for his age, so it would be unsurprising if he burns outSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
