It doesn’t take much to imagine what a frequently asked question by Kerry locals is to the manager of their minor inter-county football team.

There are very few decades over the last century, especially when Kerry or Dublin, or both, have not topped the list of All-Ireland football winners.

Shane O’Brien misses out on the match-day 26 for Limerick’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin, with John Kiely naming an unchanged starting 15 for the game.

Sean O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor and Brian Ó Beaglaoich are back in the team with Paudie Clifford among the Kerry subs for their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Cavan on Saturday.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King said: “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” So far in Championship 2025, no team have managed to fully get it right and at this point there’s no telling who will even make it to July’s final, never […]

Like a lot of club footballers, I first played Gaelic at under-six level, and now, at the ripe old age of 31, I like to think I’m in my athletic prime. To be fair, I have set the bar pretty low so it could be possible.

As throw-in nears and the nerves build the day before a game, Galway defender Fintan Burke keeps his mind off the action by going about his normal routine.

Home is where the heart is for Donegal attacker Shane O’Donnell but it has also helped to provide the gateway for his inter-county breakthrough.

Such is the magnitude of dual star Hannah Looney’s ability, you’d think there’s two of her on the pitch at times – and were it an option, the Cork woman would entertain the possibility of that far-fetched notion coming to life this weekend.

The photograph leaps from the page. Ryan O’Dwyer is being warmly congratulated by selector Richie Stakelum – two sons of Tipperary immersed in Anthony Daly’s Dublin hurling revolution.

It’s a dank, dark June Saturday evening in Newry. The meaty crowd in situ 40-ish minutes before throw-in reflects the seriousness of the business at hand.

Only eight games left in the Hurling All-Ireland, but will Limerick have it all their own way as Dublin face the might of the Treaty on the expanse of the Croke Park pitch?

The three amigos of Verney, Eddie and Mullane are back together for this week’s hurling hit, starting with reaction to the Waterford team bus never arriving to collect the young Déise hurlers for their trip to Wexford.

In winning the Joe McDonagh Cup for the first time last Sunday week the hurlers of Kildare fired out a message to all those who currently harbour aspirations of making their presence felt in more than one code.

Defeat stings. As it should. It matters.

It doesn’t take much to imagine what a frequently asked question by Kerry locals is to the manager of their minor inter-county football team.

There are very few decades over the last century, especially when Kerry or Dublin, or both, have not topped the list of All-Ireland football winners.

Shane O’Brien misses out on the match-day 26 for Limerick’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin, with John Kiely naming an unchanged starting 15 for the game.

Sean O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor and Brian Ó Beaglaoich are back in the team with Paudie Clifford among the Kerry subs for their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Cavan on Saturday.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King said: “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” So far in Championship 2025, no team have managed to fully get it right and at this point there’s no telling who will even make it to July’s final, never […]

Like a lot of club footballers, I first played Gaelic at under-six level, and now, at the ripe old age of 31, I like to think I’m in my athletic prime. To be fair, I have set the bar pretty low so it could be possible.

As throw-in nears and the nerves build the day before a game, Galway defender Fintan Burke keeps his mind off the action by going about his normal routine.

Home is where the heart is for Donegal attacker Shane O’Donnell but it has also helped to provide the gateway for his inter-county breakthrough.

Such is the magnitude of dual star Hannah Looney’s ability, you’d think there’s two of her on the pitch at times – and were it an option, the Cork woman would entertain the possibility of that far-fetched notion coming to life this weekend.

The photograph leaps from the page. Ryan O’Dwyer is being warmly congratulated by selector Richie Stakelum – two sons of Tipperary immersed in Anthony Daly’s Dublin hurling revolution.

It’s a dank, dark June Saturday evening in Newry. The meaty crowd in situ 40-ish minutes before throw-in reflects the seriousness of the business at hand.

Only eight games left in the Hurling All-Ireland, but will Limerick have it all their own way as Dublin face the might of the Treaty on the expanse of the Croke Park pitch?

The three amigos of Verney, Eddie and Mullane are back together for this week’s hurling hit, starting with reaction to the Waterford team bus never arriving to collect the young Déise hurlers for their trip to Wexford.

In winning the Joe McDonagh Cup for the first time last Sunday week the hurlers of Kildare fired out a message to all those who currently harbour aspirations of making their presence felt in more than one code.

Defeat stings. As it should. It matters.