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GPA Membership Annual Survey 2025 Launch

Inter-county GAA players want seven-month season and no-contact November

New report: 75% of male players believe inter-county managers should receive payment over and above expenses

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

Colm Cooper Career Highlights

S Cluxton, Cooper, Clifford: If this isn't the greatest football team of the last 25 years . . .

With the first quarter of the century now behind us, we set Kieran Shannon the task of picking the finest fifteen in the game of Gaelic football from 2000-2024. No easy task...

Sat, 04 Jan, 2025

A view of a GAAGO branding 13/5/2023

GAAGO subscription revenues rise 118% amid backlash

The profits for the subscription-based sports channel of the last two years allowed the firm to pay a €1.2m dividend to its joint owners, RTÉ and the GAA

Thu, 17 Oct, 2024

Jarlath Burns 18/9/2024

GAA president Jarlath Burns: Perhaps we need to look at contracts for inter-county managers

'We all know for many, many years that generous expenses have been given to managers and I'm not going to comment on that'

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Limerick v Clare - Bord Gais Energy Munster GAA Hurling Under 21 Championship Quarter-Final

S The GAA's people problem: 'We're sleepwalking into something that's going to be catastrophic'

The GAA's hot-button issue feels like football's ills or championship structures, but in reality it's people and clubs - there are either too many or too few of both. Can Croke Park provide solutions to a looming crisis?

Wed, 21 Aug, 2024

The Madness of Football, Episode 10: where the game goes from here

S The Madness of Football, Episode 10: where the game goes from here

After our journey through the game's history, what have we learned?

Listen | Wed, 14 Feb, 2024

Dublin v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S The Madness of Football, episode 9: Dublin take it to a new level

Paul Rouse, James Horan and Maurice Brosnan reflect on a comprehensive victory for Jim Gavin's men.

Listen | Wed, 07 Feb, 2024

Tyrone palyers celebrate at the final whistle with Peter Canavan in the foreground 25/9/2005

S The Madness of Football, Episode 7: Tyrone and Kerry in a game for the ages

We continue our whistlestop tour of Gaelic football history as we alight on an important showdown between two rivals.

Listen | Wed, 24 Jan, 2024

Derry v Cork - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

S The Madness of Football, episode 6: a whole new ball game in the 1990s?

Derry beat Cork in the '93 decider - a game that showed how the sport was evolving.

Listen | Wed, 17 Jan, 2024

Kerry v Offaly - All Ireland Football Championship Final

The Madness of Football: How the Examiner saw the 1981 All-Ireland final

Kerry saw off Offaly to complete the four-in-a-row

Mon, 15 Jan, 2024

The Kerry team parade 20/9/1981

1981: A year that confirmed Kerry and Micko's place in the annals

This week's Madness of Football podcast revisits Kerry's memorable win over Offaly in 1981. Paul Rouse examines that game's importance.

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024

Jimmy Deenihan lifts the Sam Maguire 20/9/1981

S The Madness of Football, episode 5: how did Kerry change the rules of engagement?

As we trace football's evolution we revisit the Munster kingpin's memorable win over Offaly in 1981.

Listen | Wed, 10 Jan, 2024

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S The Madness of Football, episode 4: Did the Dubs change the game?

As we trace football's evolution we reach the '70s and memorable game at HQ.

Listen | Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Dublin v Kerry in '77: Is it the greatest game of Gaelic football ever played?

In the latest episode of The Madness of Football we put the famous championship semi-final under the microscope. Paul Rouse recalls being there, as a boy, to witness it play out.

Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

The Madness of Football: How the Examiner saw the 1966 All-Ireland football final

The Madness of Football: How the Examiner saw the 1966 All-Ireland football final

Galway beat Meath to complete a treble of championship wins, in a game that's the focus of the latest episode of our new podcast series.

Fri, 29 Dec, 2023

2006 Vodafone GAA 35th Anniversary All-Star Awards

Madness of Football Podcast: John Keenan's tribute to Seamus Leydon and Galway's treble

"He was running through on the right, then he swerved to the left. I was out there, left corner forward. He was left half. I moved out to take my back away and Seamus put in under the crossbar, goal. The best goal I ever saw.”

Thu, 28 Dec, 2023

Galway v Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Final

S Remembering Seamus Leydon and the best goal ever

John Keenan, All-Ireland winner on Galway's famous 1966 team, remembers his great friend and teammate

Thu, 28 Dec, 2023

Galway v Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Final

S The Madness of Football, Episode 3: Galway's 1966 triumph

Maurice Brosnan, James Horan and Paul Rouse continue their journey through the history of Gaelic football.

Listen | Wed, 27 Dec, 2023

Madness of Football, Episode 2: why does Gaelic football exist?

S Madness of Football, Episode 2: why does Gaelic football exist?

Maurice Brosnan, James Horan and Paul Rouse trace the game's early development.

Listen | Wed, 20 Dec, 2023

The Madness of Football: Episode 1 - introducing a new podcast series

S The Madness of Football: Episode 1 - introducing a new podcast series

Featuring a host of special guests, these podcasts are about the past, present and future of Gaelic football.

Listen | Mon, 18 Dec, 2023

Galway v Meath - All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Paul Rouse: Introducing The Madness of Football, a special Irish Examiner podcast about the evolution of our game

In a new series we'll debate where Gaelic football is and how it got here, analyse key games in its history and relive the seminal moments with the people who were there. Paul Rouse, the show's host, explains what the Madness of Football will attempt to achieve over 10 episodes.

Sun, 17 Dec, 2023

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