1+ day, 31+ min ago   (1243+ words) AS THE BATTLE for the minds and hearts for an integrated Gaelic Games family raged on the national airwaves on Wednesday afternoon, the GAA found an ally it could have done without. With Mary McAleese’s parting shot alleging an element…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (541+ words) The former President of Ireland hit out at GAA management after resigning from the integration committee on Tuesday. Her decision came in the wake of GAA chiefs informing the steering committee that they could not commit to the 2027 timeline. Ryan,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (802+ words) MINISTER FOR SPORT Patrick O’Donovan has said he has “no reason not to believe” the GAA’s commitment to integration despite the comments by former president Mary McAleese. O’Donovan said the proposed integration of the GAA, LGFA, Camogie Association is “an…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1099+ words) BACK IN NOVEMBER 1936, it was the attendance of Dr Douglas Hyde at an Ireland soccer match against Poland – a 3-1 home win in Lansdowne Road for the record – that caused the bother. He wasn’t even six months into being the first President…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (641+ words) THE GAA IS proposing a new set of experimental rule changes for hurling that will include alterations to handpass, steps and puckout rules. The rules will be trialled at third-level league games this year and have been proposed by John…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (758+ words) TOM RYAN, THE GAA’S director general, has said the association’s commitment to integration remains “firm and absolute”. He added that he refutes accusations of misogyny towards the GAA “in the strongest possible terms”. Ryan was speaking on Morning Ireland after…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (627+ words) GALWAY FOOTBALL STAR Shane Walsh has opted to go under the knife and will be out of action for Kilmacud Crokes for the remainder of the year. Walsh has been a notable absentee from the 2023 All-Ireland champions’ lineup in their…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (914+ words) FIONA TUITE-O’SULLIVAN WINCES as she recalls the painful mistake she made for her first training session with Ulster. Heading north and keen to impress in a new environment, the former Dublin footballer thought little of throwing on her Dublin GAA…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1095+ words) GUILT, ALONG WITH the parping sidecar of Other People’s Expectations, is the rocket fuel that makes the GAA so successful. For the games to function, there has to be an in-built understanding that the place you come from, be it…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1023+ words) LAST UPDATE | 2 hrs ago MARY McALEESE HAS delivered a stunning critique of GAA management as she accused senior figures of not wanting women making decisions at the top level of Gaelic games. Speaking on RTÉ’s Inside Sport, the former President…...