The children’s book by D’Arcy and Howard is a boy’s own story, a kind of abridged version of the rugby player’s career

Whoever finally emerges, it promises to be a rocky start to life for the incoming boss

It would have made the Thierry Henry carry-on seem like a typhoon in a teacup

Horan’s plan will need to amount to more than a rehashed Tommy Murphy Cup

‘Kiwi commentary is the best commentary. The sense of superiority is constant and absolute’

Tipping Point: When it gets distilled down it comes back to people not liking people

One-sided games can prove a challenge but not to Tommy Bowe and the team

Tipping Point: We have up to six weeks left with best coach Irish rugby – arguably Irish sport – has had

Former player turned broadcaster talks candidly about social media vitriol and Brexit

On Saturday both teams played football from another planet. The game is forever changed

‘Sometimes when you get an opportunity . . . you have to push yourself to the top of the water’

Dublin boss expands on Cluxton’s dedication and Murchan’s training ground goal

Drive for five comes to fruition as Dublin win replay to claim fifth All-Ireland in succession

Tommy Walsh, Jack Sherwood and Jonathan Lyne thought their intercounty careers over

Joe Dolan’s finest of The Westmeath Bachelor probably wasn’t the best choice

‘We beat Cork, we beat Kilkenny, so I think we deserved this one,’ said Ailish O’Reilly

Midfielder was the standout performer as the Westerners took senior camogie title

Players who have played in them see Dublin’s previous experience as an advantage

Kerry had the wherewithal, but missed too many chances against 14-man Dublin team

Dean Rock’s late free drifts wide as sides set to meet again on Saturday week

A year on from a brilliant defensive display the wing back was at his most lethal in loose role

Kingdom 'keeper Shane Ryan will need to keep his cool in the face of overwhelming pressure

Championship 2019: From Castlebar to Croke Park, from Clones to Killarney

Jim Gavin’s side are on the brink of history but there has been plenty of drama since 2015

Exacting standards he learnt in aviation industry now being applied to football

Press night old hat for Macauley as he looks forward to his seventh All-Ireland final

‘I love to see players going out and having self-expression. I love seeing them find ways to create’

Liam Sheedy couldn’t have done it without his back-room, and had the grace to know it

Cats fought hard with 14 men in second half, but couldn’t halt Tipperary momentum

Sending off of Richie Hogan proves key as Liam Sheedy’s side pile on the scores

Tullaroan man’s versatility has made him indispensable to Brian Cody since 2014

Malachy Clerkin compiles the figures which set Kilkenny manager apart from the rest

Dublin football manager remains firmly focused when asked about the five-in-a-row

Terrible crowd for Sunday’s second semi-final is bad news for football

Peter Keane’s side will look to stop Dublin winning five-in-a-row in three weeks

Two goals at the start of second half gets Dublin out the gap against Mayo

‘We have great trust and great faith in the squad’ says Dublin boss after Omagh win

Mayo’s latest last-stand shines out like a beacon in the final weekend of the Super-8s

Diarmuid Connolly returns as both teams play second string XVs in Super 8s encounter

For the first time in five summers, no new player has sealed a place in Dublin’s starting XV

Pioneer of ‘chasing, blocking, hooking’ strategy through to 16th All-Ireland final

Sheedy’s side prove their mettle ahead of fifth All-Ireland final against Kilkenny in 10 years

Kilkenny unleash tidal wave of manic intensity for 11th successive semi-final win

‘It hurts so badly because Wexford haven’t been there in 23 years,’ says Davy Fitz

The Cats were never caught by the defending champions after TJ Reid’s first-minute score

Formidable Limerick aren’t defending their All-Ireland, they’re attacking it

Tipping point: the Northern Ireland golfer folded under the pressure at Portrush

Meath boss McEntee left to rue his side’s failure to convert their chances

On a different day against a better team, Mayo might not have got out of this one

Munster champions’ attack can give them the edge over Donegal at headquarters

Win over Roscommon was first against non-Ulster Division One side since 2013

Kerry chief hails David Moran while Mayo boss admits side ‘comprehensively’ beaten

Mayo given a hiding in Killarney while Donegal knuckle down to see off plucky Meath

GAA president supposed to be above the fray, but perception is that he is anything but

David Clarke’s kick-outs proved major problem for visitors as home side took advantage

Fitzgerald Stadium clash will be a blockbuster instalment of a terrific championship

Forward took scenic route to becoming a key player for the league champions this season

It’s always dangerous to make bigger claims for a sporting event than it deserves or needs

Davy’s men deliver in Leinster thriller while champions avenge defeat to Tipp in style

‘If I told you the training they did. You would not believe the stuff we did in November’

Along with the two provincial hurling finals there’s also a dash of stardust about the football qualifiers

Victory over Kilkenny in the 2013 Leinster U21 final was the shot of adrenaline needed

Cranky Meath defending and slippery conditions mean Dublin are not able to disappear out of sight in their usual manner

Dublin aren’t in the Leinster championship anymore – they are the championship

Expectations remain low as endless rebuild continues on Leeside

Cavan’s clash with Donegal takes centre stage as Munster and Leinster fail to enthuse

Author and journalist has been honing his sportswriting craft for 35 years

Dublin end Tribesmen’s summer in the middle of June

All eight teams still have a chance of making All-Ireland championship knock-out stages

Cats in need of another magical display from the gifted Ballyhale stalwart in Wexford

Four teams chase three spots, and you’ll need a calculator to work out all the permutations

Tipping Point: Fans know how it will end – no wonder they don’t bother their barney to go

Goalkeeper makes 100th championship appearance as Mannion and Costello lead rout

Connacht county have proved very competitive both at provincial and All-Ireland level

Leinster and Ulster semi-finals down for decision and the first of qualifiers

Kilkenny’s 100% record will be tested by Galway at Nowlan Park on Sunday

Another impressive away victory suggests Tipp are operating on a different level to their rivals

Liam Sheedy's side are putting up totals not seen so far in the new format

Now 27, the Banner forward has a mature perspective on the game and his place in it

Horan didn’t come back to preside over a team showing such familiar shortcomings

They were level on eight occasions, including at the end of normal time and extra-time

Centre-forward grateful to be playing once again after long recovery from cruciate tear

The po-faced reverence for GAA in Irish society drives the bad gael up the walls

All-Ireland champions left looking ordinary after Cork catapult themselves back in the mix

Dublin get share of the spoils against Wexford at Parnell Park thanks to late goal

Ulster and Connacht SFC: Monaghan haven't lost in championship in Breffni in 32 years

David Treacy missed three frees against Kilkenny and was punished ruthlessly

Tipping Point: Irish people making out they hate the other club always feels like a pose

Summer has already seen more away wins in one afternoon than the whole of 2018

First Walsh Park championship match in 16 years sees doolally finish but no home win

Teams who’d to play their four matches back to back had a desperate record

It’s difficult to see Derry troubling a Tyrone side who dwell in a different realm these days

Experienced broadcaster relishes the pressure that comes with iconic sports show

The road to being Dublin’s most dangerous forward has never been a straight one

Kilkenny goalkeeper Murphy ruled out for at least the provincial championship

Four-time All Star brought the very best version of himself to Dublin during a glorious era

Co Cavan twins are as close as ever as they look to reach the elite of the women’s game

Deloitte’s revelation over association’s accounts moves things on to a new plane

Cavan county player on surviving testicular cancer, going to the GP and optimism

Former CEO unwilling to answer questions on €100k loan “either directly or indirectly”