Joe Brolly was disgusted by Gareth McKinless’s sending off against Galway Former RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly says he ‘can only apologise on behalf of the Derry GAA community’ after Gareth McKinless was dismissed for a ‘shocking’ stamp on Galway’s Damien Comer in yesterday’s All Ireland Football Championship fixture. McKinless left a sneaky stamp on the ankle of Comer moments after fouling the Galway forward in the 21st minute. Following a consultation with the linesman, Mickey Harte’s men were reduced to fourteen men and the disadvantage showed as they went on to lose 2-14 to 0-15. It was the second ..read more

It is the most action-packed weekend of the year so far in the GAA. And you can follow it live in our hub above. Just click on the key point you want to read about or keep scrolling for every update. Please allow a moment for the hub to load. GAA weekend live. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championships begin, as does the Tailteann Cup. Meanwhile, we reach the business end of the provincial hurling championships. For full fixture details, please see below. Saturday 18 May All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 6.00 Galway v Derry, Pearse Stadium, 5.30 – GAAGO Mayo v Cavan, Hast ..read more

The Offaly supporters are certainly fully behind this team. Offaly hurling supporters have endured something of a famine over the last twenty years. They’ve been starved of success. The Faithful county experienced many glorious days in the 80s and 90s when, spearheaded by the likes of Brian Whelahan, John Troy, Pat Fleury and the Coughlans, they won four All-Irelands. The last of those came in 1998 and while Offaly made it to another final in 2000, their status slipped badly over the next two decades. But the wheel is turning in their favour again. Having made it to the All-Ireland minor final ..read more

This weekend coming is arguably the most action-packed of the entire season. As the start of the All-Ireland senior football championships coincides with the Tailteann Cup and the business-end of the provincial hurling championships – throw in the Joe McDonagh and the All-Ireland U20 football final for good measure – it won’t get any more wall-to-wall than this. The All-Ireland Senior football championship begins on Saturday with a quartet of games, two of which will be shown on GAAGO.  Kerry-Monaghan is followed up by Galway-Derry on the streaming platform. 10 March 2024; Alan Connolly o ..read more

Cork manager Pat Ryan says he knew Patrick Horgan would score the late penalty that helped them defeat Limerick on Saturday evening. The Rebels were two points down in injury when Sean Stack gave them a penalty for Kyle Hayes’ foul on Shane Kingston. Patrick Horgan stepped up to take the penalty almost immediately and fired past Nickie Quaid in the Limerick goals. Horgan hit a clever free down the line to Brian Hayes with the next play which the St Finbarr’s player scored from as Cork closed out a two point victory over their Munster rivals. With Cork having lost their previous two games to Wa ..read more

Despite losing to Clare on Friday evening, Tipperary are still going straight through to the Munster U20 hurling final. Tipperary’s perfect start to the oneills.com U20 GAA All-Ireland hurling championship was disrupted by a one point loss to Clare on Friday evening, in their final group stage game, but Brendan Cummins’ side remain as table-toppers and take the direct route to the final regardless. The magnificent Conor Whelan was the star of the show for Clare in their 0-18 to 1-14 win over the Premier in Semple Stadium. The Whitegate club-man has been a leading light for Clare throughout thi ..read more

Jaralth Burns didn’t hold back on Sean Cavanagh on RTÉ Radio One. Speaking on The Saturday Game, Cavanagh had described the Gaelic Athletic Association as ‘one of the richest organisations in the world,’ and Burns took issue with the comment on Monday morning. Burns, Uachtarán Cumann Luthchleas Gael, was speaking to Clare Byrne on RTÉ Radio when he picked Cavanagh’s ‘absolutely crazy’ comment apart. “He is an accountant, with an accountancy practice and on live tv he said that the GAA is one of the richest organisations in the world. “We have 140 million of a turnover of which we give back 83 ..read more

With the provincial championships now finished off, the group stages for the All-Ireland series are confirmed. The draws were made last Tuesday by Uachtarán Cumann Luthchleas Gael Jarlath Burns alongside director of games administration Feargal McGill. On the back of their disappointing Ulster final loss to Donegal, Armagh now enter the group of death with Galway, Derry and Westmeath. Group two will also be competitive with Dublin, Mayo, Roscommon and Cavan facing off. The first place finisher in each group of four will qualify directly to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Second and third-place ..read more

Users watching the game noticed strange activity Those watching the Ulster Senior football final between Armagh and Donegal on RTÉ experienced delays due to thunder and lightning. With less than 10 minutes to ago until half time the weather began to take a turn as both sides were level with nine points a piece only for the signal on the broadcaster to go down, sparking plenty of anger from those watching. “The score is 9 points each, it’s nearly half time and the RTE Player signal goes off in the thunderstorms!” wrote one user. @GweebarraG What a game #Donegal v. #Armagh – The score is 9 poi ..read more

‘It’s clear that Dublin have underestimated this Louth team’ It’s becoming a common theme now but Dublin are once again champions of Leinster. Dublin lifted their 14th successive title after a close-fought scoreline of 1-19 to 2-12 at Croke Park this afternoon. Many had engraved Dublin’s name on the trophy before the first ball was even kicked but Louth showed plenty of fight and spirit throughout. Louth were in fact the better of the two in the first half, going into the break with a 0-7 to 0-6 lead. The expectation was that Dublin would come out the blocks and blow Louth away but they remain ..read more