The GAA won’t be taking extra security measures for Saturday’s International Rules test in the wake of the suicide bomb blasts outside the Stade de France on Friday.

Anyone seeking evidence on the obsession for strength and conditioning which has swept through the GAA should have been at a seminar in Belfast.

After a recent game in Markievicz Park, I was introduced to one of those footballing gurus that you meet from time to time.

"There were times when Joe didn't necessarily do the team thing, when he didn't necessarily want to put in the effort that we all demanded of each other. He didn't necessarily like towing the line."

Nine FIFA officals have been accused of coruption which could have spanned decades, the Taoiseach believes that the sale of Aer Lingus to IAG is in the best interest of the nation, Anthony Tohill says Joe Brolly’s ego is bigger now than when he was player, and relive the emotions of Saturday’s referendum results with this moving video. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

With a bit of luck and good sense, the St Patrick’s Day finals in Croke Park will soon be consigned to history. Starting next year, the GAA’s leadership wants to play the All-Ireland club finals on the second Sunday of December, writes Paddy Heaney.

When Anthony Tohill played a game for the Manchester United reserves, the reports in the local press referred to him as Tony Tohill.

I am not really a gambling man but when I see a gap in the betting markets, I sometimes make an investment.

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For 16 years now, Kieran McKeever has carried a mantle that he doesn’t want any more.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin will not be replacing selector Michael Kennedy, who has stepped down due to work commitments.

I was at a function recently with a few people and we bumped into Anthony Tohill, the four-time All Star and All-Ireland medallist. Tohill stands 6ft 4ins tall.

A total of 15 counties are represented in the 29-man squad today announced by Ireland team manager Paul Earley for the upcoming International Rules series against Australia.

Stephen Cluxton is one of the most recognisable footballers in Ireland but also the most private

Dublin have been a different animal this year. Mayo may take exception to that.

Schmidt was seeing a bigger picture, the game itself, and the importance parents feel that it is a game safe enough for their kids to play.

The clocks have changed, birds are whistling in the trees, there’s a “great stretch in the evenings” and our fixtures page is bursting at the seams.

Kilkenny hurling boss Brian Cody is in ‘good form’ and continuing his recovery from cardiac surgery at the Blackrock Clinic, Dublin.

Ireland’s new International Rules manager, Paul Earley, admits his team enter this October’s tests mindful that the future of the series is at stake.

Paul Earley’s appointment as Ireland’s International Rules boss is a popular one, according to former Roscommon team-mate Gay Sheeran.

The GAA has confirm Paul Earley as the new Irish International Rules manager.

Galway management have enforced a strict ban on players using social media in the build-up to Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

The race to become the next Derry senior football manager is on after the County Board executive decided to seek nominations for the position at last Monday night's meeting.

Reading or listening to what passes for most GAA commentary these days, you sometimes wonder why they bother, those brave souls-poor eejits that coach or play inter-county football.

So, Liam O’Neill thinks Gaelic football isn’t “boring” after all.

My first ever training session with the Glen U12s was a slightly terrifying experience.

Colm Bonnar has seen both sides of the January tug o’ war.

Ireland International Rules manager Anthony Tohill has questioned the impartiality of one of the match officials in the second Test of this year's Series against Australia.

TADHG KENNELLY has revealed that Anthony Tohill’s International Rules squad used Ireland’s economic troubles as motivation for their clashes with Australia.

IRELAND manager Anthony Tohill feared yesterday’s second Test was going to descend into violence.

IRELAND series victories are usually greeted with more fanfare but sadly their excellence has to share the billing with just how wretched their opponents were.

Ireland International Rules manager Anthony Tohill praised the way his players went about their business in their Series-clinching win over Australia on the Gold Coast.

International Rules Series: Ireland 50 Australia 29

JUST a case of Ireland going through the motions this morning? Think again, says vice-captain Ciaran McKeever.

LEIGHTON GLYNN has no fear of an aggressive retort from the Australians tomorrow night as he claims the Ireland team are bigger than the host country.

OUT for dinner in Melbourne the other night a journalistic colleague recalled the night he interviewed Roy Jones Jnr.

JUST 14,000 spectators are expected to attend Friday’s International Rules second Test at the Gold Coast’s Metricon Stadium.

ANTHONY TOHILL has enforced a Twitter ban on his International Rules squad in Australia.

Qantas Airways has grounded all aircraft over an industrial dispute which has disrupted the travel plans of the Ireland International Rules squad.

INITIAL reports about Emmet Bolton’s serious injury picked in yesterday’s International Rules game are positive.

FEW International Rules tests have broken more records than this latest offering but the future of the series is again up for question after a decidedly one-sided match.

AS he soaked in the likelihood of a series-winning test performance, Anthony Tohill admitted he had perceived great things for his players during their training sessions in Ireland.

AUSTRALIAN coach Rodney Eade has promised his side won’t be holding back in the aggression stakes after being out-muscled by the visitors in Etihad Stadium.