Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly avoids conviction for ‘unprovoked’ New Year’s Eve attack
The Gaelic footballer admitted assaulting two people in Santry on December 31st, 2022
Diarmuid Connolly
GAA player Diarmuid Connolly
Diarmuid Connolly: ‘I don’t miss playing, my body couldn’t do it now’
‘I think I was a good team player, I found was if you worked your socks off you ended up getting on the end of those moves anyway’
Con O’Callaghan still taking it all in his stride
Dublin star dismisses talk of a switch to hurling as ‘nonsense’
Ciarán Kilkenny: A one-man rhythm section of Dublin’s success
He is the only Dublin player to win an All Star in both seasons of the Farrell reign
Michael Darragh Macauley – blue blood Dub, footballing virtuoso
Keith Duggan: TG4’s Laochra Gael reveals another side to one of the most memorable
Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo fail to do the basics right when it really matters
Champions Tyrone were better tuned into the terms and conditions of the final
Jim McGuinness: Mayo asked the hard questions Dublin didn’t have the answers for
How Dublin respond to the sight of another team lifting the Sam Maguire will be fascinating
Darragh Ó Sé: Dublin’s inability to close out win against Mayo was shocking to see
Dublin were dying for the line to come and save them as Mayo hounded them down
A drama in 10 acts: Remembering Dublin and Mayo’s greatest battle
The 2017 All-Ireland final had it all and, ultimately, ended in the same result
Bench has often proved decisive in Dublin-Mayo rivalry
McManamon was thorn in underdogs’ side but champions’ reserves look weaker this time out
Ciarán Murphy: Uncertainty around Stephen Cluxton in line with a man we never really knew
We should be thankful for such a man – one who still wants to keep a few secrets
Ryan O’Dwyer: Dublin’s hurlers need to add a little chaos to their game
‘Dublin look to have a rigid gameplan and nobody steps outside of that’
Kieran McGeeney and Armagh savouring return to top flight
Armagh boss has added Kerry legend Donaghy to the Orchard County’s coaching team
Lindsay Peat still testing sport’s boundaries and defying time
Former Dublin footballer and Ireland basketball star will win 34th rugby cap against Italy
‘I realised the book had helped people and that has been part of the healing’
Iconic sports books revisited: John Leonard on his story Dub Sub Confidential
December Road: Will there be a Christmas card list on Saturday?
Mayo’s Windy City backing . . . Christy Ring’s code switch . . . Lavan’s solo run
Dublin’s appetite for destruction remains undimmed
Dessie Farrell says champions yet to be truly tested and hungry for more
Jim McGuinness: Will Dessie Farrell follow the Jim Gavin playbook?
Teams will watch for signs of new Dublin manager’s intent, and clues to football’s future
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2020: Our writers’ and pundits’ predictions
Our experts find it hard to look past Dublin and Kerry as winners of unique competition
Dublin’s James McCarthy relishes challenge of revamped championship
Midfielder queries decision not to give Westmeath home advantage in opener
Dublin’s James McCarthy relishes challenge of revamped championship
Midfielder queries decision not to give Westmeath home advantage in opening clash
Jason Sherlock: ‘Every year Dublin are vulnerable’
‘The Dublin players are humble enough to realise that if they’re not on it, they can be beaten’
Jason Sherlock believes Mayo may benefit from not being crowded out
‘I think Mayo have probably embraced emotion but they’ve also I think suffered sometimes’
Diarmuid Connolly guilty of one thing - breaking the borders of footballing genius
There has always been the sense that he couldn’t fully give into the idea of uniformity
Diarmuid Connolly a far more complex character than often portrayed
The St Vincent’s player always kept his club at the centre of his footballing journey
Dublin’s Diarmuid Connolly announces intercounty retirement at 33
One of the most gifted players of his generation won six All-Ireland titles
Sporting upsets: When Donegal sent Jim Gavin and Dublin back to the drawing board
McGuinness’s men were long shots to take down the champions in 2014 All-Ireland semis
My favourite sporting moment: 2011 All-Ireland football final
Dublin’s day of deliverance proved a sporting epiphany for those with blue blood
GAA: To date 2020 has been an imperfect view but there are pointers
An abruptly interrupted league campaign still contains evidence for the future
Sporting Year roundtable: Our panel discuss the highs and lows of 2019
Marie Crowe and Colin Byrne join some of our writers to look back on the highs and lows
Seán Moran: Jim Gavin respected Dublin legacy by making it stronger than ever
Like Kevin Heffernan, outgoing Dublin football manager appreciated county’s distinctive place in GAA
Kevin McStay: Dublin’s aura of invincibility leaves with Jim Gavin
Whoever ends up filling the managerial role faces an almost impossible challenge
Six of the best: Looking back at Jim Gavin’s All-Ireland final triumphs
Manager called time on his seven year spell on Saturday after making history
Jack McCaffrey: ‘Croke Park is my favourite place in the world’
Defender talks love, life, friendship and Dublin’s five-in-a-row after historic day
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