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John Fogarty

More is less for fixture list as codes pitted against each other

A weekend with so many fixtures is overload, writes John Fogarty. 

Tue, 14 Feb, 2017

Kerry footballers in search of their aura

The aura of invincibility that they cultivated through winning, which has since been annexed by Dublin, must be regained, writes John Fogarty.

Tue, 07 Feb, 2017

John Fogarty: Ten pointers for the CPA

It’s 22 days since the Club Players Association (CPA) was officially launched.

Tue, 31 Jan, 2017

If all that matters is the gambling rush, it’s time to make a call

Sports writer, John Fogarty, enters the mind of the problem gambler and reveals how easily the issue can take over your life.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2017

Hurling told to fall in line

“Hurling people feel everything happening with Croke Park is football-orientated.”

Tue, 17 Jan, 2017

How the GAA's disciplinary system avoided controversy in 2016

It was the end of the world as we knew it. That’s what we were told, anyway. That the reprieve offered to Diarmuid Connolly by two of the three men sitting on the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) panel had taken a match to the GAA’s disciplinary system.

Tue, 10 Jan, 2017

‘Any day if I caught a few good balls and kicked a few good balls, that was success’

Mick O’Connell says the simple satisfaction of having “caught a few good balls and kicked a few good balls” is what remains with him most from his playing time with Kerry.

Thu, 05 Jan, 2017

2017 suggestions for GAA: From Harte to HawkEye, Cats to kittens

Our hopes for the 2017 GAA season? They read as follows...

Sat, 31 Dec, 2016

Cheap shots from Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes have harmed Mayo

Last Friday, The Irish Independent ran a blurb promoting their interview with Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes. Truth be told, the Mayo players knew this day was coming long before the newspaper did.

Tue, 20 Dec, 2016

GAA's media rights announcement was protectionism, not promotion

Thanks to events across the Atlantic this autumn, “normalising” will go down as one of the words of the year. The man who promoted it, New Yorker magazine editor David Remnick, deserves praise for providing an essential tool in describing the GUBU US Presidential election.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2016