Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Ford Fiesta WRC) and his Wexford co-driver Andy Hayes took a start to finish victory in a round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

One of the most scenic locations in the country, Achill Island, provides the backdrop for the opening round of the Triton Showers Rally Championship on Sunday.

Alan Foley’s tribute to Pat Shovelin, goalkeeping coach to Donegal’s senior footballers.

It’s already a memorable season for Monaghan’s Sam Moffett and it can get even better as he edges closer to becoming the first ever driver to win all three major Irish rallying championships in the same season. 

This weekend is likely to be a defining moment in the annals of the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes in Killarney. A glance through the list of previous winners reveal that drivers of World Rally Cars have triumphed since the Millennium, but that thread is tenuous as the new breed of R5 cars is set to bring the sequence to an end.

Setting a cracking pace and mastering the wet conditions, Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Ford Fiesta WRC) guided by Cavan’s James Fulton won the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally, the opening round of the Triton National Rally Championship.

Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC) blitzed the opposition in the Martin Howley Donegal Harvest Rally in Killybegs, the final round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

Donegal cousins, Declan and Brian Boyle (Fiesta WRC), won the Hyundai Limerick Motor Centre Clare Rally, the penultimate round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

The only missing element to Roy White’s Triton Showers National Rally Championship victory is an event win in a round of the series. 

Eleven years have passed since Donegal gave a goalkeeper a debut in the championship.

Six years ago, estate agent Stephen Clarke put the restored lodge of the 17th century Monkstown Castle above Cork harbour, up for sale.

Donegal selector Maxi Curran has not ruled out Paul Durcan playing for the county again, though the chances of him lining out this season are remote.

John Fogarty runs the rule over the Division 1 contenders.

Behind Stephen Cluxton, they are the best in the business. Just how vital will Rory Beggan and Paul Durcan be in tomorrow’s Ulster final?

Blanket defence? Hand-passes a-go-go? Yes, but what styles or attitudes are unique to the protagonists as they shake up for the forthcoming championship? We analyse the top 10.

Stephen Griffin's injury-time point secured a 1-09 to 0-12 draw to seal Donegal's passage through to the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals.

Peter McNamara looks at this weekend's GAA.

Dublin avenged last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat, with a five-point win over Donegal at Croke Park tonight.

McKenna Cup

It was from O’Neill’s pub in Vilamoura harbour on this weekend last year that Karl Lacey watched the All-Ireland final.

Galway SFC

An Irish student has released an hilarious parody of Martin Scorsese’s hit-film The Wolf of Wall Street.

Hollymount-Carramore clubman Darren Coen has forced his way into the Mayo team for their Connacht SFC quarter-final showdown with Galway on Sunday afternoon.

Joe Brolly has launched a withering broadside on the GAA’s disciplinary system at county level, likening it to the Queen of Hearts’ court in Alice In Wonderland.

Galway 0-13 Westmeath 1-10

All-Ireland-winning captain Michael Murphy admits he is “disappointed” with the news that housemate Aidan Walsh and Donegal team-mate Michael Boyle have been ruled ineligible to play Sigerson Cup for DCU.

Sigerson Cup quarter-final: DCU 2-10 UCD 0-6

A disappointed Aidan Walsh says he still holds out hope of lining out for DCU next season.

Cork footballers will be without Daniel Goulding for the opening stages of their Allianz Football League Division 1 campaign as he is set to undergo knee surgery next week.

DCU manager Niall Moyna believes the rule preventing Cork’s Aidan Walsh from lining out for the university is symptomatic of the negative attitude within third level GAA towards them.

Fermanagh 2-15 Donegal 2-7

The body of tragic GAA fan Andrew Duffy was given a guard of honour last night when it arrived home to his native Co Donegal.

Killererin 0-12 Micheál Breathnach’s 0-10

With two 13-point wins over Wicklow under their belt in the past year, Kerry were shocked by Casey O’Brien’s men in their opening defence of their Christy Ring Cup title at Arklow on Saturday.

Meath overturned an 11-point half-time deficit to beat London by a point, while there were wins also for Derry, Down and Wicklow in the Christy Ring Cup's opening round this weekend.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has announced a 31-man squad for the 2012 Football Championship, but insisted he is 'not closing the door' on any players who have not made the initial cut.

DCU 2-17 NUI Maynooth 0-7

Donegal star Michael Murphy celebrated his return to football in 2012 with an injury-time free in DCU’s emphatic Sigerson Cup semi-final victory at NUI Galway Sportsground in Dangan yesterday.

DCU are going all out to regain the Sigerson Cup title they lost last year and it’s going to take a good team to stop them.

Jim McGuinness has said Donegal will consider their participation in the Dr McKenna Cup next year if third level colleges continue to have first option on inter-county players.

Four goals in an eight-minute spell from Mayo's Danny Kirby was the highlight of the day in the Connacht FBD League as Mayo, Leitrim, Galway and Sligo claimed victories this afternoon.