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A general view of the 2020 GAA Congress 29/2/2020

John Fogarty: GAA Congress may shelve championship restructure but change is coming

For an organisation whose leaders insist that change is needed, the silence has been deafening

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021

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

John Fogarty: The bottom line will decide Congress vote on football championship structure

Orphaned by a disbanded fixtures review task force, there has been no figurehead to stand over the motions

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

PwC All-Stars 2019

John Fogarty: Ten things you didn't know about GAA's All-Stars selection

The PwC All-Stars nominations will be revealed later this week. The selection process is kept under wraps but here are 10 things that can be revealed

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

John Fogarty: What Kerry football team will Jack O’Connor build?

John Fogarty: What Kerry football team will Jack O’Connor build?

The shape of Jack O’Connor’s Kerry, Tipperary’s sponsor search, and showing respect in Mayo

Mon, 27 Sep, 2021

Wexford v Carlow - Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4

Fogarty Forum: The only succession plan that counts in GAA is now

Legacies will take care of themselves. The only successor that matters is the immediate one.

Tue, 21 Sep, 2021

Mayo v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

John Fogarty: Tyrone demonstrate that champions hold onto their best

Tyrone would not be All-Ireland champions had Conor McKenna and Cathal McShane remained in Australia

Mon, 13 Sep, 2021

Mayo fans celebrate 14/8/2021

John Fogarty: Mayo fans must end Stockholm Syndrome

From the stands, they feel it all. Has it ever dawned on them that they might be part of the reason why 1951 has not been repeated?

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

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

John Fogarty: Undercooked Kerry need an All-Ireland league

You wouldn’t know it but Gaelic football faces a potentially seismic event next month.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

John Kiely before the game 22/8/2021

John Fogarty: What - not who - can upset Limerick's All-Ireland champions?

With no team able to match them on the field, John Fogarty picks out four issues which could potentially disrupt Limerick's momentum as they aim for a three in a row

Tue, 24 Aug, 2021

Monaghan v Tyrone - Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship Final

John Fogarty: The questions Tyrone GAA are yet to fully answer over Covid outbreak

As the Irish Examiner reported yesterday, there is likely to be an investigation into how Covid became so rampant in the Tyrone camp

Tue, 17 Aug, 2021