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John Fogarty

We need to talk about GAA volunteerism

Seven months into his role as GPA chief executive, Dermot Earley continues a charm offensive around the counties, writes John Fogarty.

Tue, 25 Jul, 2017

RWC2023 bid raises booze issue for GAA

This Rugby World Cup bid, you know it’s going to happen, right? 

Tue, 18 Jul, 2017

Eclipsed on scores front but Ring is still Ring

Of the many great crimes that befell the last century, Ultravox’s Vienna being kept off the top of the UK single charts by Joe Dolce’s Shaddaup You Face in 1981 stands most unashamedly among them.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2017

Are vulnerable Kilkenny resigned to their fate?

Too many games is never a bad complaint but this past weekend’s inter-county GAA action and affairs takes a lot of digesting.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2017

Diarmuid Connolly spared the GAA a whole lot of hassle

it might have been Jim Gavin who appeared in front of the media on Sunday but he could have been mistaken for Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard with his “yeah but, no but” defence of Diarmuid Connolly, writes John Fogarty.

Tue, 27 Jun, 2017