"I would be the first to say that Colm meant no harm and he’s not homophobic, but it doesn’t take away from the fact that it did cause harm to people from the LGBT community and that needs to be recognised."

The All-Ireland football final replay, an increase in ticket prices for Allianz League and Championship games, and a general spike in gate receipts all contributed to a bumper 2019 financial year for the GAA.

Met Éireann says a cold and unsettled weekend is on the cards with the possibility of sleet or snow.

Former RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly has described the ending of his 20-year stint on the Sunday Game as cruel.

Brolly's first outing with his new channel is expected to be a repeat of the All-Ireland Final when Dublin face Kerry at Croke Park on Saturday, January 25. That game will also be broadcast live by his former employers RTÉ.

The Limerick man has been hailed as one of the outstanding referees of his generation.

Comedian Josh Pray says he won't commentate on the All-Ireland Football final this weekend after being targeted by online trolls.

Former RTÉ soccer pundit Eamon Dunphy has criticised his former employers for "going soft" on sports analysis.

Joe Brolly has responded to the news he will not feature in RTÉ's coverage of the All-Ireland football final reply on Twitter.

Comedian Josh Pray says he is backing away from talking about GAA and "Irish culture" after getting "negative" messages from Irish sports fans.

Joe Brolly will not be part of RTÉ's coverage of Saturday's All-Ireland football final replay.

The 5/1 outsiders for Sam Maguire must challenge the five-in-a-row-chasing champions with imagination and intensity, says Éamonn Fitzmaurice.

It's a mixed bag for Electric Picnic attendees but GAA fans should be happy with the forecast for Sunday's All-Ireland final.

The legend goes that, upon his release from 27 years imprisonment, the first words Nelson Mandela uttered as he shielded his eyes from the hot South African sun were “Is Martin Carney still playing for Mayo?”

It’s 80 years since Kerry won the All-Ireland in the Dingle colours of red and white that were originally a set of Cork jerseys.

Declan O'Sullivan, Ray Cosgrove, and Oisín McConville preview the All-Ireland football final with Mike Quirke.

The mayors of Dublin and Kerry have been trading playful taunts ahead of the All-Ireland Football Final.

The few weeks leading up to an All-Ireland football final tends to provide the ideal conditions for conspiracy theorists to flourish.

Catch up on the headlines.

You know there was a bit of a fuss last week about the appointment of the All-Ireland football final referee. (I am speaking here in the blandest possible terms here).

Catch up on the headlines.

The forward will be free to play against Dublin after the black card he received against Meath was rescinded.

Catch up on the headlines.

Defender Murphy described Gough as an “excellent referee”.

Kerry GAA chairman Tim Murphy says their team have no issue with David Gough's appointment as All-Ireland final referee.

Kerry will be appealing Stephen O'Brien's suspension which would rule him out of the All-Ireland football final against Dublin on September 1.

Interesting times, as if you didn’t know, writes Michael Moynihan.

It’s All-Stars week and in the interest of keeping you informed, there is a change in the selection process from last year — an outfield player can be chosen for an award in an area other than the one they were nominated in, writes John Fogarty 

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Ulster secretary Brian McAvoy admits the recent spate of brawls at county matches in the province is “disturbing”.

Everyone’s favourite substitute history teacher, Reeling in the Years, just never gets old.

The Cluxton kickout

The decision to fix seven Cork senior club championship fixtures on the same day as the county contests the All-Ireland camogie final was unavoidable, according to Cork chairperson Tracey Kennedy.

Struggling as we are for an original metric to measure this Dublin football team by, perhaps the candidates for an All-Ireland final man of the match offers an informative perspective.

I wonder what Patrick Kavanagh would have made of Twitter? Would he have lost endless afternoons down by the Grand Canal, drowning deep in a wormhole of a thread of a spat between Ginsberg, Neal Cassidy and some faceless wonder with a moniker like @beatpoetssuck, before checking in on whether the dance was actually going ahead in Billy Brennan’s barn that night? Let’s be happy he didn’t have the distraction.

Soccer has embraced VAR and it has proved successful at the World Cup. Though it will take time for it to become a seamless part of the game, it must be seen as a positive development for the sport, writes Dr Ed Coughlan.

The visit of Pope Francis to Knock at the end of August has impacted on club championship matches in Mayo.

There’s a school of thought that Chris Barrett should have been named man-of-the-match in last year’s All-Ireland football final.

An Garda Síochána was paid more than €1.1m to police 10 of the country’s biggest events last year — with Electric Picnic topping the charts, figures reveal.