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Paul Rouse

Ballyboden St Enda's v Ballymun Kickhams - Dublin County Senior 1 Football Championship Final

Paul Rouse: Striking the right note - Why songs are an integral part of GAA culture

The song doesn’t necessarily have to be a great one – or even a good one – but if it connects a sporting success with people and place, it invariably moves at least some people to tears

Thu, 17 Dec, 2020

Supporters at GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Finals

Paul Rouse: The 40 things I'll miss on All-Ireland Hurling final day

Like all great sporting occasions, All-Ireland hurling final day carries a social and cultural significance that passes far beyond the playing field, the two teams, the result

Sun, 13 Dec, 2020

Dublin v Meath - Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final

Paul Rouse: Be it Croke Park or Camp Nou, home advantage counts

Dublin were so utterly dominant in every phase of the Leinster final was as if the teams were playing two different sports

Fri, 04 Dec, 2020

Tir Chonaill Gaels v Kilmurray Ibrickane - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Quarter-Final

Paul Rouse: When football, not hurling, was Waterford's game of choice

The idea of organised games was seized with passion; all across Waterford there was massive interest with great crowds turning out to games. But every game played was a football one.

Fri, 27 Nov, 2020

Cork v Kerry - Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final

Paul Rouse: Why an All-Ireland B Football Championship is a deeply flawed concept

This championship has also served to do is to remind us of the beauty of a straight knockout competition

Fri, 13 Nov, 2020

Roscommon v Armagh - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 4

Paul Rouse: Time for GAA to deliver a clear picture on its broadcasting policy

We are only at the beginning of the change that the internet is bringing to how sport is organised.

Thu, 05 Nov, 2020

Paul Rouse: How do we measure Christy Ring's greatness?

It is impossible to discuss the greatest ever hurlers without Ring being central to the conversation, writes Paul Rouse. But there is another key intangible — how a sports person makes you feel

Fri, 30 Oct, 2020

Mark Moran is tackled by Gary O’Donnell 18/10/2020

Paul Rouse: It’s late in the year but story of the season just getting started

There's a number of fascinating games this weekend

Fri, 23 Oct, 2020

Tipperary v Waterford - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Round 1

Paul Rouse: GAA must now be prepared for Championship wipeout

If the Government follows the advice of Nphet and moves to Level 5, then it is impossible to see how the championship can be played

Fri, 16 Oct, 2020

Discovering the truth in the GAA’s war effort

Acknowledging that many of its members fought in the British army does not diminish the GAA’s contribution to Irish society or the fact that many others of its members fought in 1916 and in the War of Independence, writes Paul Rouse

Fri, 09 Nov, 2018