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John Fogarty

Maurice Shanahan offers a lesson to us all

Took your advice, Maurice Shanahan. Picked up the phone over the weekend and called a friend. Two, in fact. To see how they were. To say hello.

Tue, 10 Nov, 2015

Cameras can’t cover all the angles

Confess it: when Dónal Óg Cusack criticised the decision to award Limerick a goal against Westmeath this summer you couldn’t have agreed more. Neither could we.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2015

A statement of serious intent

For four hours on Sunday night, Davy Fitzgerald and Dónal Óg Cusack thrashed it out. What each would expect of the other. What they would expect of Clare. Common ground found, they plotted and schemed for 2016.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Galway executive hold all the aces

A tip of the hat to the Galway management committee. Nobody, dare it be said not even some of their own, thought it would last this long. That they would succeed in bringing the players to the negotiating table as often as they have this month is a remarkable achievement. Their will to have it out, it seems, is stronger than the 2015 panel to have Anthony Cunningham ousted.

Tue, 20 Oct, 2015

Carlow recipe for change worth sampling

Because it’s Carlow, it might be overlooked. Because it’s Carlow, it might be dismissed as the miniscule musings of a lesser light.

Tue, 13 Oct, 2015

Consistency goes out the window in ruling for elite

IF IT wasn’t so serious the irony would be delicious. Two legal eagles shooting down a ban, which had been upheld by the GAA’s three main disciplinary arms, largely on the basis that an All-Ireland semi-final means more than most games.

Tue, 22 Sep, 2015

Ten All-Ireland final probabilities and possibilities

Sunday: Croke Park, 3.30pm

Fri, 18 Sep, 2015

All-Ireland: Pressure on to keep final balls in the air

Since Tom Brady and Deflategate earlier this year, the match ball in sport has come under scrutiny, but the chances of such an episode being repeated at Croke Park on Sunday are slim to none, writes John Fogarty

Fri, 18 Sep, 2015

Dubs have the hunger, Kerry the hurt

February 2011 and Dublin have beaten Cork by six points. Under the Hogan Stand, Pat Gilroy is quietly praising his team for getting their discipline in check in the second half, but his calm words betray his delight. Inside he’s dancing.

Tue, 15 Sep, 2015

Dublin-Kerry cold war is set to get even colder

Getting chilly, isn’t it?

Tue, 08 Sep, 2015