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Cork v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

Weekend previews: Killarney tussle the latest stage in managed decline of provincial championships

While in hurling: written off by almost everyone in a game that more Cork than Waterford people seem interested in, Sunday's is a game that will feed into Davy Fitzgerald’s us-against-the-world philosophy.

Cork v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

Killarney questions: The key Kerry v Cork Munster SFC match-ups

Tipperary v Dublin - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group B

Missing in action: Hurlers absent for the 2024 championship campaign

Derry v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Missing in action: Footballers absent for the 2024 championship campaign

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Clare v Dublin - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Tony Kelly named on Clare bench for Limerick opener

Also among the Clare subs is Shane O'Donnell

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

2024 Leinster GAA Senior Championships Launch

‘Good vibe’ back in Antrim camp after disappointing league

The Saffron had a long list of injuries during the early season.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Tipp and Limerick champs to make hurling history on South Kerry's Iveragh Peninsula

Tipp and Limerick champs to make hurling history on South Kerry's Iveragh Peninsula

This, the club says, is to be first adult hurling match played on South Kerry’s Iveragh Peninsula since 1964, 60 years ago.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Orlagh Nolan, Cian O'Sullivan, Niamh Gannon and Brian Fenton 16/4/2024

O'Sullivan hoping 'underperforming' Dubs can rise to crunch Wexford challenge

If Dublin can prevail on Sunday, they would fancy their chances of following up with wins over Carlow and Antrim in Rounds 2 and 3.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Tyrone v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1

Dooher determined to balance work and play: ‘Everything suffers a bit for it, but we enjoy it’

The triumph in their first season set a bar they have failed to meet since. They still carry expectation with them. They crave it.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Oisín McConville and Wicklow staff react towards the end of the game 14/4/2024

S Paul Rouse: A heartbeat? Evidence there's life in provincial championships yet

It is reported that at that moment the Kildare manager Glenn Ryan turned and started walking down towards the dressing-room end of the pitch; that is what championship football can do to you.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Conor Glass lifts the Division 1 League Cup 31/3/2024

Glass: 'I had to learn it again, and it took me a year or two'

It's been a tough journey from there to here, from having mastered the oval ball to setting it aside and attempting to do the same with the round size five.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Derry v Roscommon - Allianz Football League Division 1

S Kieran Shannon: Home is where the heart is for Derry at Celtic Park

Some wanted to abandon the city stadium during the county's lean years, but the good times are back at the historic ground.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Senior men’s winner Fionan Mackessy 7/8/2023

Star Kerry hurler Fionán Mackessy 'couldn’t turn down' Kilkenny move

The reigning All-Ireland Poc Fada champion explained that the decision to move was connected to a job offer on Noreide.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Munster GAA Senior Hurling and Football Championship Launch 2024

Cillian Brennan: Lads willing to learn and push themselves

Clare haven’t managed back-to-back Munster SFC final appearances in 87 years.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Tom Ryan: Clare clash is biggest since Limerick began their domination

Tom Ryan: Clare clash is biggest since Limerick began their domination

Limerick are on the brink of history but face a team that have cut them down twice in the Munster round-robin stages and whom they have yet to beat in Cusack Park.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Kerry v Tipperary - McGrath Cup Group A

Diarmuid Murphy: For Kerry wanabees, pressure is part of the package

Playing for Kerry brings pressure and new players will learn how to deal with the extra pressure.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

Cork v Dublin - Allianz Football League Division 2

Maurice Shanley comes into Cork starting line-up

Joe O'Connor named to start at midfield for Kerry

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Clare continue winning start as they see off Limerick

Clare continue winning start as they see off Limerick

It was so unusual in fact that unprecedentedly Limerick failed to score from play over the hour as nine frees were in contrast to their hosts nine point haul from play.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Mark Coleman to start for Cork against Waterford

Mark Coleman to start for Cork against Waterford

The former captain has not begun a championship game since the All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Galway two years ago having undergone knee surgery at the end of 2022.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Matty Taylor 21/3/2024

Munster SFC: Constructing a Killarney case for Cork's footballers

'Some day it will click', mused John Cleary as Cork continued to create, and spurn, goal chances in the spring. It will take a lot to go right against Kerry on Saturday but it should offer a firm indictor where the Cleary project is at

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Sean O’Donoghue, Shane Meehan, Declan Hannon and Ronan Maher 21/3/2024

S Enda McEvoy: Are Cork the pinch of chilli to heat up this championship recipe?

