You’d almost feel sorry for Donal Conway.

Introduce the clock/hooter system or today’s sin bin proposal risks being a disaster, warns former Football Review Committee (FRC) member Paul Earley.

FAI board member John Earley is pleading with Minister Shane Ross not to punish Irish football for the mistakes of the past.

A consultant dermatologist misdiagnosed ringworm in two children as seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp and as a result prescribed an inappropriate treatment which added to their discomfort and pain, the Circuit Civil Court was told Tuesday.

The numbers are not adding up for the FAI in their bid to push through governance reforms next month to restore state funding.

Leitrim dug deep at Croke Park this afternoon to record a magnificent extra-time success at the expense of Lancashire in the Lory Meagher Cup decider.

Radical changes in the make-up of the FAI board and council are imminent after the governance review committee today published their report at Abbotstown.

John Earley, chairman of the Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland (SFAI), has resigned from the board of the FAI.

Seven years since they last played host to a Connacht final involving themselves, 27 since they last successfully defended a provincial crown, which also came in front of a Dr Hyde Park crowd, history beckons for Roscommon tomorrow.

The RNLI will launch a renewed drowning prevention campaign today after the third inland water drowning tragedy in a week.

Former Galway hurling captain David Collins has hit out at the “crazy” demands on players.

Why has it been another winter of discontent? asks Kieran Shannon

Gaelic Players Association (GPA) chief executive Dermot Earley has expressed annoyance at how the GAA have performed a u-turn by supporting the addition of more games to the senior All-Ireland championships.

The cost of rolling out broadband across the State could cost the Government well over €1bn — considerably more than currently anticipated, an expert has claimed.

Considering their flimsy challenge to the All-Ireland round-robin series, there will be questions asked about the GPA’s intentions, writes John Fogarty.

It was impossible not to have some empathy and even sympathy for Páraic Duffy yesterday morning.

As the discussion on gender quotas takes off, here are five female sports administrators making their mark...

Former International Rules manager Paul Earley says the introduction of the mark from a kickout can curb the number of hand-passes and resurrect the high-fielding midfielder.

Kildare great Dermot Earley has revealed his frustration with the decision of David Hyland and Darroch Mulhall to walk out on the panel midsummer.

Roscommon 3-14 Galway 3-11: The new president of the Connacht Council, Mick Rock, hit the nail on the head when he said that if there was any truth in recent reports about Gaelic football being dead, it was appropriate the resurrection should take place over the Easter weekend.

Roscommon 6-18 Sligo 0-12: Reigning Connacht U21 champions Roscommon enjoyed a goal feast as they accounted for Sligo by a whopping 24 points at Kiltoom.

Paul Earley has lifted the lid on Ireland’s International Rules preparations over the last two years, revealing intriguing team talks from Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and an Australian hockey legend.

Kildare legend Dermot Earley admits a catalogue of old football injuries leaves him in pain on a daily basis.

Colm O’Neill has shown incredible mental strength to come back from a devastating third cruciate injury to lead the line for Cork in their battle with Monaghan in the League on Sunday.

GPA president Dermot Earley considers Colm O’Rourke’s attack on the player body to have been a blessing in disguise.

Australia 56 (0-17-5) Ireland 46 (2-9-7)

The result may have well and truly saved the International Series for the foreseeable future, but that will provide Ireland with cold comfort after they left it too late in Perth earlier today.

Paul Earley believes his team are as prepared as they will ever be to capture the Cormac McAnallen Cup for a third consecutive time in Perth tomorrow (throw-up 9.45am Irish time).

INTERNATIONAL RULES WARM-UP:

VFL Selection 27 (1-5-6) Ireland 100 (9-11-13)

There are those who reject the concept of International Rules and then there is Finian Hanley.

Paul Earley expects the Australians to try and make next month’s test in Perth an intimidating one for his players after Ireland’s last two series successes by considerable margins.

Ireland manager Paul Earley has included players from 15 counties in his 25-man squad for next month’s International Rules test against Australia in Perth.

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