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Donegal promotion hopes back on track with Armagh win

Michael Murphy returned in the nick of time for Donegal as they got their promotion hopes back on track with a narrow victory over Armagh.

GAA • 02 Mar 19

Offaly face a relegation play-off on Sunday week

'We are too busy in the blame culture in Offaly'

After losing their Leinster Championship status last year, Offaly are on the verge of relegation from the Division 1 of the Allianz League.

GAA • 01 Mar 19

Kerry and Tyrone players contest a high ball during the opening round of the Allianz Football League

McConville: Offensive mark & kickout make early impact

Two of the four Gaelic football rule changes have had an immediate impact, but time will tell whether they will be an overall success, according to Oisín McConville.

GAA • 28 Jan 19

Dublin name experienced side for Monaghan clash

Jim Gavin has named a strong Dublin team to face Monaghan in their Allianz League opener in Clones on Sunday.

GAA • 26 Jan 19

Eoghan Concannon could be crucial for Derry's hopes

Division 4: Dropping Derry aim for quick bounce back

Derry can't fall any further and will aim to arrest a worrying decline in fortunes

GAA • 26 Jan 19

Dean Ryan collects the ball ahead of Cian Kiely

Clare claim McGrath Cup with victory over Cork

The Clare footballers defeated Cork on a scoreline of 1-09 to 0-09 to win the McGrath Cup for the first time since 2008.

GAA • 12 Jan 19

Davy Fitzgerald has faith that Wexford can be a competitive force when the serious action gets underway

'I genuinely believe Wexford are as good as any team'

Davy Fitzgerald is confident that a slight improvement will be enough for Wexford to mix it with anybody in the months ahead.

GAA • 13 Jan 19

Brendan Maher leaves the field of play at Semple Stadium last June

Maher hitting all the timelines as he eyes Tipp return

Tipperary's 2016 All-Ireland winning captain Brendan Maher is bang on course to return to action in the middle of the Allianz League after battling back from a cruciate injury picked up in the championship last summer.

GAA • 08 Jan 19

The number of hand-passes will be limited

Is the League too important for the use of trial rules?

For many teams the months of February, March and April are the most important of the year - but their plans may be upset in 2019.

GAA • 29 Nov 18

Paul Flynn, GPA chief executive, announced the findings today

Mark and sin bin proposals find favour with GPA

The Gaelic Players Association are against introduction of the handpass restriction, sideline kick and kickout zoning proposals but in favour of the mark and sin bin.

GAA • 15 Nov 18

Davy Fitzgerald will have a full compliment of home games in next year's Allianz League

Wexford successfully appeal training camp sanction

Wexford county board successfully appealed their hurlers' loss of a home game in next year's Allianz League as a result of breaching rules on training camps.

GAA • 13 Nov 18

One of the five proposed rule changes centres on the handpass. Teams will be restricted to three consective handpasses under the new proposals.

The jury has spoken: Reaction to proposed rule changes

Leading figures in the GAA give their views on the five proposed rule changes that could be trialled during next season's Allianz League.

GAA • 12 Oct 18

Cork host Clare in the Munster Hurling Championship this weekend

Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch perfect after Ed Sheeran shows

The Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan says he has no fears over the pitch despite the recent Ed Sheeran concerts and previous issues with regards to the playing surface at the venue.

GAA • 17 May 18

Shane Hogan celebrates his goal against Leitrim in the Connacht SFC defeat at Gaelic Park

'There's nothing left for us' - New York seek game time

New York will eventually get their first taste of Championship victory, but more games would be an obvious solution to improve their standing in the game, according to Shane Hogan.

GAA • 08 May 18

Chris Crummey: 'It's a challenge that we're really looking forward to'

Dublin's Crummey eyeing a swing at the Cats

For most of the past two decades meeting Kilkenny in a Championship opener was a death sentence but Dublin's Chris Crummey can't wait to get swinging against the Cats.

GAA • 06 May 18

TJ Reid: 'It couldn't get any sweeter'

TJ Reid finished the League final with a tally of fifteen points and earned a man-of-the-match award as his side won an 18th League title defeating Tipperary in Nowlan Park by six points.

GAA • 08 Apr 18

Na Piarsaigh's Kieran Kennedy and Mike Casey tackle Con O'Callaghan of Cuala

Recap: Cuala retain title and Wexford advance

Re-live the action from Saturday's hurling action as Cuala pipped Na Piarsaigh to claim a second successive All-Ireland title and earlier Wexford beat Galway in the Allianz hurling league quarter-final.

GAA • 24 Mar 18

'No one on the Clare team will be blaming Niall that's for sure'

Collins: Going to work helps players deal with losing

The Clare hurling team met on Tuesday for a pool session, just 24-hours after their crushing defeat to Limerick in the Aliianz Hurling League Division 1 quarter-final.

GAA • 21 Mar 18

Monaghan's Drew Wylie and Donegal's Eamonn Doherty in action.

Monaghan ease past relegation-threatened Donegal

Monaghan staged a strong second-half performance to strike for victory consigning Donegal to a relegation battle.

Gaelic football • 18 Mar 18

Andy Moran was in top form against Kildare at the weekend

Flynn: 'Steely' Mayo a different proposition in 2018

Mayo are showing no signs of an All-Ireland Final hangover and have found a new attitude that bodes well for the Championship, according to Bernard Flynn.

GAA • 13 Mar 18

Dublin manager Jim Gavin oversaw his side comfortably dispatch Kerry at Croke Park

Jim Gavin pleased with Dublin's scoring consistency

An impressive scoring return from a widespread of scorers was Dublin manager Jim Gavin's summation of their 12-point defeat of Kerry in Croke Park.

GAA • 12 Mar 18

Tipp led by 0-15 to 1-9 at the half-time break.

Tipp hold off late rally to book quarter-final place

Tipperary held off a spirited late rally from Cork to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Allianz Hurling League, winning 1-24 to 1-21.

GAA • 11 Mar 18

Recap: Allianz Hurling League updates

Keep up to date with all the scores and drama as it unfolds in the Allianz Hurling League.

Hurling • 11 Mar 18

Johnny Coen lifts the Liam MacCarthy Cup last September

Galway 'happy to be under the radar' as Limerick loom

Galway midfielder Johnny Coen believes the side's low-key approach to the league has served them well so far ahead of the crucial test against Limerick.

GAA • 04 Mar 18

Kilkenny v Wexford is one of the games down for decision in Division 1A of the hurling

GAA monitor situation as Beast from the East rolls in

With the country currently in the grip of an icy blast, the concluding stages of this year's Allianz League and, in particular the hurling competition, could be thrown off kilter if games are called off this weekend.

GAA • 27 Feb 18