No nasty surprises needed in pre-All-Ireland bubble Ten days out from an All-Ireland final, and what one team does, could be polar opposite to what the other team may do, writes Shane ... GAA • 13 Aug
Hayes' 'unbelievable power' to boost Limerick - Dowling Kyle Hayes has put in a string of impressive performances from wing-back so far this championship, and former All-Ireland winner and fellow Limerick man Shane ... GAA • 05 Aug
Shefflin: Kilkenny will cut Cork's supply lines Henry Shefflin says Patrick Horgan and Jack O'Connor's ability to win 50-50 balls against a hardened Kilkenny defence is the big question ahead of Sunday's ... GAA • 04 Aug
'Angry' Cork have potential to beat Kilkenny - Cummins The Cork hurlers are "in a serious position" to beat Kilkenny and advance to an All-Ireland final if their attitude is right, according to former ... GAA • 02 Aug
Thanks Joe From chatting with him in a jacuzzi as a schoolboy to facing him with club and county, or making a point of sitting down to ... GAA • 30 Jul
Cork be wary - there's more to Clare than Tony Kelly Any suggestion that the Banner are a one-man team is extremely unfair and disrespectful to the other players. Clare are a quality, hungry outfit, writes ... GAA • 23 Jul
Kilkenny & Limerick to triumph, but all eyes on Thurles Our columnist Shane Dowling sizes up a brilliant weekend of provincial and qualifier action - with talk of rivalries and grudge matches dominating the build-up. GAA • 16 Jul
Hurlers need adrenaline rush of a crowd going buck ape We'll see larger crowds back this weekend, including 8,000 in Croke Park on Saturday afternoon, but Shane Dowling believes hurling cannot scale the heights of ... GAA • 02 Jul
Hurling has changed for better, except for full-backs Hurling is a more skilful, faster, more intelligent game than it was 10 years ago and changing the sliotar would undo a lot of that ... GAA • 11 Jun
TJ the poster boy for endangered 30-something hurlers The way the game of hurling is gone now with more emphasis on movement and possession, there is a fear that more and more players ... GAA • 04 Jun
Referees and teams both finding feet in strange season I have never heard such snap decisions on certain teams after such a short period of time, writes former Limerick player Shane Dowling. GAA • 28 May
Risky and unique - Cork playing their own game There have been some complaints about Cork's reversion to a short-passing game, but if it delivers a first All-Ireland in 16 years you won't hear ... GAA • 21 May
Kiely remarks were blown out of proportion - Dowling Shane Dowling believes John Kiely's remarks about Galway players diving during their clash with Limerick on Sunday were "blown out of proportion". GAA • 20 May
Call me Chicken Licken, but shambolic rule ruining game The change to the advantage rule was a case of fixing something that wasn't broken and will have a disastrous impact on hurling, writes our ... GAA • 14 May
Cusack: Cork good enough to beat anyone on their day It's 16 years since Cork last won a senior All-Ireland hurling title and while it's early days in assessing the true worth of all the ... GAA • 10 May
Dónal Óg Cusack: Antrim will still struggle in league A notable win for Antrim in their opening Allianz HL Division 1B against Clare, but Dónal Óg Cusack still feels the Saffrons will find the ... GAA • 09 May
High-quality league could spell end for the winter slog In his first column for RTÉ Sport, Limerick All-Ireland winner Shane Dowling ponders the end of the long pre-season and looks ahead to the opening ... GAA • 13 May
Dowling: Fun has returned to inter-county game Former Limerick hurling Shane Dowling believes the inter-county game has come full circle and that a sense of fun and freedom is part of the ... GAA • 30 Apr
How will counties approach the leagues? Shane Dowling and Ciarán Whelan discuss the upcoming Allianz Hurling and Football Leagues on the RTÉ GAA Podcast and how teams will approach them in ... GAA • 29 Apr
Players forgoing expenses not a deal-breaker - Dowling Former Limerick hurler Shane Dowling believes the non-payment of expenses to players would not be a deal-breaker in preventing this year's inter-county championships from going ... Football • 19 Aug 20
Shane Dowling retires from inter-county hurling at 27 Limerick hurling has been dealt a devastating blow with the news that all-time leading Championship scorer Shane Dowling has this morning announced his retirement from ... GAA • 02 Jul 20
Shane Dowling: I did all I could to keep it going A chronic knee problem has forced Shane Dowling to retire from inter-county hurling at just 27. In an interview with Damian Lawlor the All-Star Limerick ... GAA • 02 Jul 20
Na Piarsaigh's Dowling is ready for Ballygunner battle The Limerick club have never lost a game in the provincial championship, but they'll be up against it on Sunday. GAA • 15 Nov 18
Tears of joy as Limerick bring Liam home There were was joy and emotion on the streets of Limerick City and in the Gaelic Grounds last night as the county's victorious hurlers brought ... GAA • 21 Aug 18
'I don't want to get to final to march behind the band' Shane Dowling savoured the "pure magic" of Limerick's superb All-Ireland SHC defeat of Cork, but warned supporters to give the players the space they need ... GAA • 29 Jul 18
