Columns - Irish Examiner

John Fogarty

‘We got it totally wrong, on and off the field’, says Mikey Sheehy

At yesterday’s Allianz Football League launch, Kerry selector Mikey Sheehy sat down to discuss the county’s dismal All-Ireland semi-final replay defeat to Mayo last year and his hopes for the

Wed, 17 Jan, 2018

Calendar season comes a-creeping

Timing and tradition. Ask any opponent of the proposal for the GAA season being completed in the calendar year and they would be the two major objections.

Tue, 16 Jan, 2018

Laois v Westmeath - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Group 4 Third Round

A cheapened league can be anticipated

“The league is the league.” Up until now, that age-old refrain of Mick O’Dwyer or at least the one attributed most to the great man, the subject of last night’s excellent Loosehorse documentary on RTÉ, was in danger of becoming a dead phrase.

Tue, 09 Jan, 2018

Brilliant Dubs miss out on gongs but it wasn’t a ‘snub’

What did the recent awards events tell us asks John Fogarty

Tue, 19 Dec, 2017

Time for lateral thinking as GAA inequity grows

Plenty has and will be made of how much money Dublin clubs received from the Sports Capital Programme, writes John Fogarty.

Tue, 05 Dec, 2017

What’s another year in motion to change the U21 All-Ireland hurling championship?

What’s another year? That is the rhetorical question the GAA hierarchy are asking as a motion to change the U21 All-Ireland hurling championship to U20 to fall into line with Gaelic football is being prepared.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2017