Anyone who has been patient enough to read my work in the past will know that I am no doomsday preacher when it comes to the current shape of Gaelic football.

Subscription revenues at the controversial GAA and RTÉ streaming joint venture, GAAGO last year surged by €2.6m or 118pc to €4.96m.

Dan McCormack has called time on his Tipperary hurling career after almost a decade of senior service crowned by two All-Ireland medals.

Aside from the prospect of playing a game with enhanced rules, what the Ulster manager Kieran Donnelly detected when the chosen players from the province gathered in Garvaghey in Tyrone last weekend for a preparatory session was the appetite to play […]

Waterford sharpshooter Dessie Hutchinson believes penalty shoot-outs are a bad fit for hurling and should be replaced by an ‘overtime showdown’ instead.

Rory Beggan is one of the original sweeper 'keepers, but he still can’t wait to see Gaelic football’s new trial rules in action – even if they could have a marked impact on his own game next season.

Former Galway hurler Joe Canning has criticised the Government for producing a budget that did “nothing to help hospitality”, adding that “there is something wrong when small and medium businesses are closing”.

There is no shortage of star power among the four squads that will trial new rules in a novel Inter-Provincial Series in Croke Park this Friday and Saturday night as the seven core enhancements recommended by Jim Gavin's Football Review Committee […]

Tipping points. Cause celebre. Critical mass. Every great movement has them.

Irish Independent Gaelic Games Editor Colm Keys has won a prestigious MacNamee Award for his book ‘Chasing Sam Maguire’, co-written with GAA statistician Dermot Reilly.

Rory Beggan has parked his dreams of a professional American Football career – and admitted that age was ultimately against him.

Offaly star Brian Duignan hopes that the Faithful hurlers can swim with the sharks and retain their place in the Leinster SHC over the coming years.

Conán Doherty and Ronan Mullen join Joe Molloy to round up the sporting headlines this Wednesday, including a debate around Thomas Tuchel's appointment as England boss.

Kerry footballer Paul Geaney says he will be taking a break from football at some stage between now at the start of the 2025 season, but he believes it should be up to each individual player if, when and for how long they might need to step back […]

Davy Fitzgerald has been dealt an early blow in his new role as Antrim senior hurling manager after star forward Conal Cunning suffered a cruciate knee ligament on club duty earlier this month.

Anyone who has been patient enough to read my work in the past will know that I am no doomsday preacher when it comes to the current shape of Gaelic football.

Subscription revenues at the controversial GAA and RTÉ streaming joint venture, GAAGO last year surged by €2.6m or 118pc to €4.96m.

Dan McCormack has called time on his Tipperary hurling career after almost a decade of senior service crowned by two All-Ireland medals.

Aside from the prospect of playing a game with enhanced rules, what the Ulster manager Kieran Donnelly detected when the chosen players from the province gathered in Garvaghey in Tyrone last weekend for a preparatory session was the appetite to play […]

Waterford sharpshooter Dessie Hutchinson believes penalty shoot-outs are a bad fit for hurling and should be replaced by an ‘overtime showdown’ instead.

Rory Beggan is one of the original sweeper 'keepers, but he still can’t wait to see Gaelic football’s new trial rules in action – even if they could have a marked impact on his own game next season.

Former Galway hurler Joe Canning has criticised the Government for producing a budget that did “nothing to help hospitality”, adding that “there is something wrong when small and medium businesses are closing”.

There is no shortage of star power among the four squads that will trial new rules in a novel Inter-Provincial Series in Croke Park this Friday and Saturday night as the seven core enhancements recommended by Jim Gavin's Football Review Committee […]

Tipping points. Cause celebre. Critical mass. Every great movement has them.

Irish Independent Gaelic Games Editor Colm Keys has won a prestigious MacNamee Award for his book ‘Chasing Sam Maguire’, co-written with GAA statistician Dermot Reilly.

Rory Beggan has parked his dreams of a professional American Football career – and admitted that age was ultimately against him.

Offaly star Brian Duignan hopes that the Faithful hurlers can swim with the sharks and retain their place in the Leinster SHC over the coming years.

Conán Doherty and Ronan Mullen join Joe Molloy to round up the sporting headlines this Wednesday, including a debate around Thomas Tuchel's appointment as England boss.

Kerry footballer Paul Geaney says he will be taking a break from football at some stage between now at the start of the 2025 season, but he believes it should be up to each individual player if, when and for how long they might need to step back […]

Davy Fitzgerald has been dealt an early blow in his new role as Antrim senior hurling manager after star forward Conal Cunning suffered a cruciate knee ligament on club duty earlier this month.