John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

It took a mere 11 minutes of the 2020 inter-county season to throw up the first controversial incident of the new playing rules.

After Warren Egan’s equaliser in the 60th minute, Ryan Basquel’s perfectly-judged kick from distance put Ballyboden ahead as the momentum had well and truly shifted their way.

There's two senior provincial finals and three All-Ireland ladies finals in store this weekend.

Round 4 of the All-Ireland football qualifiers has pitted Ronan McCarthy's Cork against Laois while Mayo will face Connacht rivals, Galway in the pick of next weekend's clashes .

Donegal have no fresh injury worries ahead of their Ulster SFC final against Cavan on Sunday week.

Munster hasn’t caught fire but still smouldering.

Monaghan v Armagh is the pick of the All-Ireland Round 2 SFC qualifier draw although Mayo face a tricky encounter against Down at Newry on Saturday week.

Hugh McFadden believes the rivalry that has dictated the tone of Ulster football for the last decade is currently being dictated by Tyrone.

One of Jim McGuinness’s first tasks when he finally landed the role of Donegal senior manager heading into the Baltic winter of 2010 was to cobble together a backroom team.

John Meyler has reacted to Cork’s defeat to Tipperary by making four changes for tomorrow’s Munster SHC Round 2 in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

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Kildare may have been allocated as little as 25% of the tickets for a home game in Newbridge.

Newbridge or nowhere, Croke Park or nowhere: Kildare appear to be on their way out of the All-Ireland SFC because of a row with the GAA concerning the choice of venue for their All-Ireland SFC Round 3 qualifier against Mayo next Saturday.

Kildare are reportedly refusing to concede home advantage for their Round 3 Qualifier against Mayo.

Sixteen counties have tumbled into the lottery drum that it is the first round of All-Ireland qualifiers and the records show that very few manage to find their feet in any meaningful way again.

John Murphy can pinpoint the exact moment the penny dropped.

Former Irish rugby and Lions team doctor Eanna Falvey tells a great story about how Joe Schmidt’s attitude is reflected in his players.

The talking points from this weekend’s GAA action. 

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

With the benefit of hindsight, Sarah Tierney looks back on it now with a sense of perspective.

As David — and we’re not just talking about Clifford — v Goliath contests go, it’s hard to beat the meeting of Cavan and Kerry in tomorrow’s All-Ireland MFC semi-final.

Cavan 0-11 Dublin 0-18: An occasion to remember for Cavan, business as usual for Dublin.

Keepers’ conundrum

The semi-final pairings for the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup were confirmed last night after the final set of group fixtures.

You’d have been hard pressed to envisage a day like this when Tipp were trudging their way through Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

Easy enough to take for granted the loop Google and Twitter and Whatsapp and SkyGo keeps us in.

The ripples caused by Tipperary’s qualification for their first All-Ireland quarter-final have been large but on the Breffni Park pitch on Saturday, it felt like an intimate affair.

He just may be the most realistic dreamer or the most idealistic realist in Gaelic football.

Séamus Mac Géidigh was broadcaster and manager of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s northwest service in Donegal

Mickey Harte has named an unchanged team from the one that hammered Cavan 5-18 to 2-17 in their Ulster SFC semi-final replay for Sunday’s final against Donegal at Clones, throw-in 2pm.