Donegal v Kerry was everything good about the league: Five things we learned from the weekend’s GAA
Louth and Cork football teams are going in contrasting directions
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Playing Fantasy Gaelic Games has sent me down a rabbit hole
My fantasy team, Duffy’s Dynamos, didn’t do so well, but I’ll be back on the app for more
National League: Counties urged to alert Croke Park if fixtures in doubt due to rain
Concern at state of football and hurling pitches after Storm Chandra brought more rainfall
Moving home to Dublin from Taipei: ‘I used to be more tolerant of public transport here’
David Conway, who has returned to Dublin after seven years in Taiwan, made many friends in Taipei’s diverse GAA community
It’s clear what referees have been told to clamp down on this season: Five things we learned from the weekend’s league action
Cards, kickouts and the hooter on the agenda as the National Football and Hurling Leagues return
NFL Division One: Who can challenge Kerry in 2026 as teams assessed ahead of new campaign
Rebuilding jobs in Dublin, Mayo and Roscommon contrast with continuity in Kerry and Galway
Pro-Palestine protesters gather at GAA headquarters to oppose Allianz sponsorship
About two dozen people protest outside Croke Park over decision to continue deal with insurance firm
Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues
Potential boycott of firm’s signs during player interviews has been discussed by Dublin County Board
No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National Leagues
Recent report by the GAA’s Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended retaining Allianz as sponsors
Full integration of Gaelic associations by 2027 ‘an unrealistic target’, says GAA Management Committee
Minutes of December meeting show committee feel ‘phased implementation would represent a more measured approach’
Fool’s paradise: Frank McNally on a cliche beloved of obituarists
Not a day passes when a writer does not note that the deceased ‘didn’t suffer fools gladly’
Antrim’s Neil McManus expects players to take a stand over GAA’s Allianz links
‘I don’t believe the values that make the GAA what the GAA is have any alignment with Allianz’
‘Up the Ambers!’ – Cork parish prays for All-Ireland win with a little help from the priest
Fr Pontianus Jafla will say early morning mass for Ambers fan before travelling to Croke Park on team bus
Irish people have always demanded too much of RTÉ – and it usually delivered
Responsibilities were presumed to include reviving Irish, selling everything ‘from sausages to sweep tickets’, and providing a living for writers and musicians
Cork man Aidan Walsh hopes to bring All-Ireland silverware back to Kerry
Former Cork dual player transferred from his native Kanturk this season to join west Kerry club An Ghaeltacht
Armagh look to put blitzkrieg by Kerry behind them as they face old enemy Tyrone
Defender Tiernan Kelly relishing Dr McKenna Cup opener after pain of last year’s SFC quarter-final
Just the ticket: Why tangible mementoes will always have a place in a digital world
The barcodes on the tickets seemed intact, though there was always a chance they wouldn’t scan properly on the day
Sport 2026 crystal ball: Our team of pundits share their predictions
Who will win the World Cup? Does the Six Nations still matter? Who will claim the All-Ireland? And who is set for a breakthrough year?
Ciarán Murphy: Gaelic football’s revival in 2025 was cultural as much as sporting
New rules, new art and a renewed cultural self-belief combined to make last year a turning point for the game
Storms, GAA clashes and crime: The stories that caught readers’ attention in 2025
Breaking down the stories readers were most interested in, there was a clear winner in 2025, and it was not the presidential election
Ciarán Murphy: Ending league sponsorship deal would at least stop Allianz from cashing in on the GAA’s virtues
The GAA shouldn’t understate the portion of its membership that wish to see Allianz axed as sponsors
GAA to continue with Allianz sponsorship after Ethics and Integrity Committee report
GAA said Allianz ‘has no involvement with the IDF or corporate entities involved in the war in Gaza’
Tributes paid as ‘amazing teacher’ and talented Meath GAA player dies in Australia
Sarah Halpenny (29) was well known in GAA circles in Ireland and Melbourne
Ciarán Murphy: One last year of togging out awaits, but I’ve caught the coaching bug
Dividing time between two clubs in different provinces was a character-building experience like few others
GAA ramps up efforts to tackle ‘unsustainable’ team costs with new licence motion
Several counties have reported team expenditure in excess of €2m in 2025
Micheál Martin survives Fianna Fáil showdown - for now
Report lays out process that ultimately proved disastrous for the party’s presidential election hopes
‘A seed was planted’: What is Jack Charlton’s legacy in Irish football?
The Republic of Ireland’s unprecedented success under the manager inspired a generation, but not necessarily the FAI
‘A lot of hurt in the team’: Pain of defeat pushes Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s drive for five
2019 final loss provided the fuel for Galway side to go on and dominate All-Ireland club championship
Seán Moran: 2025 was a GAA year of evolution, when skill was rewarded over brawn
Football benefited richly from new rules as hurling fans watched transfixed at unlikely Tipperary success
Contest to become next GAA president looks set to be two-man race
Wexford’s Derek Kent and Tipperary’s Ger Ryan set to be the two names to be voted on at GAA Congress next February
Falling birth rates seen as primary concern to emerge from GAA demographics report
Smaller rural clubs face existential challenges while Dublin’s bigger-clubs may no longer have a surplus of young players
Denis Walsh: GAA volunteers are taken for granted and now a reckoning has come
The irony is that the longer someone volunteers in a club, the more they are actually taken for granted
GAA president Jarlath Burns criticises local authorities on lack of pitches
Burns regrets lack of requirement for builders to provide recreational amenities in urban developments
GAA outline the fightback on rural decline and urban overload
National Demographics Committee launches its report at Croke Park
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