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Yesterday
14th October 2026
ColumnParish Rule
Emotional tributes, unity where there was division, performative nonsense: it's county final season
Club deciders have evolved into something between a social phenomenon and a mini-industry.
This week
11th October 2026 - 15th October 2026
SeriesClub stories
Dublin's southside superclasico, Luke Loughlin in the scores and Clonduff's emotional win
Last week
4th October 2026 - 10th October 2026
AnalysisRetirement
Record scorer and no darling of the Dubs, Cillian O'Connor goes out on his terms
Ballintubber man was the ultimate foot soldier needed to drag Mayo into being contenders
Must ReadImitation games
'You had to acknowledge the dark genius of the industry'
Darragh McGee’s new book digs into where the gambling industry is coming from and where it is heading.
This month
October 2026
Must Readway out west
From there to here: Belmullet taking their place among the elite as emigration slows
Without a senior football championship in their 90-year history, Belmullet have never had it so good.
Last month
September 2026
ColumnHe's back
After helping to shape the new game, Eamonn Fitzmaurice opts for immersion with Galway
The Kerry man is ready to jump back into county football for a tilt at Sam Maguire.
ColumnKeep playing
'We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing'
Andy Moran rolling back the years is the envy of middle-aged men the country over.
ColumnCoaching
La Masia culture of holistic development should be of interest to the GAA
If we are set on copying professional sport, let’s at least follow the better examples.
Gaelic Football
11 for Mayo and 7 for Kerry as All-Star football nominations are announced
12 counties in total represented across 45 nominations.
AnalysisGrowing pains
Costly and exclusive or nurturing and necessary? The battle for the soul of development squads
Alarms are sounding again about how young GAA players are coached – and some counties are getting a lot more right than others.
Must ReadInterview
Rugby, drug addiction, prison, recovery - the life of Ryan Caldwell
Former Ulster Rugby lock shares his experiences in ‘White Lines’.
Column
How GAA county managers now live and die by their ability to assemble a backroom
Counties are playing a high-risk game every autumn, trying to recruit the best backrooms possible.
Must ReadJubilee Jubilation
'I swear to God, I was 10 foot tall' - Tommy Dunne recalls Tipp's 'bridging' All-Ireland
Ten seasons after entering a bear pit of a dressing room, Tommy Dunne turned in a season that brought all three Hurler of the Year Awards as they won Liam MacCarthy.
Irish Open
Shane Lowry shares second after first round 67 at Irish Open, as McIlroy fires 69
Joaqúin Niemann continues to sit at the top of the leaderboard in Doonbeg.
AnalysisGrowing pains
McAleese resignation is a mess for the GAA. Now they must put action behind slogans about equality
The merger of various strands of the Gaelic Games family is painful, embarrassing and exasperating.
ColumnAussie Departures
Trickle of GAA players shows there is no need to sound the AFL alarm
Various suggestions have been offered about what the GAA can do. But they can do nothing.
ColumnBogue on GAA
Pádraic Joyce gave 22 years in senior roles to Galway - he couldn't have given any more
Few figures tower over and through the halls of Galway football, and both have lost something with his departure.
