Preview: Rebel double possible in Croke Park Handball finals

'Chasing Sam Maguire' - new book looks back on the first 50-years of Sam

It is almost one hundred years since the Sam Maguire Cup was first awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship, the pinnacle of sporting ambition for generations of Gaelic footballers.

Saturday's football and hurling championship results

It may be a quiet day on the senior intercounty front with only one senior game but there is a huge anoumt of crucial U20 and minor action this Saturday.

GAA's "Ireland Lights Up" walking initiative returns in 2022

The GAA's popular 'Ireland Lights Up' walking initiative returns in January 2022 in partnership with RTE's Operation Transformation and Get Ireland Walking.

Proposal B could net an extra €10m for GAA

The GAA's coffers could be boosted to the tune of €10m if Proposal B gets the green light at the Special Congress on October 23.

TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship previews

LAST year's finalists Dublin and Cork could both secure quarter-final slots in the 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship on Saturday.

Leitrim legends - Packy McGarty and Cathal Flynn

Two of the finest footballers ever produced in Leitrim, nay in Ireland, passed away to the great Croke Park of the skies during the first portion of 2021.

Win with RTÉjr and the Gaelic Players Association!

RTÉjr wants to know who your favourite county player is and you could win some cool kit and a chance to chat to your hero!

The Camogie Association Launch Skill Evolution

The Camogie Association are delighted to launch Skill Evolution. Skill Evolution is a suite of videos which provides coaches, teachers, parents and players a modern look at the technical skills of the game of Camogie and their progression across the player's phased development.

New committee set up to oversee production of sliotars

The GAA has appointed a Digital Sliotar Work Group with the intention of overseeing the regulation of the production of sliotars for use in official GAA competitions.

GAA tweets of the week

It was a busy weekend on the county final front…

Inter-county championships in doubt after Level 5 recommendation

The fate of the 2020 inter-county championships hangs in the balance today as the Government is set to debate a recommendation from NPHET to move the country to Level 5 of the Resilience and Recovery Living with Covid-19 plan.

Passing of Two Hurling Greats

So sad to tell readers about the recent passing of two hurling greats from the late fifties/sixties, Kilkenny's Billy Dwyer and Clare's Liam Danaher

"I think it encourages teams to hide Covid cases"

Oisin McConville is not convinced that counties will voluntarily 'step aside' from inter-county action in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.

Daly ruled out with knee injury

Galway defender John Daly has been ruled out for up to six months with a knee ligament injury.

The GAA's competitive return in photos

The GAA reached a significant milestone today as competitive club matches returned for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown.

Cork GAA clubs get the all clear

Argideen Rangers, Ballinascarthy and St Oliver Plunketts will be able to resume activities this week after a Covid-19 scare.

Death of Big Jack Charlton

So sad to report the death of Jack Charlton. A different sport but the Big Geordie was everybody's hero on this island.

Astro turf pitches, ball walls and outdoor handball alleys can reopen from Monday

GAA clubs can reopen more facilities such as astro turf pitches, ball walls and outdoor handball alleys from Monday, June 29 as part of Phase Three of the Government's roadmap on easing Covid-19 restrictions.

Watch: kick a ball over a house, run in the back door, out the front and catch it

We know that Monaghan's Eoghan McGinnity is a talented sportsman but he has just knocked us over with an insane skill challenge.

High Flyers

The modern game has, in general and sadly so, seen the demise of the high fielder

Paddys Day without a club final

Strange times these, no club finals on St. Patricks Day. But it did happen before

Dublin hurler struck with Coronavirus

Former Dublin hurling star Mick Carton is the latest high profile sporting hero to have contracted this hideous disease

GAA suspend all activity until March 29

The GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Camogie Association have confirmed this afternoon that all activities at club and county level are to be suspended from midnight tonight (Thursday).

What they said … the weekend in quotes

"Jim rang John Costello early Saturday morning and he said he wanted to have a chat with him. And that was it … it was a bombshell to John Costello too."

Handball: Meath retain All-Ireland Doubles title

Brian Carroll and Gary McConnell overcame the challenge of Westmeath's Robbie McCarthy and Colm Jordan to retain their Myclubshop.ie Softball Doubles title yesterday.

Handball: All-Ireland success for Kennedy, McMahon and Dunne

Eoin Kennedy (Dublin) dashed Westmeath's Robbie McCarthy's five in-a-row dreams to claim his 10th Softball Singles All-Ireland title in what was the last ever Singles final to be played in the old centre at Croke Park today.

SF Qualifier Draw: Mayo drawn against Armagh; Tyrone paired with Kildare

Mayo will host Armagh in Round 3 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers while Tyrone have been handed a tricky trip to Kildare.

Munster hurling a big hit as RTE announce their 2019 championship coverage schedule

RTE open their live championship TV coverage with a Munster hurling double bill and will show nine Munster SHC games in total this summer.

Handball: McCarthy prevails in late night shoot-out

Westmeath's Robbie McCarthy won his fourth All-Ireland 4-Wall senior men's handball title just before midnight in Kingscourt last night following an epic battle with Diarmuid Nash of Clare.

Football championship gate receipts down

A decrease in the football championship attendance figures has hit the GAA hard in the pocket.

What they said ... the weekend in quotes

"It's actually curtailing goal opportunities, about eight or nine different times in the match it curtailed good movement, good flowing moves. Is that improving the game of football? I think it's a waste of time and I've said it all along."

GAA tweets of the week

Mullinalaghta are in dreamland...

Hassan: let's see how rules work in practice

The chairman of the GAA's Standing Committee for Playing Rules has called for people to adopt a wait-and-see approach before making up their minds on the experimental rules.

Four out of five experimental football rules passed

Four of the proposed experimental football rules received the green light from the GAA's Central Council today.

CPA call on delegates to support blank canvas motion for the future of the GAA

CPA Chairman Micheál Briody has called on all Central Council delegates to support a motion from Roscommon GAA that an immediate review is conducted of the GAA national games programme.

GAA tweets of the week

Aussie Gleeson got his hands on a Waterford JFC medal over the weekend...

What they said ... the weekend in quotes

"I had decided before the start of last year that I wasn't staying on. I said, 'Look, I'll give it (management) a go for a year' and I suppose it's worked out well enough."

GAA tweets of the week

The county final season is in full swing...