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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.

John Fogarty: Cork no longer needs to say sorry

Cork’s nice guys tag is something Kieran Kingston is aware of, and is actively changing

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

Armagh v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1

Fogarty Forum: David Clifford-mania shows the power of players

What began as a curiosity in David Clifford as a barnstorming teenager has become a full-blown craze.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2022

Fogarty Forum: Fault on both sides in GAA-GPA row

The question is who is being fairer to the player? The GAA or the GPA

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022

Waterford v Tipperary - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group B

John Fogarty: Thrown handpass a real hot potato issue before the Championship

Will referees continue to clamp down on the thrown hand-pass when the League is over?

Tue, 08 Mar, 2022

Fogarty Forum: Fact checking the new football championship

How do claims about the new football structures stand up?

Tue, 01 Mar, 2022

NUI Galway v University of Limerick - Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup Final

Fogarty Forum: Cian Lynch owed an exoneration

Hurling's best player was the subject of a controversial sending off, Cian Lynch shown a straight red card for what could only be described as an entanglement

Mon, 21 Feb, 2022

Ballygunner v Shamrocks - AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final

Fogarty Forum: Allow joint captains to stay

There was little logic to the move to ban joint captains

Tue, 15 Feb, 2022

Fogarty Forum: Dublin's detractors only wish that they're dead

You won’t be reading any epitaphs for Dublin here, no siree. Simply because they ain’t dead.

Mon, 07 Feb, 2022

Kildare v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1

Fogarty Forum: Kerry may lack ‘badness’ to win

Seven years ago, Croke Park via Central Council outlined why they did not wish to see the clock/hooter introduced to Gaelic football and hurling.

Tue, 01 Feb, 2022

Fogarty Forum: Good riddance to the water break

Goodbye water break. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

Tue, 25 Jan, 2022