Football Championship

Kevin Feely leads evolving Kildare on the steep road back

Kildare take on Westmeath in the first senior championship match at the newly-refurbished county ground in Newbridge.

Sam Mulroy happy for Louth to keep climbing the Leinster football mountain

Beat Laois on Sunday and Louth then face either Kildare or Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final

Antrim vs Armagh tactical analysis: Difference between two teams will be apples and oranges

The gulf between Division One and Division Three/Four is starkly evident when you look at what players do off the ball

McIlroy and Lowry both serious contenders as Masters gets underway

Irish women face formidable challenge; does the name Joe DePugh ring a bell?

Ethan Rafferty considered walking away from intercounty football after goalkeeper rule change

As the Armagh goalkeeper’s roaming style of play especially suited to the 12-on-11 scenario, the new rules were ‘annoying’ for him personally

Ciarán Murphy: Ticket sales shooting up across the board as fans chase that communal feeling

More than 55,000 watched Leinster dismantle Harlequins, while attendance for Munster hurling championship could top 300,000

Westmeath’s Ronan Wallace: ‘Even in the games we were behind in, we always kept fighting’

A glance at the Lake County’s league record doesn’t make for encouraging reading as they face Kildare but their scoring difference and attitude are positive

Con O’Callaghan named Dublin captain for the championship season

Ciarán Kilkenny has been named vice-captain

Darragh Ó Sé: Páidí told me that however much of a cowboy he was, Micko was 10 times worse

Micko was a unique character who knew how to be public property without giving too much of himself away

Lee Pearson and Offaly eager to build on promising momentum

Mickey Harte’s Division Three league winners braced for an intriguing showdown with Leinster rivals Meath

Conor McManus: Donegal had long prepared for this day – and they seized it

Jim McGuinness had plenty of depth at his disposal in Sunday’s Ulster Championship opener against Derry

Kerry football was blessed to have the likes of Mick O’Dwyer fanning the flames

You hope that on the sideline of an Elysian field, he stands, programme rolled up behind his back, still calling the shots

TV View: Liberation day for football championship as new rules kick in

Munster fans will have Saturday’s date tattooed in their memories forever following defeat of La Rochelle

Start spreading the news, New York for the Lory Meagher Cup?

The Schemozzle: Micko’s missing medal; Player churn an issue; London’s Liam Gallagher makes history

GAA Sunday as it happened: Cork land a first hurling league title in 27 years

Donegal easily beat Derry in the Ulster football preliminary round

Meath ride the wind to put Carlow beyond reach

Manager Robbie Brennan says Offaly will be favourites for Leinster quarter-final next weekend

‘There’s no control in games anymore’: Darragh Ó Sé, Dean Rock and Conor McManus chat about the 2025 All-Ireland

Donegal’s kickers, Kerry’s midfield, the unreasonable demands of a condensed season - our football columnists run the rule over the summer ahead

Laois dominate Wexford in opening round of Leinster SFC

Late goals for Wexford only a consolation as they were well beaten at home

Munster SFC: Cork book semi-final showdown with Kerry after easy win over Limerick

Tipperary avenge last year’s defeat to Waterford

Roscommon pull clear of London in second half to secure comfortable win in Ruislip

London fought back from 1-6 to 0-0 down to level the match in the first half

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