GAA’s future threatened by demographic time bomb
With rural depopulation and more and more people living in Dublin, there’s a crisis in the GAA that you should care about
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GAAGo gone as association moves forward with re-branded GAA+
Hurling handpass reform rejected at congress but football championship change sails through
GAA annual congress: Jarlath Burns confirms new streaming service GAA+
In-house service will replace GAAGo and will stream live games from the start of the championship
GAA annual congress: Motion on tightening hurling handpass defeated
Tipperary motion to prohibit using the hand holding the ball to make the pass fails
D-Day for Conor O’Donovan’s 17-year crusade to clean up the handpass
Tipperary All-Ireland winner takes his case to GAA annual congress
Seán Moran: Ratios shift ominously as the GAA fights to hold its audience
Declining overall attendances visible in the battle for TV ratings
Proposal to allow GAA clubs make facilities available to other sports to be voted on at Congress
Proposal by Central Council on a new All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup format from 2026
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Michael Murphy’s comeback grabs the headlines and Kerry have a Clifford conundrum
Donegal’s favourite son gets headstrong welcome back from Armagh captain
Paddy Cullen’s legacy will endure as one of the greats who forged Gaelic football’s most storied rivalry
Cullen and the Dublin team of the 1970s are eternally connected with their Kerry counterparts
Limerick’s Tom Morrissey: Players are not being compensated fairly for the commitment they give
At intercounty level, are players the last of the amateurs? Look at Croke Park on All-Ireland final day: everyone in that stadium is being paid
The NFL is coming to Dublin but why are we paying €10m for it?
In the News podcast: Croke Park will host Ireland’s first NFL regular-season game later this year with the Pittsburgh Steelers the 'home team'
Noel McCaffrey: Clubs need a rebalance - please don’t sit on the fence
Clontarf proposal requires players to play at least four club matches to be eligible for intercounty
Documentary on GAA referee abuse lets players, coaches and fans off the hook
Television review: GAA referee David Gough provides fascinating insights but overall this film needs to dig deeper
Gaelic Players Association’s support of amateur status cannot be guaranteed, Parsons warns
Report finds intercounty players are incurring average expense loss of €4,602
Gaelic Players Association flags resistance to ‘stretching’ intercounty season
Playing National League in early January ‘a no-no’, says GPA head Tom Parsons
NFL’s €10m shakedown of Ireland shows they’re the best-dressed welfare spongers in the world
Irish Government to fork out €10m to help mega-wealthy Pittsburgh Steelers host a home game in Croke Park
Seán Moran: GAA’s new ideas have familiar feel, but what will games be like in nine years?
Director general Tom Ryan has called for ‘unfettered thinking’ in advance of the association’s 150th anniversary
Stress on referees is ‘one of the biggest threats to the GAA’
Psychotherapist warns of burden on match officials in new RTÉ documentary
Outside coaches have changed the odds at club level in the GAA
The cost of preparing teams is running wild, but when a club gets it right with an ‘outside’ coach, whole new horizons can appear
GAA league Sunday as it happened: Limerick beat Tipperary for first win of campaign
Waterford, Dublin and Offaly claim wins in Division 1B encounters
NFL in Croke Park: Ireland’s first regular season game coming to Dublin this year
The game is expected to take place between September and November
GAA consider moving All-Ireland finals back to August
GAA players at all levels could train less frequently, travel less distance and stay in the games longer
Croke Park took in nearly €60 million in 2024, boosted by extra revenue from concerts and rugby
The success of the stadium fed into annual GAA revenues, stadium director Peter McKenna said
‘I can’t see it happening’: Katie Taylor fight at Croke Park not on the cards, says stadium director
The year 2024 was a very good year financially for the stadium, taking in nearly €60 million
GAA considering moving All-Ireland finals back to August from 2026
GAA Director General Tom Ryan raises question in his annual report
Ciarán Murphy: Return of jeopardy breathes new life into hurling league
Plenty of realistic scope among Division 2 counties to aspire to a higher level
Seán Moran: Hurling may regard the FRC as an irrelevance but history suggests otherwise
Football has had most of the problems but its solutions have often been universal
New Gaelic football rules changing players’ nutritional demands
Camogie star Niamh Mallon, a nutritionist for Galway, says enhancements having a big impact – particularly for goalkeepers
Friday night lights the one spotlight GAA seems unwilling to step into
Intercounty games on Friday evenings shouldn’t be off the table where logistics allow
Marty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum. I’ve no aunts, uncles or first cousins’
The broadcaster, author and RTÉ GAA correspondent and commentator is clear about which actor should play him in a biopic
GAA Sunday as it happened: Galway and Kerry secure wins over Mayo and Derry
Carlow cause shock of the day beating Waterford in the Allianz Hurling League, while Tipp get the better of Wexford at Semple Stadium
Ciarán Murphy: The most important rule now is we must support clubs that suffered storm damage
The destruction of Connacht GAA’s Air Dome in Bekan is a travesty for thousands of kids around the entire province
TG4 to stream Cork v Limerick league clash on Saturday after GAA give green light
Dates confirmed for postponed first round fixtures
Seán Moran: Impact of new rules already apparent despite inevitable teething problems
Salutary effect of stringent new ‘enhancements’ on dissent or abuse of referees can only make their jobs easier
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