The one common denominator between this All-Ireland semi-final defeat and the previous one in 2019 was the absence of performance coach Caroline Currid.

August finals would allow the All-Ireland championships to reclaim the summer.

Gaelic football undoubtedly has to change and the FRC is an impressive group but their mandate has to be accurate.

Hurling will do the talking next weekend

With the championship over for counties from Galway to Antrim and Tipperary, this week will be one of reflection. 

Now they have been compelled to set up a hotline for supporters who may have difficulty purchasing tickets online. May we see a similar compromise re GAAGO?

The appeal of the Munster Hurling Championship is not being replicated elsewhere. 

Whatever about the gross shortcomings of the football championship structure, whatever about the imbalance between the Leinster and Munster hurling competitions, Sunday underlined, in all its ugliness, that the GAA calendar is broken.

The Déise caught Cork cold on the opening weekend of the hurling championship. 

How many of the five Munster SHC managers would survive failing to qualify from the province?