The Irish Times

Seán Moran: the national football league can expect a hearty welcome this year

Three massive innovations are about to be trialled in a full season for the first time

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 06:00

Seán Moran: Time for the other side of the amateurism coin to come under scrutiny

Workload on intercounty players must be key consideration of new championship proposals

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 06:00

Liam Griffin hopeful Wexford are getting closer to the heady heights of 1996

Former Model County manager believes cynical fouling needs to be cracked down on

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 07:00

Club Players’ Association disband after split season objective achieved

With a lobbying style that mixed abrasive and measured styles the group got its message across

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 00:01

The 12 days of 2020: How the pandemic handed the GAA a new template

The split season looks here to stay after a solution appears to an age-old conundrum

Wed Dec 23 2020 - 06:00

Club Players’ Association challenge ‘unfair’ decision to cancel games

Players are likely to continue training which increases risk, costs, and demands

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 08:48

Seán Moran: Club GAA will be reluctant to return to ha’penny place

Covid-19 pandemic has turned finances upside down and put clubs in the box seat

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 06:00

‘Split season’ among topics as GAA fixture task force meets

Remote meeting was mostly catch-up as last meeting in March deferred by coronavirus

Thu Aug 20 2020 - 06:35

Seán Moran: It won’t take much before cancelling All-Ireland looks like a solution

Covid-19 has cut through previously untouchable importance of intercounty game

Wed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00

Basing return of sport on a vaccine is ‘dangerous’ and ‘ridiculous’

Prof Kingston Mills is an immunology expert and a former national marathon champion

Wed May 13 2020 - 08:25

Marathon efforts: Can distance runners keep safely apart?

Runners are low-risk, says a top immunologist, but 25,000 runners? That’s a problem

Wed May 13 2020 - 07:00

Hurling league schedules unlikely to be overhauled

Committee to review fixture list but giving space to club game remains a priority

Fri Mar 06 2020 - 06:17

Brian Cody: club players getting a ‘hard time’ from fixture makers

New 10-year naming rights deal sees county ground renamed as UPMC Nowlan Park

Fri Dec 06 2019 - 01:00

GPA chief dismisses talk of drive towards professionalism

Paul Flynn says criticism of the players’ union is based upon ‘one big misconception’

Tue Nov 26 2019 - 06:00

Horan’s Tier 2 football championship plan expected to be accepted by congress

Playing rule changes trialled in national league also likely to garner sufficient support

Sat Oct 19 2019 - 06:00

Change is a hard sell in the GAA and new rules are a big change

Road from reform-resistant to experimentation is arduous

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 06:24

Seán Moran: Resistance to new structure isn’t helping club crisis

Fact Wicklow champions had to play twice in 24 hours doesn’t prove the new calendar is failing

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 07:00

Seán Moran: GAA needs to act fast and decisively or amateurism is over

ESRI report confirms demands on county players no longer even remotely recreational

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 07:00

CPA to have a say in Croke Park’s fixture plan for 2019

The invitation followed a meeting with GAA director general Tom Ryan

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 19:54

Seán Moran: Tom Ryan must tread carefully in times of change

Ryan’s emphasis on the imminent championship trial reflects reality of the challenge

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 06:30

Ciarán Murphy: Congress rejection of transparency simply wrong

Idea that you can’t find out how mandated delegates actually voted is simply bizarre

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 20:00

Seán Moran: Apparently dull Congress heralds period of change

There wasn't much excitement on offer in Croke Park but a new era is about to begin

Wed Feb 28 2018 - 07:00

New GAA president picks out county development squads as a major issue

Dublin’s John Horan also to focus on elitism and amateur status during term in charge

Sun Feb 25 2018 - 17:05

Sky falls in on GAA motions against pay TV deals

Motions opposing Sky deal fail to make clár for GAA Congress

Wed Feb 07 2018 - 12:27

So what now for Gaelic football? The Super 8s explained

Best teams will face off more often next summer under the new format

Sat Sept 23 2017 - 10:05

Former Offaly hurler opposed to change in championship format

Brendan Murphy says it would be disastrous for his county to lose their status

Fri Sept 08 2017 - 07:34

Fixture chaos: GAA work away slowly, players walking away quickly

Two thirds of club players have considered quitting, CPA reveal after survey findings

Mon Aug 21 2017 - 18:30

Sean Moran: CPA and Croke Park share broadly similar goals

Little separates their respective views on the vital matter of ‘fixing the fixtures’

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 07:00

CPA wants April declared a club-only month

Players’ body also want All-Ireland club competitions completed in calendar year

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 01:00

Keeping it sweet – the diabetics aiming for a sporting high

Those with Type 1 diabetes are more than adapting to the demands of top-level sports

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 06:00

Hurling has history of resistance to round-robin formats

Latest experiment with competitions will only succeed if GAA public gets behind it

Wed May 10 2017 - 07:00

GAA confirms plans for hurling reform in time for next year

President Aogán Ó Fearghail says proposals will be debated by Central Council in June

Fri May 05 2017 - 01:00

Ciarán Murphy: Time to separate seasons for club/county players

Asking club players to play a game or two in April/May before an idle summer is farcical

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 21:37

Seán Moran: Rumours of war in GAA are greatly exaggerated

Expect players and administrators to make progress on salient issues in Gaelic games

Wed Mar 01 2017 - 12:36