Pat Bennett ticking one off the bucket list with Carlow while his sons drive the Déise
Father of Waterford’s Bennett brothers – Stephen, Shane and Kieran – took on the Carlow top job last November
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Ciarán Murphy: Challengers shouldn’t fear old tormentors in new Leinster landscape
Provincial championship openers showed Dublin and Kilkenny are far from invincible despite past glories
Martin Keoghan says Kilkenny’s confidence is not low despite humbling Galway defeat
The Cats suffered their biggest loss in Leinster since 1990
Cork showed against Tipperary that they have made progress but the next step is more complex
Ben O’Connor has changed his side’s style since the All-Ireland final implosion, but control gives you a foothold in games - variation wins them
Leinster football and hurling championships move from monopolies to a process of deregulation
The weekend’s results accelerate the move away from predictability, with Kilkenny and Dublin showing frailties
Dublin’s slide back into the Leinster football pack continues: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Goal-shy Cork could struggle to beat Limerick on points; Galway’s novel tactical approach adds intrigue
Nicky English: Tipperary were strangely lacking in urgency against Cork
Galway’s star continues to rise in Leinster, as they brush Kilkenny aside
Cork impose superiority on Tipperary with blistering second-half display
The Rebels crucified Tipp on their own puckouts in their Munster championship opener
GAA championship: Cork beat Tipp in Munster opener; Westmeath shock Meath in Leinster – as it happened
Five provincial football quarter-finals take place in Leinster and Ulster
Ronan Maher’s journey from overwhelmed youngster to the Wall of Legends
Tipperary captain’s drive towards Liam MacCarthy success was fuelled by a dream to be immortalised in portrait
Kobe McDonald is a reminder that GAA people are every bit as selfish as pro sports fans
Pressuring intercounty players to devote themselves to club and county is just as tawdry as the AFL picking them off for profit
All-Ireland hurling championship power rankings: Where is your county in the pecking order?
Denis Walsh, Seán Moran, Gordon Manning and Malachy Clerkin rank the teams gunning for Liam MacCarthy
Nicky English: Limerick best placed in wide-open All-Ireland, but I wouldn’t put money on it
Tipperary face age-old challenges - namely Cork and retaining the All-Ireland - while Galway aim to crack Kilkenny’s Leinster domination
Weekend’s hurling fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Tipperary v Cork
Cork can balance the books without bankrupting Tipp
Tipperary name 13 of the All-Ireland final team for Munster opener against Cork
Con O’Callaghan named in the Dublin attack for Leinster SFC game against Wicklow
Who will win the All-Ireland? Denis Walsh previews 2026 hurling championship
Limerick the favourites but their Munster foes will each wish to take their swing
‘I said I’ll take the yellow’: Ben O’Connor insists broken system forced him to enter field
Cork hurling manager calls for improvements to in-game communication after he was warned for pitch encroachments during league final
Ciarán Murphy: This old boomer won’t need a phone to live out the provincial championships
If ever there was a sport to expose the inability of a camera phone to capture anything like the real thing, it’s hurling
Noel McGrath: ‘At this stage in my career, I’m not going to lose sleep over people’s opinions’
Hurler has had a long and storied career with Tipperary, but is still hungry for more success
Armagh make their bench boost count: What we learned from the GAA weekend
Cork hurling have a custody battle on their hands; Wicklow demonstrate their bouncebackability
‘We’ll definitely be better for it happening’: Cork’s Brian Hayes looking to the future after tough end to 2025
A positive league campaign has the Rebels raring to go in Munster
GAA: RTÉ to televise 35 live championship games this season
Championship coverage to begin with Armagh v Tyrone in the Ulster championship
Cork’s burning questions will be answered in Munster, the league was merely filler
First two rounds of Munster championship will reveal what Cork have in them
From North Macedonia to Munster, it doesn’t pay for teams to be hopeless for long
More and more sports bodies realise the value of keeping teams in the running for glory for as long as possible
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Roscommon weather the storm, while Dublin deal with Con job: What we learned from the weekend’s GAA
Tipperary continue their player churn; Kildare continue their slide
Derry light up the league while Cork hurlers consider change in goal: What we learned from the weekend’s GAA
Armagh’s lack of depth costing them; Attacking returns for Dublin
TJ Reid is not done yet, but his successor in Kilkenny’s famed attack is already in place
Eoin Cody finds himself in a role of unique responsibility in hurling’s most successful county
GAA Congress: Motion to extend intercounty season to August withdrawn
A motion to discontinue All-Ireland preliminary hurling quarter-finals was successful
Malachy Clerkin: The GAA’s split season is a success – so why are we still debating it?
It’s okay for those of us who said the GAA were mad to move the All-Ireland finals from September to admit we were wrong
Motion to restore All-Ireland minor deciders as senior finals curtain raisers to go to GAA congress
Push for football final to be in second week of August also among motions at meeting
Galway left Tralee with more than just a draw: Five things we learned from the weekend’s league action
Kieran McGeeney bemoans kickout ‘piggery’, while Meath and Cork impress
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
Tipperary hurlers reminded us why the past is more powerful than the future
Groundwork for a remarkable All-Ireland triumph was laid when Liam Cahill least expected it
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