Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Paul Hearty lifting the 2015 Ulster club title

Highly decorated Hearty retires after 23 years

Six-time All-Ireland club title winner Paul Hearty has announced his retirement from Gaelic football after a glittering career of over two decades.

GAA • 03 Oct 17

Mayo fans welcome home their beaten heroes

Several thousand people turned out at McHale Park this evening to welcome home the Mayo senior football team.

GAA • 19 Sep 17

'Just give us five minutes more' - the 1947 All-Ireland final

Seventy years ago, Cavan beat Kerry in the only All-Ireland final ever to be played abroad. The late great Michael O'Hehir recalls the challenges of relaying the action to listeners back home from New York.

GAA • 15 Sep 17

Declan Bonner managed the Donegal Under-21s this year

McEniff backs Bonner for Donegal hot seat

Brian McEniff has given his backing for Declan Bonner to take the reins as the next Donegal boss and the 1992 All-Ireland-winning manager feels they are still "in a good place" despite a disastrous championship campaign.

GAA • 14 Sep 17

Pat Murray (C) after kicking his first ever NFL field goal for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014

Free but not easy: A Gaelic footballer in the NFL

Former Gaelic footballer and NFL free agent Pat Murray is intent on securing a new team in one of the most cut-throat professional sports around.

US Sport • 10 Sep 17

Mickey Harte has been handed a three-year extension as Tyrone senior football manager

Tyrone extend Mickey Harte's reign for three years

Gaelic football's longest serving inter-county manager will carry on in charge of Tyrone into the next decade.

GAA • 06 Sep 17

Dublin march on to face Mayo in the All-Ireland final

Bad news for Mayo as The Sunday Game panel call final

The Sunday Game panel have made their predictions for who will win the All-Ireland final and it doesn't bode well for Mayo

GAA • 27 Aug 17

Mayo should be happy to be hated

Mayo have a decades old reputation as everyone's 'second team', an admittedly dubious accolade which is common to perennial bridesmaids in all sports.

Football • 17 Aug 17

Nicole Owens scored 1-4 from play as Dublin beat Waterford at Nowlan Park this afternoon.

Dublin overcome plucky Waterford to reach final four

Captain Sinéad Aherne led the way with a 1-9 haul as Dublin advanced to another TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football championship semi-final.

GAA • 12 Aug 17

Fergal Horgan showing Tadhg De Burca a red card during Waterford's All-Ireland quarter-final win over Wexford

Joe Brolly: Disciplinary system is 'in total disrepute'

Joe Brolly says that the GAA's disciplinary system is "in total disrepute" in the wake of the upholding of Tadhg De Burca's suspension.

GAA • 12 Aug 17

Referee Brian White ordering players away during the 2003 All-Ireland final

Armagh v Tyrone - The Croke Park years, 2003-05

On Saturday, Tyrone and Armagh meet in Croke Park for the first time since their mid-noughties heyday between 2003 and 2005. Here's a look back at those titanic and often foul tempered battles.

GAA • 05 Aug 17

Andy Moran in action against Niall Kilroy, Fintan Cregg and Donal Murray on Sunday

Roscommon release statement condemning booing of Moran

The Roscommon players and management have released a statement condemning the booing of Mayo attacker Andy Moran throughout Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final in Croke Park.

GAA • 02 Aug 17

Mayo and Roscommon meet for the first time in the All-Ireland quarter-final

Mayo v Roscommon: 5 of the best meetings

Roscommon and Mayo meet for the first time in a championship game in Croke Park later today. But this occasionally spiteful rivalry has produced some legendary clashes in Connacht down the years. Below are five of the best.

GAA • 30 Jul 17

O Sé: Billy Morgan is the right man for the Cork job

Tomás Ó Sé believes that Billy Morgan is the right candidate for the Cork football manager's job at this juncture.

GAA • 26 Jul 17

Cork's Tomas Clancy tackles Tom Parsons of Mayo

Mayo pushed all the way but overcome Cork

Cillian O'Connor kicked 11 points including a nerveless 45 in the second period of added time to send Mayo into the All-Ireland quarter-final and past an heroic Cork at the Gaelic Grounds.

GAA • 24 Jul 17

Laois manager Peter Creedon watching his side defeat Wicklow in Aughrim in June

Creedon criticised at Laois county board meeting

Laois manager Peter Creedon has come under heavy criticism from delegates at a meeting of the Laois county board on Monday night.

GAA • 18 Jul 17

Irish language commentary will be available for both All-Ireland hurling qualifiers this weekend

RTÉ increases Irish language commentary matches

RTÉ has announced a significant increase in the number of Irish-language commentary matches provided for the 2017 GAA All-Ireland Championships.

GAA • 21 Jul 17

Carlow manager Turlough O'Brien on the sideline during Carlow's l

O'Brien: 'We can live with any team in Division 1'

Carlow manager Turlough O'Brien said his team proved they can live with any team in Division 1 after their five-point loss to Monaghan in Saturday evening's Round 3 football qualifier.

GAA • 17 Jul 17

Kieran McGeeney's Armagh will meet Kildare in Round 4 of the qualifiers

Kieran McGeeney to face old team Kildare in qualifiers

Down will play Monaghan in a repeat of last month's Ulster semi-final, while Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney will face his old friends in Kildare.

GAA • 17 Jul 17

Jim Gavin guided Dublin to their seventh successive Leinster title on Sunday

Jim Gavin praises Kildare's resilience and conditioning

Dublin manager Jim Gavin praised the resilience of Kildare following his team's nine-point victory in Sunday's Leinster football final.

GAA • 17 Jul 17

Rory Gallagher said his team gave an immature display against Longford today

Gallagher: Donegal gave a 'nervous' and 'edgy' display

Donegal manager Rory Gallagher described his team's performance as "nervous" and "edgy" following their five-point win over Longford in Saturday evening's Round 2 qualifier in Ballybofey.

GAA • 01 Jul 17

Meath's goalkeeper Paddy O'Rourke dejected as Cathal McNally celebrates scoring his side's opening goal

O'Neill: Eight-year Leinster final exile unacceptable

Cian O'Neill believes that Kildare's eight-year absence from the Leinster football final wasn't good enough for a county of its size.

GAA • 18 Jun 17

Laois manager Peter Creedon has mixed feelings on win

Laois manager Peter Creedon had mixed feelings after his team's three-point win over Wicklow in Aughrim on Saturday evening.

GAA • 17 Jun 17

Sligo blitz Antrim in second half to progress

Twelve unanswered points in the second-half saw Sligo over the line against 14-man Antrim and into Round 2A of the football qualifiers as the Yeats men claimed a 0-22 to 3-7 win at Markevicz Park.

GAA • 17 Jun 17

Longford triumph as Louth finish with 12 men

Longford's love-affair with the qualifiers continued as they sent Louth crashing out of the championship at the Gaelic Grounds this evening.

GAA • 27 Jun 17