Conor Neville

RTÉ Sport Reporter

27 July 2025; Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, right, dejected after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin.. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

McGuinness: We were pushing a boulder up a hill

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness felt his side did things they would not normally do in their All-Ireland SFC final loss to Kerry.

Football • 28 Jul

27 July 2025; Kerry manager Jack O'Connor celebrates with Mark O'Shea after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

O'Connor: The rest of us are only trotting after Micko

Jack O'Connor appears ready to ride off into the sunset after presiding over a fifth All-Ireland title victory in 11 seasons in charge

Football • 29 Jul

27 July 2025; Seán O'Shea, left, and David Clifford of Kerry celebrate after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Swaggering Kerry sweep past Donegal to win 39th title

Written off in mid-summer, Kerry won their 39th All-Ireland title with a breathless display of attacking football to overcome a Donegal side whose characteristic efficiency deserted them

Football • 28 Jul

15 March 2025; Kerry head coach Cian O'Neill makes his way onto the pitch before the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Kerry and Armagh at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Nomadic guru O'Neill seeks to add to trophy haul

Cian O'Neill is almost as familiar with All-Ireland finals as the county with whom he's working.

Football • 27 Jul

Donegal-Kerry decider perched on knife-edge

The 2025 All-Ireland final is a titanic clash of styles between two of the leading lights which can provide a fitting conclusion to one of the most acclaimed championship campaigns of modern times.

Football • 27 Jul

20 July 2025; Tipperary supporters celebrate winning a free during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Cork and Tipperary at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Cork in a state of fragility as Cahill plan comes off

In addition to his many other attributes as a manager, we have to give Liam Cahill top marks for misdirection

Hurling • 22 Jul

27 April 2025; Darragh Fitzgibbon of Cork in action against Ronan Maher of Tipperary during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 2 match between Cork and Tipperary at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

All-Ireland hurling final: All you need to know

The historical background, the ticket hunt, the underage pedigree - the important details ahead of the meeting of Cork and Tipperary in the 2025 All-Ireland final

Hurling • 19 Jul

6 July 2025; Oisin O'Donoghue of Tipperary celebrates scoring his side's 4th goal, in the 70th minute, during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Kilkenny and Tipperary at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Spo

Tipping back to big time after spell in wilderness

Only a year after their demoralised manager officially declared them to be in midst of a 'rebuild job', Tipperary are back on the big stage, far sooner than anyone imagined

Hurling • 20 Jul

17 July 2025; Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his chip onto the 15th green during day one of The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Antrim. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Recap: The Open Championship Day 1

Two-time champion Padraig Harrington, Tom McKibbin and Darren Clarke are among the early starters for the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush while Shane Lowry will get his bid for a second major title under way later in the morning, with Rory McIlroy teeing off in the afternoon.

Golf • 17 Jul

16 July 2025; Matthew Orr of Linfield is tackled by Ali Coote of Shelbourne during the UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round second leg match between Linfield and Shelbourne at Clearer Twist National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast. Pho

Champions League recap: Shels progress in Belfast

The action as it happened from this evening's second leg between Linfield and Shelbourne at Windsor Park

Soccer • 16 Jul