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Paul Rouse

Date with Dublin touchstone to Carlow’s golden age

There’s something deeply patronising and self-serving about the way in which some from traditionally successful GAA counties wish to carve the championship up for their own ends and shunt Carlow — and all the Carlows — off to a ‘B’ championship, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2017

This is your chance to take a step in the right direction

Ireland’s incidence of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and colonic cancer (to name just three) is way above the European and global average, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 26 May, 2017

Any player ready to stick his head above the parapet?

Gaelic games has never enjoyed such cross-spectrum appeal, but the absence of diversity in the summer narrative is a source of concern — not least with other sports ready and willing to step up to the mic, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 19 May, 2017

Grants an unspoken joke in the Greatest Amateur Association in the World

The final essential part of the farce is to claim the cash is justified because it is being used to support players playing “at the highest level”, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 12 May, 2017

A Bronx tale: How GAA took hold in New York

There is nothing quite like this day of days for the GAA in New York, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 05 May, 2017

Camogie's struggle to establish itself has never truly been won

Paul Rouse has more than a few issues with the place of women’s sports in the heart of Irish society.

Fri, 28 Apr, 2017

There’s an insufferable quality to the sporting snob

A Connemara bar on an Easter Sunday afternoon — pints and fish-and- chips and plenty of fun. There are locals and blow-ins, tourists, day-trippers and weekenders. By 5pm, the place is full. 

Fri, 21 Apr, 2017