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Shauna Kelly with Michelle Davoren and Carla Rowe 29/3/2026
Ladies football: Dublin down despite win over Cork
Results elsewhere on Sunday mean the Metropolitans will be playing in Division 2 of the NFL in 2027.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Cork v Waterford - Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 7
Waterford wrap up league campaign with win over Galway
 Galway were already through to the league final against Cork, with Waterford already safe.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Leah McMahon with Mia Doherty 29/3/2026
Kerry preserve Division 1 place and send Kildare through trapdoor
Two goals from Danielle O’Leary were pivotal in a tight contest

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Meath v Cork - Allianz Football League Division 2 Final
Cork boss Cleary fumes at crucial referee call at the death of league decider with Meath 
The Rebels came up short against the Royals at HQ on Sunday. 

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Eoghan Frayne lifts the trophy 29/3/2026
Cork v Meath: Royals reel in Rebels to take Division Two title
Meath's deconstruction of Pa Doyle’s kickout was the difference at Croke Park.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - Allianz Football League Division 1 Final
As it happened: Donegal hammer Kerry at Croke Park
Meath were crowned Division Two champions in the curtain-raiser. 

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Knocknagree and Éire Óg off the mark in Cork County League 
Knocknagree and Éire Óg off the mark in Cork County League 
Two Division 1 fixtures went ahead on Saturday evening

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Kerry v Donegal: Three key battles for the Division 1 final
There is no Paudie Clifford to shadow but once Tom O’Sullivan crosses that halfway line, he should be Finnbarr Roarty’s business.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Cork v Kerry - McGrath Cup Final
Daniel O'Mahony: 'Changing the currency of a goal would bring back one-on-ones - defenders love that'
O’Mahony and his ilk are more exposed by the game’s new parameters. Happy days, says the Cork full-back

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Donegal can't allow Kerry to put the hex on them
Don't let them tell you otherwise - the country's top two teams will be going full pelt in Sunday's Division 1 decider.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2026

Down v Wexford - Allianz Football League Division 3 Final
Down escape to victory after extra time in gripping bout with Wexford
Trailing by three points with only eight minutes of normal time remaining, the raging hot favourites were clinging on by their fingernails.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

George Coomber dejected 13/2/2026
AIL: Terenure College defeat Cork Constitution in statement result
Young Munster claimed a valuable 22-20 away win over St Mary’s College but missed out on the top four. 

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Mikey Bambrick lifts the cup 28/3/2026
Carlow outlast Longford to secure historic Division 4 crown 
Not since 1944, when Carlow won the Leinster SFC, had they managed to win a spring or summer title with their only other significant win in that period coming in the pre-season O'Byrne Cup competition, in 2002.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

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Ailish Whitty 28/3/2026
Ailish Whitty elected next president of the Camogie Association
Whitty, a former player and coach herself, will succeed Brian Molloy as Uachtarán Tofa after she ran unopposed

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Leinster National Hurling League Rd 4 Laois v Kerry Sat 21-02-2026
Goal-hungry Laois overpower Kerry to seal Division 2 title
Laois were fully deserving of their 14-point win but Kerry, minus a few starters, enjoyed a better second half and will find nothing of the quality of Laois in the Christy Ring Cup.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Culligan leads classy Clare to convincing win in Waterford
Culligan leads classy Clare to convincing win in Waterford
Having mourned the passing of their S&C coach Jack Boddy recently, the Banner produced a befitting display in tribute as they kept their 100 percent record intact.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

A view of the TUS Gaelic Grounds 21/3/2026
All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals to remain at neutral venues
Meanwhile, at Saturday’s meeting in Croke Park Cork chairman Pat Horgan hit out at the decision to stage both Division 1A and 1B finals on the same bill in Limerick tomorrow week

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Meath v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1
Meath v Cork: Three key battles to decide Croke Park showdown
Meath face Cork for the Division 2 title on Sunday, Éamonn Murphy looks at the critical match-ups as the traditional rivals collide again

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Armagh v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1
Kerry getting a kick from the kickouts
Led by Joe O’Connor, they’ve gone hunting opposition restarts with the relish of an upstart. That’s been critical to their spring run.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Brian McEniff: Donegal are going to beat Kerry. Paudie Clifford did the damage last year but he’s missing
McEniff believes the future of Donegal football is in good hands, even when Jim McGuinness ends his second term as manager

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

John Hegarty 22/3/2026
Hegarty has transformed Wexford league standing - next it's championship
Nobody gave Wexford much of a chance of even surviving in Division 3 this season after last year's promotion, let alone thriving.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Shane Lennon is tackled by Kealan Connell 27/3/2026
Louth get Leinster U20 defence off to perfect start
St Mochta's club man Shane Lennon - part of a potent Louth forward unit - top-scored for the Wee County with 2-1, while Pearse Grimes Murphy and Adam Gillespie scored 1-1 and 0-4, respectively. 

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Armagh v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1
O'Connor makes one Kerry change, Cleary reveals Cork hand
Meath have announced the same side that started last Sunday’s win over Offaly.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

GAA Extra: Lessons from the 2025 All-Ireland final, and switching in Gaelic football
S GAA Extra: Lessons from the 2025 All-Ireland final, and switching in Gaelic football
Maurice Brosnan looks back on the 2025 All-Ireland SFC final and what Donegal will have learned from the defeat to Kerry. 

