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Cork v Galway - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Liam Sheedy: No detail too small in the hunt for hurling’s big prize

Both men patrolling the sideline on Sunday are great people, great hurling men who have given everything while sacrificing so much to reach this final hurdle

Cork v Galway - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Éamon O'Shea: D-to-D cluster bagels, puckout battleground, sweepers, time. And space.

Clare v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S TJ Ryan: Sunday is the deep-thinking man's final

Limerick v Galway - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Remember when the Galway hurlers were managed by a Limerick man?

Limerick GAA Hurling Pre-All-Ireland Senior Final Media Conference

'Having each other's backs away from the pitch is special': Cian Lynch on the Limerick bond

For Lynch, moments away from the field as a team are cherished.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2026

Clare v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

'He was a bit of a hothead': John Kiely's calm has been years in the making

Richie McCarthy says the Galbally man has changed his ways down through the years and performance coach Caroline Currid has been an influence.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2026

Cathal Mannion 6/7/2026

'We just keep coming back': Tribesmen return to hurling's top table

There are a number of factors in the gap of the last few years being closed to the point of possibly wiping it out this Sunday.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2026

Hurling's greatest entertainers: Picking an All-Star 15 of the players we loved to watch

S Hurling's greatest entertainers: Picking an All-Star 15 of the players we loved to watch

Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipp, Cork, Wexford, Offaly, Clare, Galway and Waterford are all included in Enda McEvoy's joyous dream team

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Francis Forde celebrates with Ronan Glennon 4/7/2026

S How innovator Franny Forde lifted Galway's plan to the next level

Galway's transformative blueprint is the brainchild of St Raphael's deputy principal Franny Forde.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Dalo's Hurling Show Live: All-Ireland preview part 1 - 'If only I was coached right...'

S Dalo's Hurling Show Live: All-Ireland preview part 1 - 'If only I was coached right...'

Cyril Farrell, Patrick Horgan, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers join Anthony Daly at the Castletroy Park Hotel for the big All-Ireland final preview night.

Listen | Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Maryanne Jordan tackles Síofra O'Shea 4/8/2024

Síofra O'Shea: 'People made their mind up after that final whistle. There's unfinished business'

It's a Kerry team that is clearly desperate to return to the very summit of the TG4 All-Ireland championship, and to back up their 2024 triumph

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Aaron Gillane with David McInerney 5/7/2026

Who will lose out for Limerick on Sunday?

In Brian Cody’s time, being substituted before the hour mark in an All-Ireland semi-final was a portent for receiving a high jersey number come the final. O’Donovan and Gillane were benched like that against Clare. Just who will survive?

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Maurice Brosnan on football: Mayo break the mould, the Kilkenny effect, and the Clifford conumdrum

Maurice Brosnan talks us through his eight observations from All-Ireland SFC semi-final weekend.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Arena with Maurice Brosnan: Can the GAA become a global sport?

Arena with Maurice Brosnan: Can the GAA become a global sport?

Maurice Brosnan is joined by Kevin Conlan from Seoul Gaels to discuss the GAA abroad and this week’s World Games.

Listen | Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Tom Morrissey 7/7/2026

Limerick v Galway: Tom Morrissey learning to live with and love the finisher job

Nine points off the bench in five championship games suggests Tom Morrissey is getting the hang of the substitute’s role

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Clare v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Declan Hannon: Trust in Currid has built unbreakable Limerick bond

Declan Hannon said the fact that news of Cian Lynch not starting the semi-final against Clare wasn't leaked underlined the tightness in the group.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

Padraic Mannion 6/7/2026

'I think it's getting blown up a little bit': Pádraic Mannion defends Galway's approach

His nuanced view on the Galway defence in general certainly goes against the grain of what is being written, said, and analysed. Fourteen behind the ball and Rabbitte up top - Mannion ain’t buying that sketch.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

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Cyril Farrell at Dalo Live: 'You have to realise how lucky you are to grow up in a hurling county'

Cyril Farrell at Dalo Live: 'You have to realise how lucky you are to grow up in a hurling county'

Having seen old Galway teams not hurt enough in defeat, Cyril remembered once vowing if he ever took the reins he’d at the very least, if they lost, have them crying over it

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Sarsfields v Imokilly - Cork County Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

No special meeting to be called on Cork hurling

At Wednesday’s launch of the Co-Op Superstores Cork hurling championship, county board chairman Pat Horgan said the executive will sit down with the respective senior managers in four weeks’ time

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Cork v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Martin McNally named as All-Ireland SFC final referee

The meeting of Kerry and Mayo will be Monaghan native McNally's first time refereeing a senior final.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Kobe McDonald and Joe O’Conoor in action 14/3/2026

Confirmed: Mayo to wear all-white kit in All-Ireland final meeting with Kerry

The last instance of a team in white winning the All-Ireland was Cork against Down in 2010.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

RTÉ GAA Championship 2023 Launch

World Cup final coverage to clash with RTÉ Sunday Game night show

Though it was thought The Sunday Game may have been moved back to accommodate viewers, coverage of the highlights show will indeed run from 9.30pm to 11.35pm.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

John Kiely 7/7/2026

'Embrace it or you ignore it at your peril': hard chats the basis for Limerick return, says Kiely

When Limerick reach the last two, they are usually the ones making the most noise but 2024 and '25 were campaigns that John Kiely admits “ended in a way that was very difficult to accept”.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Tipperary v Galway - All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

'One of the greatest things that's ever happened': Dunne on the Tipp triumph that changed his life

In Croke Park on Sunday, Tommy Dunne will lead out Nicky English’s side as the jubilee team are celebrated.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Micheál Donoghue 6/7/2026

How Donoghue and Galway laid out the blueprint for a championship tilt

To grab and hold attention from January onward meant an off-season of no actual switching off. There was constant cooking. Constant fiddling and finessing.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2026

