All-Star attacker Ian Burke insists Galway are capable of winning the All-Ireland this year but says their principal target is to retain the Connacht title.

Conor Lehane insists Cork will target another Munster title success in 2019 and won’t be swayed by Limerick’s alternative path to All-Ireland glory.

Limerick ladies football captain Cathy Mee has confirmed that it was the players who looked for the special meeting of the county board after reports emerged that manager John Ryan was being relieved of his position.

Peter Keane was his usual coy self. He knew the question would be thrown at him and when he was finished addressing it, we were none the wiser as to will he or won’t he be the next Kerry senior football manager.

Newbridge or nowhere? That’s how it’s shaping up again for Kildare only this time they’ll have nowhere left to turn in the championship if they don’t beat Galway in Newbridge next weekend.

Cork manager John Meyler wasn’t surprised Clare won through to the Munster final with a home win over Limerick.

Next to Frank Murphy, there are very few who have given as much service to the GAA as Joan Cooney.

Beyond the Christmas pudding, every intercounty hurling team now faces a fresh season and fresh challenges. What new year resolutions do they need to make?

Carnacon 0-15 Mourneabbey 1-10: The perfect send-off.

A “rollercoaster” journey which has brought the town together “like I’ve never seen it before”.

Limerick U21 hurling boss Pat Donnelly believes the county should be in a position to challenge for a senior All- Ireland by 2020.

More than 50,000 supporters turned out across Galway to greet the All- Ireland hurling champions as they returned home, having won the senior and minor titles for the first time in the same year.

COMING out of Croke Park on Sunday, a former Mayo manager tried to counter what he had just seen by theorising that teams who win All-Ireland semi-finals by large margins go on to lose finals while those who receive sterner tests are better placed to claim silverware.

A first Electric Ireland Munster minor hurling title for Cork since 2008, then, but a post-match warning from manager Denis Ring.

Louth will arrive in Parnell Park confident if they perform to their best it will be enough to cause an upset against Meath, writes Tomás Quinn.

This September, Stephen Cluxton will aim to become only the second man in GAA history to lift the Sam Maguire Cup on three consecutive occasions, the first being Wexford football captain Seán O’Kennedy between 1915 and ’17.

Listening to JJ Delaney, Tommy Walsh and Aidan Fogarty on Off The Ball last weekend, it was striking if there was one thing they loved more than winning it was simply playing and if there was one thing they hated more than losing it was not playing at all, writes Kieran Shannon. 

Former All-Ireland winning Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy has admitted that the county isn’t much good at holding onto titles and that there are “scars” attached to their poor record.

Cork football always seems to have enjoyed flirting with crisis, controversy and chagrin, writes John Coleman.

Brendan Rodgers would welcome the opportunity to mark Colm Cooper in today’s AIB All-Ireland club football final.

Jackie Cahill looks at five ways in which Michael Ryan’s Tipperary are emulating Brian Cody’s Cats.

If they’re handled properly and don’t burn out in their teens, here’s ten talents who’ll make a name for themselves in 2017...

Páraic Duffy has urged urge Tipperary County Board delegates to back his proposals to revamp the All-Ireland senior football championship.

James McCarthy claims more players are trying to con match officials into black carding opponents.

Philly McMahon says All- Ireland champions Dublin have become “smarter footballers” both on and off the pitch.

Beleaguered Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly yesterday revealed his heartache following Saturday’s All- Ireland final replay defeat.

Mayo don’t always come back from the big show empty-handed.

You know the rivalry-but-not-actually a rivalry that exists, or did exist, between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova?

Player power. As frowned upon phrases in Gaelic games go, it’s right up there. The alliteration only goes to underline its perceived foulness.

Galway manager Tony Ward has described Saturday’s opponents as  one of the best U21 hurling teams of all time.