An opening weekend blockbuster in Ennis, a potential Waterford ambush for Cork in Walsh Park, And that's just for starters. Take caution, advises the sage Kilkenny cat. There's plenty to consider beyond April 21.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Donegal v Tyrone - Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Maurice Brosnan: Musings as the summer road opens out before us

Publicly there is a clear lack of appetite and frustration at the blatant unfairness of it all. The league is a meritocracy while the provincials are unequal and unseeded.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Clare v Kilkenny - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Final

Different score difference rules could decide Leinster and Munster hurling championships

If three or more teams finish on the same points total, different rules apply.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Launch of Connacht GAA Championship 2024

Conor Hussey: Training the day after Dublin defeat, management team departures and the Mayo rivalry

"Players actually aren’t getting flogged like they would in the past so I think that’s definitely a positive."

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Davy Fitzgerald 10/3/2024

Davy Fitzgerald: Waterford need to show tenacity to win back the fans

Fitzgerald knows it will take an upturn in results to return queues outside Walsh Park walls. Results of late have been neither hectic nor kind.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Dublin v Derry - Allianz Football League Division 1 Final

Loyal wingman Devlin like another son to Mickey Harte

The three-time All-Ireland winning manager opened up about his rock-solid relationship with his former player who he he believes is the best coach around.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Stephen O'Brien makes a pass 16/7/2023

Stephen O’Brien prefers to wear than rust away as Kerry prepare to face Cork

Settled and working in Cork as well as having studied there, Saturday’s Munster semi-final has extra resonance for O’Brien.

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Wexford v Clare - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A

Lee Chin 'felt sorry' for the man who racially abused him

"I remember the phone call I had with him and he was very sorrowful and he couldn't apologise anymore."

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Kilkenny v Galway - Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final

Conor Whelan: 'In Galway, we can write a player off maybe a bit too soon'

“I think there's probably a good few young lads coming through together, which probably makes it a bit easier."

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

First blood to Kerry as Kingdom under-20s triumph over Cork

First blood to Kerry as Kingdom under-20s triumph over Cork

A Cork victory over winless Clare next Wednesday will set up a second meeting of the neighbours, unless Tipperary can manage to stun Kerry in Tralee.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Tipperary keep slim final hopes alive with victory over Clare

Tipperary keep slim final hopes alive with victory over Clare

With holders Kerry almost assured of their return to the decider following their four-point win over neighbours Cork, Tipperary face an uphill task to join them.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Sligo stun Mayo with second-half comeback in Connacht U20 Football Championship

Sligo stun Mayo with second-half comeback in Connacht U20 Football Championship

Mayo’s second defeat of the round-robin stages means the crash out of this ultra-competitive championship while Paul Henry's Sligo will now face Galway in the last four next Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Mid Kerry v East Kerry - Kerry County Senior Football Championship Final

Kerry to examine new SFC proposals with ten senior clubs and only six divisions

The format for Kerry's SFC has been a hot potato in the Kingdom for some time, with clubs railing against the cut-throat nature of the current format with only eight senior clubs.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Limerick v Tipperary - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group B

'Savage pain' - The injury that ended 2024 for Tipperary's Seamus Kennedy

Seamus Kennedy will undergo surgery on April 24th.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Wexford v Cork - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A

'You need to be scoring three or four goals to be winning' - Pat Ryan

Ryan believes Cork have “narrowed down” why they were patchy across their first two league games against Clare and Kilkenny.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Babs Keating at 80 — Nicky English on how Tipperary icon changed their lives

