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April

April 2026

Gaelic Football

Biggest storyline, key players: The 42 writers look ahead to All-Ireland SFC

11 Apr

Gaelic Football

The games survive and thrive because of the secret sauce of championship

The championship remains the quintessential Big Day Out for all generations in Ireland.

Declan Bogue

11 Apr

3

let's get down to quizzness

Know your sport? Take our weekly quiz

10 Apr

3

Summer is coming

5 key questions that will decide the 2026 GAA Football Championship

It all throws in this weekend…

10 Apr

3

John Cleary

'The old rule was better, there were fierce exciting finishes' - Cork boss favours hooter rule change

10 Apr

3

Derby

'Kieran’s a good man for putting the mirror up' - Aidan Forker on playing for McGeeney

10 Apr

Charlie Mitchell

'Just felt a pain in my chest' - Offaly captain still hopeful of playing this year after heart issue

10 Apr

1

Camogie

'Once we came home from New York, that was 2025 parked, and we were focusing on this year’s campaign'

10 Apr

Munster U20 Football

Cork snatch a late draw against Clare, Kerry far too strong for Waterford

9 Apr

1

GAA

Brian Fenton joins Sunday Game panel for 2026 Championship

9 Apr

4

In focus

Missing key players, poor league, defensive issues: can Tyrone turn it around?

The Red Hands face Armagh in Sunday’s Ulster championship opener.

Micheál Clifford

9 Apr

tribe talk

'We've never won a Division 1 final. That's huge motivation' - Galway eye league glory

9 Apr

1

Conor Murray

'It's an honour really, I can't go back and change my birth cert' - Life as a Waterford footballer

9 Apr

4

Wrap

1-7 for Duffy as Armagh stun All-Ireland U20 champions Tyrone, Westmeath down Dublin

8 Apr

1

BANNER BOYS

Clare again snatch victory from jaws of defeat as Limerick denied in Munster U20 clash

8 Apr

1

Oisin Conaty

'It will be a dogfight' - Tyrone under pressure, yet Armagh wary of upcoming Ulster test

8 Apr

Munster Focus

Cork boss Ben O'Connor: 'It's outside noise and we're not taking any notice'

8 Apr

4

venues

Tullamore and Portlaoise to host this year's Leinster senior football semi-finals

7 Apr

3

looking ahead

Here is the full list of GAA Championship games on RTÉ this summer

7 Apr

4

Snap Them Up

Tickets for rounds 4 and 5 of Munster SHC to go on sale tomorrow

7 Apr

Dates For Diary

Here's the list of GAA inter-county fixtures and TV coverage this week

7 Apr

man for all seasons

'He has driven standards back' - Aidan O'Shea on Andy Moran in Mayo hotseat

7 Apr

4

AnalysisRebel Focus

Cork can't let the league loss derail their season – here are the challenges they face

Fintan O'Toole

6 Apr

Ellie Brady

'They messaged my Dad on Facebook, and I was like, ‘That's a scam'' - AFLW bound Cavan teen

6 Apr

1

pointing the way

A 15th major title for Limerick in Kiely era as Gillane's class again on show

The Patrickswell player scored 1-7 in a brilliant display in yesterday’s league final.

Fintan O'Toole

6 Apr

1

13m

Hurling

Brian Lohan frustrated with black card given to Rory Hayes in Clare's Division 1B final victory

5 Apr

7

Hurling

Limerick round off league with strong finish to land final success over Cork

John Kiely landed his fourth Division 1 crown as manager.

Fintan O'Toole

Reports from TUS Gaelic Grounds

5 Apr

48

Division 1B Final

Clare hold off Dublin second-half revival to take league title honours

5 Apr

8

As it happened

Limerick defeat Cork 1-27 to 1-21 to become Division 1A champions

5 Apr

58

A New Era

The rising star making history for his club despite a difficult Limerick debut

The42 talks to Ger Riordan from the Crecora/Manister club about the development of their top product Cathal O’Neill.

5 Apr

Hurling

Niland hits 3-8 for Galway, wins for Dublin and Kilkenny in Leinster U20 Championship

4 Apr

2

Selections

Cork make three changes for league final as Limerick make one switch

Updated 4 Apr

1

demand

GAA confirm hurling league finals double header in Limerick is sold out

4 Apr

4

living the dream

Adam English: 'I took it hard on myself that I wasn't able to finish out the matches'

4 Apr

League Leaders

Rob Downey: 'I've plenty bad memories against Limerick...it took us a while to get over the line'

4 Apr

Test

Know your sport? Take our weekly quiz

How closely have you been paying attention to the sporting headlines?

3 Apr

4

Clare GAA

Mark Rodgers: 'We're very comfortable in our own group'

3 Apr

Cork GAA

Ben O'Connor on 'shadow boxing' nonsense, Portugal camp, and full-back options

3 Apr

3

Limerick GAA

The emergence of Aidan O'Connor: A consummate pro beyond his years

2 Apr

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