Former chairman of Clare GAA Michael McDonagh is spearheading a campaign for the county board to follow the Cork GAA lead by issuing a commemorative jersey marking one of the most high profile victims of the War of Independence in the Banner County.

Attendances for the opening three rounds of Division 1A hurling are in keeping with last year but Division 1 football crowds are thus far down on 2018.

John Fogarty says that Kilkenny-Tipperary is not a “keen rivalry”, and uses Kilkenny’s big win in the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final to distort the margins between them. 

Setanta Sports are aiming to take a larger slice of the GAA’s media rights when they come up at the end of the year.

COLIN REGAN never expected to be in this job. On February 21, 2010, his mind was only on football as he jogged out onto the pitch for the first run out of the year with Melvin Gaels, a day after firing 1-1 for the Leitrim senior footballers in a league game against Kilkenny.