Babs Keating at 80 — Nicky English on how Tipperary icon changed their lives

'He was revolutionary for us in the 80s,' says English about a manager who lost just three of 18 Munster games in eight seasons.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Renault GAA World Games 2019 Day 4

Henry Shefflin confirms that Johnny Glynn is on board for Galway's championship bid

“He’s very much part of the plans and for anyone who saw him play his club championship, we looked at him and said he performed very well and for the couple of blocks he has been with ourselves and in camp, he has performed very well,” said Shefflin.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Briody: A September All-Ireland via standardised club seasons is nearly impossible

Briody: A September All-Ireland via standardised club seasons is nearly impossible

Former CPA chairman Micheál Briody cannot envisage counties agreeing to the change Jarlath Burns wants.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Niamh Gannon 16/4/2024

Dublin's Niamh Gannon 'hugely disappointed' skorts choice not left to the players

"I've heard people say that for younger girls, who play football and camogie, they're deciding to play football because they can wear shorts," added Gannon.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Cork v Kerry - EirGrid GAA Football U20 Munster Championship Final

'Extremely dangerous' Cork forwards will take watching, insists Tomás Ó Sé

One of the few probables of this convoluted Munster championship is that whoever wins Wednesday evening’s Cork-Kerry clash at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm) will reach the provincial decider.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Meath v Cork - Allianz Football League Division 2

Cork in need of some Conor Corbett class in Killarney

Conor Corbett's Cork chapter is really only getting going and yet he’s already establishing himself as a main character in John Cleary’s cast.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Diarmuid O'Connor 3/3/2024

Diarmuid O'Connor remains constant in revolving door of Kerry midfield pairings

Whatever happens, the Munster semi-final clash against Cork will be the 10th different championship pairing Kerry will field in the last 10 seasons and third in Jack O’Connor’s third term in charge.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Carlow v Offaly - Joe McDonagh Cup Final

'There is great hurling in Carlow, it would be great to get that investment'

Carlow captain Kevin McDonald says their aim this year is to retain their Leinster SHC status.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Munster Minor Football Championship Waterford v Tipperary

Waterford record first Munster Minor Football victory in five years

Paddy McCarthy and Joe Brennan scored 2-9 between them as the Déise delivered their first Munster minor championship win since 2019.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

Armagh v Donegal - Allianz Football League Division 2 Final

S Jack Anderson: The need for Gaelic football to be more Camelot than Kissinger

Here's half a dozen starting points for Jim Gavin and his committee. It is a sad indictment of Gaelic football that contemporary coaching innovation seems to surround what can be done with the most defensive player on the pitch

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

Tipperary fans cheer on their team 4/9/2016

Tipperary defeat Clare to maintain perfect record in Munster Minor Football Championship

Having both qualifed for the knock-out stages, the real prize comes in a fortnight’s time when the sides face-off for provincial B honours before taking on perennial superpowers Cork and Kerry in the last four.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

St Brigid's v Castlehaven - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Semi-Final

Leinster U20 Football Round-up: Meath and Louth secure semi-final spots

Meath defeated Laois while Louth saw off the challenge of Wicklow on Tuesday evening.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

Dalo's Hurling Show: 'We'll go down anyway' - buzz is building for Championship

S Dalo's Hurling Show: 'We'll go down anyway' - buzz is building for Championship

Anthony Daly, Mark Landers and TJ Ryan reckon things could be up in a heap after two rounds in Munster.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

The Gaelic Football Show: Ciaran Kilkenny on Leinster, the Dubs' rivals and more

S The Gaelic Football Show: Ciaran Kilkenny on Leinster, the Dubs' rivals and more

The multiple All-Ireland winner joins Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan to reflect on the win over Meath and look ahead of the championship action.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

Jarlath Burns 5/4/2024

All-Ireland finals can go back to September, believes Burns

Jarlath Burns expanded on his idea to enshrine the amateur status and cut down on the €40 million annual spend on inter-county team preparation expenditure by developing a licensing system.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2024