As Gaelic footballers prepare to adapt to the new rules introduced for 2020, a number of clarifications have been released.

The Extinction Rebellion group in Ireland is attracting growing numbers to its events and counters criticism by emphasising it is on the side of the people, writes Joyce Fegan

As the curtain falls on 2019, we asked our writers to share the moment which encapsulated all that is good about sport this year..

It took a mere 11 minutes of the 2020 inter-county season to throw up the first controversial incident of the new playing rules.

Waterford hurling supporters won’t be too keen to recall the 2019 season, but even in a disappointing year there were highlights.

The past and the present are in a permanent state of war with each other, generally over which is best — and never more so than in football.

Camogie officials have confirmed that Tipperary defeated Limerick in yesterday's National League Division 1 fixture at the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Phoney War or Cold War? A bit of both, really.

A long day’s journey into night on Saturday, with Cork and Tipperary serving up an entertaining tussle that felt for a while as though it might never end.

The groans can still be heard, from coast to coast, in hamlet and city alike, the plain people of Ireland asking for it to stop.

There was no handshake between the managers when this ended.

Mike Quirke’s Laois footballers recorded their first win of the campaign when they emerged with six-points to spare over Armagh at MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, on Saturday evening.

Scotland threw everything at the hosts in the closing stages but some heroic defence saw Ireland hold on.

GIVEN that the issue is largely to do with the men in the middle and how they apply — or not — the rules of the game, let’s start with a former All-Ireland referee.

Taking his lead from Jurgen Klopp and club captain Jordan Henderson, Van Dijk refuses to countenance the question of ‘when?’ preferring to preface such talk with ‘if’ about the title lift

Now that’s what you call a 10 out of 10 performance. Ten years since United last did the double over City; 10 games unbeaten now since our midwinter nadir.

Every sportswriter is a trader in nostalgia. It comes with the territory: Instant memories. Even if you file a match report on the whistle it’s already fading into the past — “matches previously played” was Christopher Hitchens’ phrase.

The Division 2B final will also be an all-Ulster affair.

Hegarty finished Saturday night’s NHL game against Waterford with 1-5 to his name.

A goal and a point in the closing moments of the first half and four points without reply in the dying minutes of the contest left the Castlebar boys dancing in the rain at the final whistle.