Following the decision in Clare to postpone all under-age Gaelic football games indefinitely after four people in the county tested positive for COV-19 and confirmation that an individual was being treated for the virus in Cork University Hospital, Rebel Óg felt compelled to issue the circular.

It was Thursday when the Regional Health Agency in the far north of France confirmed the first case of coronavirus in that neck of the woods, a student in the Regional Centre for Circus Arts having tested positive after arriving back in the region from Italy.

The quest for All Ireland Post Primary Schools senior A hurling glory begins this weekend with the two quarter-finals of the Croke Cup down for decision.

GAA president-elect Larry McCarthy has revealed he flew approximately 80,000 air miles in the last three months of his successful campaign to become the 40th president of the GAA.

Declan McBennett, RTE’s head of sport, spoke earlier this week about the national station’s coverage of last year’s Women World Cup and his sense that the tournament had proven to be a Rubicon moment for female sport around the globe.

There is no cause for alarm in Tipperary’s mixed Allianz league campaign thus far, says Shane McGrath.

Dublin boss Tom Gray has played down the value of last year’s EirGrid Leinster final drubbing of Laois ahead of this evening’s rematch.

Former Kerry star Seamus Scanlon has thanked former Cork footballing adversary James Masters and his Garda colleagues for coming to his pregnant wife’s rescue last week.

Kerry footballer Gavin Crowley will be among the high profile speakers at a GAA coaching seminar in Listowel on Saturday.

Over half a million people watched David Clifford's equaliser against Dublin on RTÉ on Saturday evening, their head of sport has reported.

Joe Brolly has admitted his desire to get back on television and to feel ‘excited’ again when the producers say ‘five, four, three...’ in his ear was partly why he set aside his long-held beliefs about pay-per-view broadcasters and the GAA.

Joe Brolly has admitted he came to the realisation that he was "howling into the wilderness" when it came to criticising the GAA for doing deals with pay-per-view broadcasters.

RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes has restated the broadcaster’s commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent of sports output in 2020 being devoted to coverage of Women’s sport.

75.5% of delegates backed the Central Council motion

Just wondering — have we all recovered from the collective mourning now that Joe Brolly will not form part of RTÉ’s squad this weekend?

RTÉ Sport is set to screen the attractive Cork SHC quarter-final double-header involving three-in-a-row-chasing champions Imokilly live on Saturday, September 21.

RTÉ have no plans to review their practice of booking panellists from competing counties in their GAA coverage.

RTÉ have no plans to review their practice of booking panellists from competing counties in their GAA coverage.

A peak audience of 1,099,900 watched the final minutes of Sunday’s yesterday’s pulsating All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Dublin on RTE Two.

In the UK, the game was the most-watched TV programme of the year so far on all British channels.

All 52 games will be broadcast live.

From Stephen Kenny’s legacy, Cork City’s purse strings, restless Rovers and Waterford’s renaissance to growing attendances, broadcasting changes and Niall Quinn’s plans — Martin Claffey chews on 12 hot topics ahead of the new League of Ireland campaign.

Eamon Dunphy is leaving RTÉ after 40 years working with the broadcaster.

McBennett will take over from Nugent in June.