A great playing career can’t be the only thing going for you as a manager, but it buys time and instant respect

Supporters of women’s sport are making deeper connections than just the big day out at Croke Park

To attend the All-Ireland final was to get a reminder of what makes this sport so important

Perhaps winning a final requires something different, that deciders are the exception and call for a distinct approach

If this sounds suspiciously like a midlife crisis, it at least had the advantage of being a lot cheaper than a sports car

It could be written in the stars that both counties battle it out in the All-Ireland final

Quarter-final weekend provided irrefutable evidence that the game is back in the best of health

Unscrambling the reality of match predictions teaches us that it’s something of a mug’s game

That said, Peter Canavan goal in the 2005 All-Ireland final basically cheated us out of one of the simple joys of life

The Lilywhites’ Joe McDonagh Cup triumph represents one of the most heartwarming GAA stories of the year

Gunning for their seventh successive Munster title Limerick look the hungrier of the two sides

Breathless closing stages in Ballybofey again showed us why football is returning to full health for the first time in years

Limerick and Dublin last weekend, with 14 All-Irelands between them in the last 15 years, were case studies in greatness

Only in Munster could it be reasonably stated that no one was too upset or too ecstatic about how the provincial championship went

Some matches should have been moved to Sunday to give players the viewership they deserve