An Irish dad has become an overnight internet hit after his hilarious reaction to the Westmeath footballers beating Meath was posted online.

The alarming decline in attendance figures during this summer’s All-Ireland SFC looks set to continue apace this Sunday with a meagre crowd of 35,000 expected at Croke Park for the quarter-final double-header.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has rejected Paul Grimley’s assertion that he, along with Director General Páraic Duffy and the media, influenced the decision to ban three Armagh players earlier this summer.

July and August mean different things to different people, but for a lot of readers it means one thing no matter what sport they follow. Summer sports camps for the kids.

Dublin’s awesome rise is now a growing concern

Dublin footballer Eoghan O’Gara is in the clear after disciplinary chiefs opted not to pursue allegations of biting during Sunday’s Leinster football final.

Here’s our spoiler-free guide to what you should watch on the box tonight.

“Will we see another Geraghty run amok on a playing field?”

Meath chairman Conor Tormey has slammed Dublin U21 manager Dessie Farrell and questioned the county’s explanation for refusing to accept home advantage for tomorrow week’s Leinster football final.

Meath 0-18 Wexford 0-13

The GAA’s family funzone will be available to supporters visiting Croke Park once again this Sunday.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has suggested he would not be uncomfortable with match officials referring to replays on a giant TV screen when making major calls — so long as the decision reached proved to be correct.

Former GAA president, Sean Kelly, said Croke Park was missing a great opportunity on All-Ireland final days by not allowing mascots parade with the competing teams.

Dublin will secure another Leinster crown but the surprise of the weekend will be this evening, if at all

A RECORD €185 million is up for grabs tonight and people across the country are rushing out to buy lottery tickets in a hope of hitting the EuroMillions jackpot.

JOHN MULLANE is not in favour of the introduction of video technology to verify scores in hurling and football — and not just because if it might have cost him money had it been in operation on Sunday.

My late father was a huge sports fan. I’d have loved to play for Galway, but it wasn’t to be. Still, what I do is a huge privilege

SCIENCE and sport make an unlikely alliance.

PAT GILROY has described the GAA’s plans to erect fencing in front of Hill 16 as “drastic” but he believes Croke Park officials must do what is best for the safety of its patrons.

INTER-COUNTY referees who haven’t been chosen for championship matches should be utilised as umpires, Liam O’Neill, National Coaching and Games Development chairman, said.

LIAM O’NEILL, the leading candidate in the race to become the GAA’s next president, has called for sweeping changes to the Association’s disciplinary system which would help prevent a repeat of the embarrassing fallout from this year’s Leinster football final.

LAST Saturday I watched the senior football play-off game between Tipperary and Dublin. It was not a particularly great game, but it was much more interesting and exciting than any of the World Cup soccer matches. The Cork and Waterford Munster hurling final on Sunday also left the soccer in the shade.

LOUTH forward JP Rooney admits he had little sympathy for under-fire referee Martin Sludden as he was bundled out of Croke Park last Sunday.

Former Cork All-Star hurler Ger Cunningham has questioned the decision by referee Johnny Ryan to award a late free which resulted in an equalising goal in yesterday's Munster SHC final between Cork and Waterford.

A FULL-SCALE Garda and GAA probe was under way last night after a Croke Park day of shame that could have wide-ranging implications for stadia security in this country.

A limited number of tickets have gone on sale today for Sunday's Leinster football final between Dublin and Kildare.

GAELIC football fans in Kildare wish to acknowledge the acumen of our esteemed leader, Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

WATERFORD’S injury woes have deepened ahead of the Munster SHC final on July 12 as joint-captain Stephen Molumphy and veteran defender Tony Browne suffered major setbacks on Tuesday night.

KIERAN McGEENEY has called for an end to the ban on pre-match training sessions at Croke Park.

TV3 have secured the rights to live coverage of four GAA provincial championship finals this summer.

WHEN Ciarán Lyng turned his back on Gaelic games at the age of 16 in pursuit of a career in English soccer, he could hardly have anticipated his first opportunity of playing in a world-class stadium in front of a capacity crowd would be in a Leinster football final.

The fans are really …

Padraig Clancy has said he and his Laois colleagues can't wait to get out onto the field for tomorrow's Leinster Football Final against Dublin.

THERE were more twists than Fair City and a mighty Quinn to give it an appropriate climax, but when the dust had settled on yesterday’s Leinster football final at Croke Park, the same question stood on its end, begging an answer.

THE Ulster GAA Council has delayed a decision on the venue for its provincial football final, increasing speculation it could be moved to Croke Park for the second year in a row.

JUST as well Laois manager Mick O’Dwyer is a pragmatist. And that he enjoys golf!

Laois's injury woes continue with the news that All Star defender Joe Higgins damaged ligaments in his knee in Saturday's Leinster football final replay loss to Westmeath.

Laois and Westmeath lock horns in today’s much-anticipated Leinster football final at Croke

Westmeath All Star Rory O'Connell, who secured a High Court injunction to enable him to take part in Sunday's Leinster football final, has not made the starting line-up for the provincial decider against Laois.

Westmeath manager Páidí Ó Sé is free to pick All Star Rory O'Connell for Sunday's Leinster football final after the midfielder was granted a temporary injunction in the High Court today.

Laois have named an unchanged side from that which beat Meath by seven points in the semi-final for Sunday’s Leinster football final against Westmeath at Croke Park.

Westmeath 2-15 Wexford 1-14

LIMERICK goalkeeper Albert Shanahan has paid a costly price for an unforced error which led to a crucial Cork goal in the recent Guinness Munster SHC semi final between the counties.