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John Fogarty

John Fogarty is the Irish Examiner’s GAA correspondent, with unique insights into the action on the pitch and in the Gaelic games’ corridors of power.

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

Robbie O'Flynn dejected after the match 4/7/2026

Fogarty Forum: What will haunt Cork is nobody shouted 'stop'

It might actually be that Cork are too honest, it might be a misplaced confidence that their hurling will do all the winning for them

Tue, 07 Jul, 2026

Diarmuid Healy with Eoin Burke 21/6/2026

S John Fogarty: A humbling hour for hurling

There are a measly four Liam MacCarthy Cup games in June and another four in July. The hurling championship goes from feast to famine

Tue, 23 Jun, 2026

A steward tackles a Cork fan on the pitch after the game 13/6/2026

S Fogarty Forum: Photo of Brian Hurley aiding stricken fan captures unbreakable bond of Cork football

Those evocative images taken by Inpho’s Laszlo Geczo of Mallow’s Martin Lucey being restrained should also be remembered for the right reasons.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2026

Cork v Limerick - Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Round 2

S Fogarty Forum: Cork and Limerick can’t kill each other

If Dublin's next game is fixed for Saturday week and Brennan is prohibited from fulfilling his match-day duties, they would be entitled to cry foul

Tue, 02 Jun, 2026

Limerick v Tipperary - Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Round 5

S John Fogarty: Tipperary – hurling’s No1 boom or bust team

It's a feast or a famine with the Premier - that has to stop.

Tue, 26 May, 2026

Donegal v Down - Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final

S John Fogarty: Why there will be more GAA+ outrage this week

Note to GAA: games aren’t just products.

Tue, 19 May, 2026

Donegal v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1

S Fogarty Forum: All-Ireland draw overshadows provincial finals

There are pros and cons to the new system that sees Kerry and Donegal meet already.

Tue, 05 May, 2026

Galway v Dublin - Allianz Football League Division 1

S Fogarty Forum: Ger Brennan is serving a brutal penance for a rash moment

For what Ger Brennan did on the field in Salthill last month, missing seven games would be grossly disproportionate.

Tue, 21 Apr, 2026

Tipperary v Cork - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4

S John Fogarty: Few home comforts in Munster SHC

The Munster championship throws in on Sunday with a tasty double-header.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2026