Daire Walsh

RTÉ Sport contributor

Marcella Heffernan on the pitch as the Mayo 1999 and 2000 All-Ireland Ladies winning squads are honoured at the 2025 All-Ireland final

Joyous days for Mayo come flooding back for Heffernan

Former Mayo star Marcella Heffernan recalls those days when the county were a dominant force in ladies football.

3 August 2025; Niamh O'Neill of Tyrone has a shot on goal during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Intermediate Championship final match between Laois and Tyrone at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

O'Neill loving life back in title-winning Tyrone fold

After watching on from the outside as they lost to Leitrim at the same stage of the competition 12 months ago, Niamh O'Neill was back to play a starring role for Tyrone in their TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football championship final triumph last weekend.

GAA • 09 Aug

Louise Byrne of Louth (r) in action against Laura Agnew of Antrim - 2025 TG4 Junior final

Second-half flurry sees Louth win junior final

Kate Flood kicked four points at Croke Park on Sunday as Louth held off a stubborn challenge from Antrim to claim a record fourth TG4 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship title on a 0-13 to 1-08 scoreline.

Antrim LGFA • 04 Aug

Meath players, including Orla Byrne, celebrate after winning the 2021 All-Ireland final

Byrne hopes 2021 heroics can inspire Meath again

Former Meath player Orla Byrne recalls their shock All-Ireland final win over five-in-a-row chasing Dublin in 2021.

GAA • 02 Aug

O'Byrne household basking in Wee County success

Louth Eimear Byrne is targeting another All-Ireland Junior title success, so as to continue a good year so far for the Byrne family.

Womens Football • 26 Jul

19 July 2025; Hannah Tyrrell of Dublin scores her side's first goal, from a penalty, during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship semi-final match between Dublin and Galway at Glenisk O’Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. Photo by Piaras Ó

Dublin book final spot after extra-time goal rush

Dublin will face Meath in an all-Leinster TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship final on 3 August after the Metropolitan outfit secured an extra-time 3-14 to 2-14 victory over Galway in Tullamore.

Womens Football • 19 Jul

Meath's Emma Duggan in action in Tullamore

Meath dethrone Kerry and advance to All-Ireland final

Kerrie Cole and Sarah Wall struck goals in either half at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore on Saturday as Meath booked a return to the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final for the first time since 2022 by dethroning reigning champions Kerry.

All-Ireland ladies football championship • 19 Jul

6 July 2025; Vikki Wall of Meath shoots to score her side's first goal despite the efforts of Clara English of Tipperary during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship quarter-final match between Meath and Tipperary at Páirc Tailteann in N

Meath cruise past Tipperary to reach last four

Meath will face defending champions Kerry at the semi-final stage of the TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship after goals from Vikki Wall and Niamh Gallogly helped the Leinster side towards an emphatic 2-17 to 1-06 triumph over Tipperary at Pairc Tailteann in Navan on Sunday.

Womens Football • 06 Jul

5 July 2025; Kate Sullivan of Dublin in action against Aimee Corcoran of Cork during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship quarter-final match between Dublin and Cork at Parnell Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Sullivan and Tyrrell lead classy Dublin into semi final

Hannah Tyrrell struck 1-05 at Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon as Dublin booked their place in the TG4 All-Ireland senior football championship semi-finals with a convincing victory over Cork.

Womens Football • 05 Jul

Aoife McCoy celebrates after Armagh's Ulster final success

McCoy hoping Armagh's rising tide can push them on

Aoife McCoy is hoping the success of the county's men team in securing Sam Maguire last year can inspire the Armagh women to achieve something similar in the weeks ahead.

aoife mccoy • 21 Jun