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Cork v Meath - Allianz Football League Division 2
Weekend previews: Kerry to call on muscle memory, free hit for Cork and Meath
Meath's familiarity with Croke Park may just be the difference against Cork.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Galway v Dublin - Allianz Football League Division 1
Ger Brennan proposed 12-week suspension after sending off against Galway
Brennan has been recommended the penalty for a Category IVa offence, 'any type of physical interference with an opposing player or team official'

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Jamie Barron dejected after the match 1/3/2026
Jamie Barron facing race to be fit for Munster SHC opener 
The three-time All-Star damaged a hamstring and could be sidelined for as much to six weeks.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

14/6/2025
Kerry to make Munster Senior Camogie Championship bow in May
Kerry manager John Madden said his players wanted to test themselves at senior camogie level. So they applied to the Munster Council

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

John Hegarty is congratulated by supporters at the end of the game 22/3/2026
Consistency the main driver of Wexford success for Nolan 
Promoted to Division 3 for 2026, what followed this spring was a campaign of consistency that culminated in a bit of last-minute magic that this Wexford outfit may feel they were short of in the past.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Offaly v Meath - Allianz Football League Division 2
Robbie Brennan ready for Meath v Cork showdown at Croke Park: 'You can't be in there enough'
Rebels beat their rivals at Páirc Uí Rinn after a Allianz Division 2 thriller in February and Jones Road rematch is ideal championship prep for both

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Dingle v St Brigid's - AIB GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final
Making his mark: Geaney believes O'Connor could have been a Kerry great
Geaney hasn’t ruled out the 29-year-old from playing senior for Kerry but suggests the county would probably have already surpassed their 40th All-Ireland SFC success had he stuck around

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Broken collarbone to keep Mattie Taylor out of action until after Munster SFC
Broken collarbone to keep Mattie Taylor out of action until after Munster SFC
The injury means Taylor will miss the entire Munster SFC

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Tyrone v Cork - Allianz Football League Division 2
John Cleary: 'Recent Cork resilience will quell consistency debate for now'
For the moment, John Cleary’s group are happily resident in that sweet spot of having achieved a long-held goal, while also knowing that the first searching questions of summer are still a good few weeks off in the distance

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Tyrone v Cork - Allianz Football League Division 2
Cork star Ian Maguire: 'Consistency has given us a huge psychological lift'
Cork midfield’s totem views promotion as a 'great launchpad' both for the championship around the corner and next year’s return to the League’s topflight

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Jack O'Connor 22/3/2026
Kerry boss Jack O'Connor's back in the house, and savouring the view 
It’s not that the five-time All-Ireland winning manager is getting maudlin in his advancing years. He recognises more than most where the game has come from in the last couple of years.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Four-goal Our Lady and St Patrick's stun Spanish Point to claim first Girls PPS SAFC title
Four-goal Our Lady and St Patrick's stun Spanish Point to claim first Girls PPS SAFC title
Girls PPS SAFC final: Our Lady and St. Patrick’s College 4-11 St.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

MICL v UL - Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Fitzgibbon Cup Final
Limerick hurling's rising stars to the fore in Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Year
Seven UL players and four from Mary Immaculate College are included after the all-Limerick decider at Croke Park

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Listen: Arena with Maurice Brosnan — Why are influencers becoming the GAA’s newest force?
Listen: Arena with Maurice Brosnan — Why are influencers becoming the GAA’s newest force?
Arena is a new podcast from the Irish Examiner with a weekly feature-style reflection on Irish sport

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Armagh v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1
'Scary thought' how good Kerry forwards could be with Donaghy influence, says Campbell
Donaghy spent five years coaching Armagh, a period in which they won the All-Ireland, and Campbell said that the Tralee man is now as much an 'Armagh legend' as he is a Kerry icon

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Clare v Down - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1
Odhrán Murdock: 'Win at Croke Park will be validating - but Down have more to offer'
Down take on Wexford in the Division 3 final on Saturday (7.15pm on TG4) with a shot at silverware for both, but both sides main concern will be the pathway to Sam Maguire football

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps Launch
'Catching' Cork - Mikey Breen says Tipp just did their business 
The Tipperary defender accepts Cork were the spoken about team in last year's championship.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Cavan v Louth - Allianz Football League Division 2
Cavan shock holders Tyrone in Ulster U20
A storming second half from the home side while playing into the wind got them off the mark in the round robin series.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

Late surge helps off-colour Tipp to shaky win over Cork in Munster U20HC
Late surge helps off-colour Tipp to shaky win over Cork in Munster U20HC
In the scoring department anyways, it was a one-man Cork effort for so much of proceedings

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

Nemo squander late chances as Barrs get better of local rivals in Division 1
Nemo squander late chances as Barrs get better of local rivals in Division 1
In a repeat of last year’s Premier SFC final, which the Barrs won by a point, Brian Roche’s side won by the same margin as they move on to five points after three outings

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

Hegarty goal seals scrappy first round win for Clare against Waterford in Munster U20HC
Hegarty goal seals scrappy first round win for Clare against Waterford in Munster U20HC
Munster U20HC Rd 1: Clare 1-10 Waterford 0-12 More than a hint of larceny about this scrappy opener as a 58th minute Fred Hegarty goal helped resurrect hosts Clare to prevail by the minimum in O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

23.04.2025 Connacht U20 F.C. Semi-Final Roscommon v Sligo Referee: Christopher Ryan
Roscommon turn around 11-point deficit to beat Sligo in Connacht U20FC
Roscommon travel to Castlebar next week with huge momentum, Sligo will wonder how they succumbed to such a complete collapse

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

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