It might feel logical and reasonable in the abstract to scrap the provincials but there’s a huge appetite for them on the ground

David Purcell and Cian O’Sullivan net to hand Dubs nine-point half-time lead

Notion that the gilded princes of Irish sport are given a hard time by media is laughable to those involved in every other sport

With Pádraic Joyce’s two marquee forwards besieged by injuries over the past three seasons, Finnerty is stepping up in a big way

Waterford hurlers will have their work cut out against Cork, while the Rebel footballers might just fancy their chances against Kerry

Kevin Mahony’s 75th-minute strike was a fitting end to a chaotic and glorious second-half comeback for the home side

This week it was the turn of Karren Brady and Vogue Williams to find themselves in the crosshairs of online misogynists

Rossies often punch above their weight yet are without a win in Croke Park since 1980

Red card for John Donnelly pivotal as Derek Lyng’s side post their worst Leinster championship defeat in 36 years

Pressuring intercounty players to devote themselves to club and county is just as tawdry as the AFL picking them off for profit

Denis Walsh, Seán Moran, Gordon Manning and Malachy Clerkin rank the teams gunning for Liam MacCarthy

The breakaway golf league was little more than a sportswashing project and now it looks like it has outlived its usefulness

The Masters champion kept his head while all around are losing theirs. Who ever thought we’d see the day?

Any other tweaks and nips and tucks to football rules will have to wait until after the championship

Addiction is a scourge that warrants sympathy, but a wealthy man with a history of car accidents should employ a driver