Public always had a sense of how much this vivacious and big-hearted athlete had struggled and how much she had overcome

Faced with ever more powerful competitors, small independent Irish sports retailers know they have to think and act smartly to stay in the game

Recognition for youngsters Darragh Beirne and Jason Rabbitte too, as All-Ireland champions Limerick sweep up nine All Star hurling awards

He once nearly quit the game, but turned his career around to become one of the greatest forwards of all time

In a landscape of endless statistics and data mining, the ability to motivate on a human level remains priceless

‘I was struggling to speak lifting that cup’, said captain Stephen Cronin after emotional title victory

Dublin, Donegal and Tipperary are among six sides to spend upwards of €2m a year on the likes of mileage, meals and training camps. Does it give them an edge?

A clampdown on fouled handpasses was the biggest feature of the MTU-UCC game in treacherous conditions on Thursday night

Rugby is more concerned with how it is perceived than ever, and its laws are in a perpetual state of review

Two goals from Eoin O’Leary in a dominant second-half display seal their 28th Cork championship

Fittingly it was the present-day Munster number eight Brian Gleeson who scored the game’s opening try in Cork

From D’Unbelievables to club-match vloggers, each generation of comic talents casts the GAA in a new light

Rebel clubs dominated the landscape in the 1970s, but that was then and this is now

No fairytale finish for Moycarkey-Borris as Thurles win 37th title

A three-time All-Star, the St Ita’s forward won four Munster titles