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Jason Ryan looks ahead to the big Ulster derby between Armagh and Donegal

Pendulum swinging towards Armagh

Donegal have won both games against Armagh this season, but they could call on home advantage in Letterkenny and Ballybofey.

Football • 12 Jun 22

Tyrone players Michael McKernan (r) and Pádraig Hampsey after their championship exit

Tyrone's tame exit, Farney frustration, Tailteann drama

We recap a weekend where Tyrone made a tame championship exit, Mayo grinded it out against Monaghan and spot kicks decide an absorbing derby clash in the Taliteann Cup.

Football • 06 Jun 22

The Green Proposal will go forward for a vote

Central Council endorses 'Green Proposal' reform

GAA Central Council have endorsed the 'Green Proposal' for reform of the All-Ireland senior football championship at a meeting today, meaning the plan will now go forward to a vote at Congress next month.

GAA • 22 Jan 22

Lee Keegan starred in Mayo's extra-time victory over Dublin

Quirke: Four-week break won't halt Mayo's momentum

Michéal Quirke says Mayo won't be hindered by the extended break between games as they prepare for their second All-Ireland final in ten months.

GAA • 16 Aug 21

Mayo v Dublin ratings: Durcan and Ruane to the fore

Mayo recorded a wonderful comeback win to end Dublin's dominance of the All-Ireland Football Championship in their semi-final meeting at Croke Park. Here is how we saw it.

GAA • 14 Aug 21

Tomás Ó Sé: Plenty of thrills in Leinster this weekend

Tomás Ó Sé looks ahead to the opening weekend of the 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship and for once, the Leinster Championship looks set to provide the excitement.

GAA • 25 Jun 21

Mayo's Cillian O'Connor hit four goals against Tipperary

Cillian O'Connor: Mayo have 'lots to work on'

Mayo star Cillian O'Connor has said that the Connacht side has "lots to work on" ahead of their All-Ireland final clash with Dublin on 19 December.

GAA • 06 Dec 20

Hassett accepting the Sam Maguire Cup from GAA President Joe McDonagh

Liam Hassett's 1997 All-Ireland winning speech

This week in our series of 'Great GAA Speeches', Liam Hassett joined Joanne Cantwell on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport to recall Kerry 1997 All-Ireland SFC victory.

GAA • 07 Jun 20

Will games go ahead in front of empty stands?

Majority of managers happy to play without fans

An RTÉ survey of inter-county managers found a majority are in favour of playing the All-Ireland senior football and hurling championships behind closed doors, if that was the only way to complete the summer showpieces.

GAA • 30 Apr 20

Ray Silke's 1998 All-Ireland winning speech

This week in our series of 'Great GAA Speeches', Ray Silke joined John Murray on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport to recall Galway's 1998 All-Ireland SFC success.

GAA • 26 Apr 20

Peter Keane's Kerry were looking to go one better than last year

'Tis better than nothing' - Keane on closed door games

Kerry manager Peter Keane tells RTÉ Sport that football behind closed doors is preferable to nothing at all, but warns that such a scenario is a long way off yet.

GAA • 26 Apr 20

Gaelic Park was to play host to the Championship opener on 3 May

Start of All-Ireland football championship suspended

The start of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the GAA confirming that the Connacht SFC meeting between New York and Galway, scheduled to take place in Gaelic Park, New York on 3 May, has been postponed.

GAA • 18 Mar 20

Hurling sin bin rejected, Leinster SHC expands

The introduction of a black card and sin bin in hurling to combat potential cynical play has been heavily defeated at Congress.

GAA • 29 Feb 20

Eoin Murchan celebrates the opening goal

Recap: Dublin beat Kerry to complete five in a row

The action as is happened as Dublin overcame Kerry to complete the five in a row.

GAA • 14 Sep 19

Keane and Jim Gavin will do battle again

Dubs and Kerry unchanged - Brogan, O'Donoghue on bench

Both Peter Keane and Jim Gavin have named unchanged team's for this evening's All-Ireland football final replay in Croke Park but Bernard Brogan and James O'Donoghue have been included in the respective panels.

GAA • 14 Sep 19

Macauley has scored three goals for Dublin this summer

Macauley not checking 'balance sheet' ahead of final

Michael Darragh Macauley has re-established himself in a winning Dublin team ahead of this Sunday's All-Ireland final with Kerry, two years after his lost summer when injury disrupted his season.

GAA • 28 Aug 19

Darcy giving players instructions in this year's Leinster Championship

'What we do at half-time is really important' - Darcy

Dublin selector Declan Darcy says the days of Alex Ferguson-style "hair dryer treatments" are a thing of the past, and that gaelic footballers expect instruction in the half-time team talk.

GAA • 27 Aug 19

'How teams cope with that additional weight while executing their gameplan and summoning energy is regularly overlooked as a defining element of these games'

Character and collective the key as final 4 do battle

All four semi-finalists have shown their strengths this summer, but the ability to produce a performance on the most pressurised of occasions will be key to success this weekend.

Football • 10 Aug 19

QUIZ: How well do you remember the 2012 football final

With Mayo and Donegal meeting in a winner-takes-all Super 8s encounter this Saturday, we thought it would be a good time to test your knowledge of their All-Ireland final encounter of seven years ago

GAA • 31 Jul 19

Bonner and Peter Keane share a joke at the end

Bonner: 'Great' draw with Kerry will bring Donegal on

Donegal manager Declan Bonner said Sunday's draw with Kerry will bring his team on as they prepare to head to Castlebar for the final game of the Super 8s on Saturday week.

GAA • 21 Jul 19

The Fossa youngster is already becoming a key figure in the Kerry team in just his second season of inter-county football

Kerry's Cliff edge - the rise of David Clifford

One of the most talked about underage talents has made an almost seamless transition to senior football. Declan Whooley looks at the rise of David Clifford and spoke to those who have seen his progress up close

GAA • 02 Jul 20

'I tell you, Meath could rattle Mayo next weekend'

Meath gave Donegal their 'toughest test' - Ó Sé

Sunday Game panelists Tomás Ó Sé and Joe Brolly agreed that Meath could put it up to Mayo at Croke Park after Sunday's opening Group 1 fixtures.

GAA • 18 Jul 19

'Certainly it's disappointing for the Derby itself, given the proximity of both events'

GAA rejects Curragh plea to refix Kildare-Tyrone game

The GAA has turned down a request from The Curragh to re-schedule the Kildare-Tyrone qualifier game to avoid clashing with the Irish Derby.

GAA • 25 Jun 19

Dubs captain Stephen Cluxton is aiming to lift Sam Maguire for the fifth year in-a-row

Halfway there: Ranking last 16 SFC counties standing

We know four of the teams already through to the Super 8s with 12 more trying to squeeze into the four remaining slots.

GAA • 25 Jun 19

Matthew Fitzpatrick scored the crucial goals

Antrim bounce back and win first qualifier since 2015

Antrim bounced back from their desolating exit from the Ulster Championship at the hands of All-Ireland finalists Tyrone to dump 13-man Louth out of the qualifiers in Drogheda on a 2-16 to 1-11 scoreline.

GAA • 08 Jun 19