Hurling

Follow our interviews, analysis, match reports and liveblogs from the 2023 provincial championships before the cream of the crop battle it out for Liam MacCarthy in the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Nicky English on the Kilkenny team: Profiles of the 15 men who stand in Limerick’s way

All-Ireland hurling final preview: Derek Lyng’s team is a compelling mix of pure talent and battle-hardened experience

Spirits high among Cats fans as they await end to long drought

With the Brian Cody era now only a memory, manager Derek Lyng is hoping to emulate the legend he served under for many years

GAA and RTÉ need to re-examine GAAGO policy as public missing key matches - Martin

Tánaiste says current broadcasting schedule not striking correct balance between public and commercial interests

Referees in a tough position as hurling’s high wire act continues

Are rule changes needed to check the rampant physicality of the modern game which is making life increasingly difficult for match officials

Teddy McCarthy a darling of the Cork terraces for good reason

Inspirational figure was adored by the Cork GAA faithful for the brio and aggression he brought to the famed red jersey

Richie Hogan’s greatest trick has been to keep his magic show going

Injuries have hampered him throughout his career but, as he approaches 35, the Kilkenny man can still conjure amazing moments

Clare name injury doubt Conor Cleary in starting team for Munster hurling final

Adrian Mullen misses Kilkenny’s Leinster final against Galway at Croke Park

Cork hurling and football legend Teddy McCarthy dies aged 57

He’s the only player to win All-Ireland titles in hurling and football in the same year

Live GAA Sunday - Match tracker

Follow the action as it happened with Eamon Donoghue on a busy day of football and hurling action...

Limerick and Wexford not the only ones with it all on the line on final Sunday

Leinster and Munster round-robins come to a conclusion on Sunday with Joe McDonagh Cup final on Saturday

New hurling handpass rule to be trialled in next year’s third-level Freshers competitions

New rule likely to require a degree of separation between hand and ball

Adam Screeney scores 1-12 as Offaly win Leinster Under-20 final

Offaly beat Wexford to claim just their sixth Leinster Under-20 hurling title

Galway ease past Kilkenny to first ever Leinster minor hurling title

Brian Callanan and Jason Rabbitte scored the goals in 12 point win

Joe Canning: Like 4am runs in Lisdoonvarna, Davy Fitz must find something different for Waterford’s do-or-die clash

It will be interesting to see how the manager uses Austin Gleeson when Waterford go to Thurles in search of the victory they need to reach the All-Ireland series

Offaly and Wexford into Leinster Under-20 hurling final

Wexford beat Kilkenny while Offaly’s win over Dublin sets up exciting final

Clare floor Cork in second half blitz to claim Munster minor hurling title

They never trailed en route to first title in 12 years at Semple Stadium

Smyth goals see Clare past Tipperary and into Munster Under-20 decider

Banner advance to final where they will meet Cork

Barry Walsh points Cork to Munster minor hurling final

Tipperary beat wasteful Waterford in a dead rubber clash

Dublin see off spirited Laois side to reach semi-finals of Leinster minor hurling championship

First half goal from Callum Graham proved crucial for Dublin

Clare, Tipperary and the enduring venom of a sprawling rivalry

Between 1993 and 2003, Tipperary and Clare met 10 times in the championship. Tommy Dunne and James O’Connor, key men for their respective counties, reflect on a sometimes bitter enmity

Talk of winning six All-Ireland titles in a row is ‘nonsense’, says Limerick’s Gearoid Hegarty

Forward stresses nothing can be taken for granted in high-level sport, ahead of his side’s Championship opener against Waterford

Profits climb at nation’s biggest hurling helmet supplier

Mycro Sportswear records profit of €266,112

Big guns book their spots in knockout stages of Leinster minor hurling championship

Westmeath and Kildare both win their pre-preliminary quarter-finals

Ben Cunningham scores 1-13 as Cork beat Tipperary to top Munster Under-20 round-robin

Tipp led by double scores after 21 minutes but the Rebels dominated thereafter

Limerick to be without Will O’Donoghue for Sunday’s league final

Clare will appeal the one-match ban for All Star David Fitzgerald this evening

Westmeath edge Laois in entertaining clash to stave off the big drop

Eoin Keyes’ goal proves crucial in four point win at Semple Stadium

Galway’s David Burke to miss rest of the season with cruciate ligament injury

Galway’s 2017 All-Ireland winning captain will miss the championship

Dublin sign off ‘okay’ hurling league campaign with big win over Laois

Dubs led at the break and then went 19 minutes without scoring before hitting afterburners with another 12 points

NHL: Returning Aaron Gillane stars as Limerick make easy pickings of Wexford

Exhibition of end-to-end hurling with goals from Gillane and Gillane either side of half time

Jake Morris leads goal burst as Tipperary eventually break Waterford challenge

Jake Morris scores a hat-trick as more clinical Tipp side win league clash

‘It’s all about the next one’ - TJ Reid still hungry for more success with Kilkenny

Ballyhale star says All-Ireland club triumph was one of the sweetest

Michael Kiely scores four goals as UL win Fitzgibbon Cup

The holders blitzed the University of Galway early on with 2-6 without reply

The foundations of Limerick’s green wall appear to be just fine

Teams have had little success against the Limerick half-back line from their puck-outs during the first two rounds of league

Ballyhale’s Pat Hoban: ‘For an All-Ireland final, if that was the pitch you wouldn’t train on it’

Manager happy with victory but disappointed about the playing surface at Croke Park

Referee abuse: ‘It’s mostly parents... They encroach on the pitch and think they’re right in every way’

Referee David Murphy says abusive comments often come from the sidelines

Cork come from behind to snatch Munster League title from Tipperary

Rebels finish strongly in greasy conditions at gloomy Pairc Uí Rinn

Kingpins Ballyhale Shamrocks finish strongly to reclaim the club summit

Antrim champions Dunloy were just one point in arrears going into the final 10 minutes

Limerick fathers and sons: ‘I said it to you Ger, years ago. The boys will win it for us’

On the Limerick team are five sons of former players, more than any other All-Ireland winning team in history

Mark Coleman set to miss 2023 season for Cork hurlers after knee surgery

Cork GAA confirms the former All Star has gone under the knife

Beware of Dunloy, the undaunted underdogs

Ulster club are unfazed as they prepare to face St Thomas’ in the All-Ireland club SHC semi-final

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