Gearoid White is tackled by Turlough Muldoon 30/5/2026

St Brendan’s secure Kerry U21 football honours for first time in 18 years

Kerry U20 star Gearoid Evans kept his intercounty teammate Gearoid White to a solitary two-pointer on the night as Mid Kerry fought to the bitter end.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Cyril Farrell joins the gang for Dalo's Hurling Show All-Ireland final preview night

Cyril Farrell joins the gang for Dalo's Hurling Show All-Ireland final preview night

The Dalo Live roadshow returns for a special All-Ireland event in Limerick on Wednesday July 15th.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Diarmuid O'Connor and David Clifford celebrates at full time 12/7/2026

Kerry to wear home kit in All-Ireland final as Mayo set to sport new jersey

Mayo will line out in the alternative gear.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Kilkenny v Tipperary - oneills.com GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final

Brendan Cummins and Stephen Molumphy favourites for Waterford job

The Premier County legend stepped down as Tipperary U20 boss on Monday night.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Ger Brennan 12/7/2026

S John Fogarty: Tech-heavy World Cup casts shadow over GAA officials

Most of the bad calls in recent weeks would have been avoided with another look.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Cork v Galway - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Can Galway's bench firepower overcome Limerick's seventh defender in All-Ireland final?

Galway’s All-Ireland final bench will bear no resemblance to the bench that began the championship.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Andy Moran 13/7/2026

Andy Moran: 'By the time championship comes around next year, there’ll be goal-line tech'

Speaking at the All-Ireland final press event in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Moran said that clear-cut incidents like goals and square balls should have the benefit of technology

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Adam English with Ryan Taylor 5/7/2026

Limerick selector Liam Cronin: Hungry young players driving on our older players

Adam English, Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill and Shane O’Brien were not on John Kiely’s team that beat Kilkenny three years ago

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026

Cormac Costello challenges Paul Murphy for the ball 12/7/2026

Tony Leen: Kerry searching for that late summer tidal surge

The All-Ireland champions are well-versed in circumventing inconveniences up front but it’s been a while since their issues have been as stark at the opposite end of the pitch

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Andy Moran celebrates with Enda Hession after the game 11/7/2026

James Horan: There was a message to players in Moran’s post-match press conference

Moran took issue with suggestions in his post-match press briefing that Mayo supporters might be more reserved in the build-up to an All-Ireland final against Kerry because they have previously been burned

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Limerick v Galway - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A

Kit clashes like green v maroon could be outlawed by new GAA colour-blindness rules

The GAA is working on a new colour blindness policy document.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Dublin's Ciarán Kilkenny announces retirement from inter-county football

The Castleknock man, who turned 33 last week, confirmed his departure less than 24 hours after his county’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kerry on Sunday.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Galway v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

Limerick v Galway in the All-Ireland SHC final: Throw-in time, TV details and everything you need to know

It promises to be another enthralling contest in the hurling championship.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

The Gaelic Football Show: why Kerry beat Dublin, Mayo back in the final

S The Gaelic Football Show: why Kerry beat Dublin, Mayo back in the final

Maurice Brosnan, Paul Rouse and James Horan reflect on the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Tailteann Cup decider.

Listen | Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Kerry make the most of their good fortune against Dublin

Dublin will rue their 13 wides, star men Con O’Callaghan and Niall Scully didn’t catch fire

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Paul Coggins celebrates after the game 12/7/2026

'I actually got a little book and wrote on it, 'London, All-Ireland 2026 champions'...it's come true'

Shaun McCready struck 2-2 while Conor Redican, Alfie McNulty and sub Niall McGivney grabbed the other goals on a landmark day.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Conor Loftus celebrates scoring his side’s third goal 11/7/2026

Mayo will bring youthful zest and sprinkle of stardust to final

Their people on Hill 16 followed suit and while the chorus was out of sync it was special. A rare moment of in-game euphoria for the county.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Conor Laverty during the warm-up 11/7/2026

Downbeat Laverty rues familiar failings

For the third time in four years, Down arrived at GAA HQ for a national final as favourites and left empty-handed.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Ballygunner v Loughrea - AIB GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship Final

Ballygunner extend unbeaten Waterford SHC run to incredible 68 games

To cap a noteworthy weekend, Ballygunner's second team also claimed their first senior championship point after producing a stirring comeback to draw with Dungarvan

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

David Clifford celebrates 12/7/2026

S Maurice Brosnan: Kobe versus Clifford - beware the myth of superstar showdowns

Not that we shouldn’t celebrate these elite players while we have them. Let loose the Clifford and McDonald appreciation over the coming weeks

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Christy O'Connor: GAA need to bite the bullet on video technology

Elsewhere Wicklow finally experience what every county should

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

Cork hurling titles for Bride Rovers, Kilworth, and Barryroe

Cork hurling titles for Bride Rovers, Kilworth, and Barryroe

Bride Rovers had Cork's Brian and Eoin Roche starting, as did their inter-county colleague Robbie O’Flynn for Erin’s Own.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Enda McEvoy's TV View: Kerry odyssey survives game of inches

The RTÉ and BBC panels examined the controversial incidents exhaustively.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

Ger Brennan 12/7/2026

'Video technology has to come into play': Dublin boss Ger Brennan questions key decisions

Dublin boss Brennan cited referee Brendan Cawley’s calls as well as his team’s inaccuracy as the reasons for the defeat.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

Watch: Croke Park Podcast - fortune favours Kerry's kicking kings

Watch: Croke Park Podcast - fortune favours Kerry's kicking kings

Brendan O’Brien is joined by John Fogarty and Maurice Brosnan to break down the weekend’s All-Ireland football semi-final action at Croke Park

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026

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