The Irish Times

GAA congress signals greater involvement of women in organisation

Biggest challenge is ‘getting us back on the field’, says new president Larry McCarthy

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 07:00

Cork GAA to confiscate Confederate flags from fans attending matches

County board says flag associated with slavery has no place in supporting Cork teams

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 09:41

Liam O’Neill hopes shutdown can be used to implement change in GAA

Former president says group could be set up to deal with various different matters

Fri May 08 2020 - 06:00

Lottery luck for syndicate set up to raise money for community centre

The 295 winners in the Cavan parish of Drumgoon include former GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 16:46

Seán Moran: Special congress comes to tiers but most remain underwhelmed

Proposed Tier 2 football championship would require genuine enthusiasm from counties

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 07:00

Fergus Finlay and patient advocates among eight on new HSE board

Law professor Prof Deirdre Madden and Tim Hynes of AIB among others to be appointed

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 18:22

GAA should avoid a fight with Champions League final

Leinster Council must have the cop on not to go up against Liverpool v Real Madrid

Mon May 07 2018 - 06:30

Seán Moran: Reluctance to publish ‘Towards 2034’ report seems odd

Not much point in people producing a report if members can’t analyse or debate its content

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 06:00

Radical GAA report proposes payment of allowance to county players

The proposals of the Towards 150 committee are wide-ranging and far-reaching

Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00

Seán Moran: Apparently dull Congress heralds period of change

There wasn't much excitement on offer in Croke Park but a new era is about to begin

Wed Feb 28 2018 - 07:00

Duffy calls on individual counties to address club fixtures issue

Outgoing director-general receives standing ovation in his final address to congress

Sat Feb 24 2018 - 01:00

O Fearghail bows out after time of great change in GAA

Outgoing president was most happy when engaged in ambassadorial duties

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 06:00

GAA president Ó Fearghail more than happy with his likely legacy

Championship changes the most radical seen in inter-county football and hurling

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:08

GAA director general Páraic Duffy will step down in March 2018

‘His vision, energy, integrity and fairness have been key to growth over past decade’

Wed Oct 11 2017 - 14:49

Round-robin the start of a brave new world for hurling

‘These are experiments, and if in three years’ time there’s a better way, we’ll be all for it’

Sun Oct 01 2017 - 14:59

GAA Congress approve round-robin provincial hurling championships

On three-year trial basis, from next summer there’ll be two provincial groups of five

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 14:29

Jimmy Magee was truly ‘a different class’, son tells funeral

‘Memory Man may be dead but his memory will live forever,’ says Fr Brian D’Arcy

Fri Sept 22 2017 - 17:32

All-Ireland football final: ‘You never give up, you never give in’

Chocolate, prayers, US vice-president wishes and a trip or two up Croagh Patrick for Mayo

Fri Sept 15 2017 - 19:41

West Cork Protestants ‘dread’ Civil War centenary, bishop says

Church of Ireland canon’s account of his family’s experience sparked ‘heated debate’

Mon Sept 11 2017 - 15:36

Sam Maguire to be remembered with eight bells at Co Cork church

St Mary’s Church of Ireland in Dunmanway, where Maguire is buried, to install bells this summer

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 10:10

Confirmed: How 2018 hurling championship might look

Proposals would mean Leinster and Munster Championships would be on round-robin basis

Tue Jun 06 2017 - 17:25

Hurling has history of resistance to round-robin formats

Latest experiment with competitions will only succeed if GAA public gets behind it

Wed May 10 2017 - 07:00

Too few top hurling counties for All-Ireland round-robin to be viable

Conor Hayes says new proposals worthwhile but separate club/county windows needed

Tue May 09 2017 - 01:00

GAA President Ó Fearghaíl reveals proposal to change hurling structure

Revamp would see a round robin introduced for the provincial championships

Sun May 07 2017 - 17:51

GAA confirms plans for hurling reform in time for next year

President Aogán Ó Fearghail says proposals will be debated by Central Council in June

Fri May 05 2017 - 01:00

GAA on a collision course with players over structural changes

Carrying on with Super-8 proposals despite GPA and CPA opposition looks terrible

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 06:30

GAA Super 8: Club players live to die another day

CPA recognition motion withdrawn, as Congress fail to grasp reality on the ground

Sat Feb 25 2017 - 16:33

Congress cliffhanger in prospect over new proposals

Momentum may be running against All-Ireland quarter-final round-robin motion

Fri Feb 24 2017 - 23:00

Five candidates in the race to become 38th GAA president

Galway’s Frank Burke and Dublin’s John Horan thought to be leading contenders

Fri Feb 24 2017 - 13:27

Seán Moran: Congress proposals are a risk worth taking

Reshaped season comes with no guarantees but isn’t it worth trying for three years?

Wed Feb 22 2017 - 07:00

Replays a big factor as GAA revenues rise in 2016

Central Council accounts show that the association took in €60 million in 2016

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 14:05

Prospects of shortened GAA championship season increase

Motions on the topic at next month's GAA Annual Congress will be taken separately

Wed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00

Bord Gáis Energy hurling deal worth more than €1m a year

Multi-sponsor model continues to work well for GAA as Etihad finish partnership

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 01:10

Mickey Harte: GAA could change its tune on national anthem

Playing anthem and flying tricolour at Gaelic games could cease when ‘time is right’

Mon Jan 02 2017 - 18:05