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29 June 2025; Referee Brendan Cawley during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match between Armagh and Kerry at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Cawley appointed ref for Kerry-Donegal football decider

Kildare's Brendan Cawley has been appointed as the referee for the 2025 All-Ireland SFC decider between Kerry and Donegal

Football • 15 Jul

Recap: Dublin 2-14 Mayo 0-15

Read how it all unfolded as Dublin won a sixth All-Ireland title on the spin.

GAA • 20 Dec 20

Dublin overcome battling Mayo to win six in a row

Composed Dublin surge past Mayo to win six-in-a-row

A timely final quarter burst saw Dublin overcome a battling Mayo to win their sixth successive All-Ireland title - the first of manager Dessie Farrell's reign.

GAA • 20 Dec 20

How to defeat Dublin in three (not-so-easy) steps

Mayo will need the perfect strategy to shock Dublin in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC final at Croke Park, with Aidan O'Rourke suggesting three key areas worthy of the underdogs' focus.

GAA • 18 Dec 20

Con O'Callaghan was speaking at the PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards where he and Kerry's Sean O'Shea picked up the gongs for August and September respectively

Con O'Callaghan: You can't be a fan on this team

Con O'Callaghan believes that the next generation of leaders has begun to emerge for Dublin as they look to build on the first ever five-in-a-row.

GAA • 19 Sep 19

Gavin with his father Jimmy after the match

Gavin: 'I'm interested in actions & Cluxton is a doer'

The Dublin goalkeeping great now has seven All-Ireland medals and has lifted Sam Maguire on six occasions as captain.

GAA • 15 Sep 19

Toughness beats talent - Dubs' resilience an edge

Dublin's resilience in the face of so much going wrong the first day points to a mental toughness that could be decisive in today's replay.

GAA • 14 Sep 19

Con O'Callaghan of Dublin is tackled by Killian Spillane

Tomás Ó Sé's All-Ireland final replay verdict

The Kerry great gives his verdict on the rematch between his native county and the five-in-a-row chasing Dubs.

GAA • 13 Sep 19

Replays are always about who has learned most and if the learnings can be implemented

Both teams would have agonised over epic first battle

The fact that Sunday last produced one of the great Irish sporting contests of the last ten years will not matter one iota to the people who were in the dressing room in the aftermath. There was lots to pore over and more to correct.

GAA • 09 Sep 19

'Why are Dublin considered so comprehensibly the better all-round team? The obvious answer is in what happens when they don't have the ball.'

Kick-out tactics may decide Sam Maguire's destination

Getting kick-out strategies right could be the key factor that decides the outcome of the All-Ireland final, writes Aidan O'Rourke.

GAA • 01 Sep 19

Kerry and Dublin will meet in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon

'It's nonsense to think Dublin will hit double-digits'

Kevin McStay has rubbished suggestions that Dublin might race into a big lead against Kerry when the sides collide in the All-Ireland final, saying that any such talk is "complete nonsense."

Football • 31 Aug 19

An Irish Independent headline from Saturday 18 September 1982

Don't believe the hype - 1982's Drive for Five build-up

The media coverage in the run up to the last 'drive for five' in 1982 might offer that year's losers Kerry some comfort as they seek to stop Dublin in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final.

GAA • 29 Aug 19

Eoghan O'Gara (L) and Bernard Brogan both came on as substitutes against Tyrone

Gavin: Places still up for grabs in Dublin squad

Dublin manager Jim Gavin insists his All-Ireland final squad is still open, as preparations begin for next month's clash with Kerry.

GAA • 12 Aug 19

'The more they win, the better they get'

The more Dublin win, the better they get

Our football analyst believes football has a problem and argues that is up to the chasing pack to fix it by catching up to Dublin.

GAA • 04 Sep 18

Gavin is in his seventh season in charge

The three ages of Jim Gavin's Dublin

The four in a row chasing All-Ireland champions continue to change and evolved under their shrewd manager.

GAA • 02 Sep 18

The Dubs got out of Omagh with a win in the Super 8s

There are two dogs in this fight, but one has more bite

Not many people are giving Tyrone much chance of beating Dublin in this year's All-Ireland football final.

GAA • 01 Sep 18

Dublin beat Tyrone by 1-14 to 0-14 in July

Ó Sé and O'Rourke's All-Ireland football final verdicts

Will it be four-in-a-row for the Dubs on Sunday or can Tyrone end a 10-year wait for Sam Maguire? Tomás Ó Sé and Colm O'Rourke give their verdicts.

GAA • 02 Sep 18

One of the footballs that will be used in the final

Meet the people with the balls for Croke Park on Sunday

The two dozen footballs that will used during the final this weekend were hand picked for the occasion.

GAA • 31 Aug 18

Gavin greets Harte after their quarter-final at Healy Park

Gavin: Tyrone's attack is their best form of defence

Dublin manager Jim Gavin believes Tyrone's attacking prowess does not get the attention it deserves.

GAA • 27 Aug 18

Mickey Harte (l) and Jim Gavin will pit their sides against each other next Sunday

Brolly: Tyrone cannot win without 'having a go' at Dubs

Joe Brolly believes that Tyrone's best chance of beating Dublin in the All-Ireland football final is to be bold rather than defensive.

GAA • 25 Aug 18

Kevin Hughes believes Lee Brennan should start on the bench

Kevin Hughes: Brennan can be Tyrone's Kevin McManamon

Kevin Hughes believes Mickey Harte needs to ensure he has weapons on the bench in the All-Ireland final against Dublin, and urged his old manager to hold back Lee Brennan with a view to using him as Tyrone's "Kevin McManamon".

GAA • 25 Aug 18

Brian McGuigan: "The one thing that will stand to Mickey is he'll have three weeks to prepare."

'Mickey will have a masterplan and absolute belief'

Brian McGuigan expects Tyrone manager Mickey Harte to come to Croke Park next week with a masterplan to take on Dublin and absolute belief - but warned it may not be enough.

GAA • 25 Aug 18