‘If Mary McAleese is disgusted by lack of progress ... take heed’: GAA clubs on grassroots integration
The Irish Times talked with clubs in four provinces for temperature check on integration
Mary McAleese
GAA’s commitment to integration under scrutiny
Ironic that row over misogyny erupted in the week Croke Park hosted largest women’s sporting event in GAA’s history
Northern nationalists are right to detect bias from their counterparts in the Republic
Northerners get cheered when they win Olympic medals for Ireland, but heaven forfend we might let them vote here
Oliver Callan shows his acerbic side with short sharp shot at GAA ‘gobshitery’
The RTÉ Radio 1 host’s acerbic rant lifts a sagging show, while Matt Cooper gets to the heart of the story on The Last Word
Does your daughter play camogie or football? Have your say on Mary McAleese’s resignation
Is the setback to Gaelic games integration a ‘slap in the face’ for women who have given so much to the GAA?
GAA reneging on integration is damaging own goal
Did they realise properly funded and promoted women’s sport might surpass the men’s game?
Mary McAleese’s accusations cannot be waved off by the GAA – they need to get integration right
GAA must find a voice somewhere in their ranks who can prove they’re all-in on integration
New chair to be appointed to Gaelic integration group next month
Mary McAleese’s replacement to expected to be confirmed on October 5th
The five main stumbling blocks on the road to Gaelic games integration
As Mary McAleese steps down as SGI chair, the scale of the challenge facing the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association comes into sharp focus
GAA challenges Mary McAleese’s ‘offensive’ suggestion of misogyny at top level
Former president said some within the organisation ‘not entirely happy’ at idea of women in decision-making roles
GAA president says equal funding for intercounty teams a concern of integration process
Jarlath Burns urges Mary McAleese to reflect on comments criticising GAA Management Committee
Mary McAleese may have done the GAA a favour by burning the boats
The biggest problem the integration steering group has faced is that its work has been so opaque
Mary McAleese’s scathing criticism of GAA leadership is highly damaging
Former president’s fiery resignation leaves GAA roadmap to integration in tatters
GAA management committee ‘lacking in vision’, says Mary McAleese after stepping down as integration chair
Former president of Ireland criticises lack of leadership at top level of the GAA
Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president
Áras an Uachtaráin has never been a retirement home, and it now no longer backs on to one
Séamas O’Reilly: An insane sequence of events led to me to quit the office job I hated
An insane and arbitrary sequence of events led to me getting to write about things for a living, instead of toiling away in an office job I hate
Racism being ‘promoted by people in serious leadership positions’ around the world, McAleese says
Former president compares AI to the ‘garbage’ people were fed by Church and State at the time she was growing up
Jean Sulivan: a prophet who lived ‘the priesthood of the pen’
Eamon Maher profiles a French author whose work echoes John McGahern and inspired Colum McCann
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘As I’ve grown older I’ve realised how formative the Troubles were’
Author’s debut novel, Prestige Drama, channels humour, anger and sadness in story about a TV show set during the Troubles
Designer Louise Kennedy: ‘I loved being on the shop floor. I thought my parents had bought Harrods’
The celebrated designer on dressing Irish presidents, how fashion has changed and the future of her luxury brand
Mary Lou McDonald brings wow factor to Dáil as she attacks Taoiseach over SNAs reform
Micheál Martin takes robust stance, accusing her of ‘empty soundbites’ and grandstanding
Some Catholic teaching is ‘rancid’ and needs updating, says Mary McAleese
A bunch of celibate male bishops will not make required changes, says former president
Full integration of Gaelic associations by 2027 ‘an unrealistic target’, says GAA Management Committee
Minutes of December meeting show committee feel ‘phased implementation would represent a more measured approach’
GAA ramps up efforts to tackle ‘unsustainable’ team costs with new licence motion
Several counties have reported team expenditure in excess of €2m in 2025
No women deacons in the Catholic Church, Vatican Commission decides
Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders
What’s the Monarchy for? on BBC One: You can’t help but think, better them than us
Television: David Dimbleby’s rambling survey of the British crown is a free shot of smugness, served just before bedtime
The Irish Unity Dividend by Ben Collins: Little to entice unionists to join the conversation
This occasionally polemical book contains useful information for those interested in the topic or in favour of a united Ireland
Mary McAleese recalls own experience of homelessness as she calls for action so ‘every child has a home’
Former president calls on society and politicians to mobilise, and recalls her family being made homeless
Plan for a united Ireland to avoid Brexit-style mess, says author from unionist background
Ben Collins favours Irish unity and encourages others of similar heritage to engage with subject
President-elect drops back in on former Dáil colleagues as she finalises Áras prep
Difficult decisions over inauguration guest list, with 13 siblings, politicians and volunteers looking for a place
Sr Stan remembered as powerhouse of good who offered ‘hope for the hopeless’
Funeral Mass faithful hear devotion inspired nun’s advocacy, that ‘work had become her prayer’
Michael D Higgins: Poetry, Galway and grandchildren - the future life of a former president
Outoing president will be entitled to pension of half his €350,000 salary
Olivia O’Leary: I got a sharp lesson in how protective Irish people are of our presidents
We love all our presidents, even the ones we didn’t vote for - but none has been such a genius at branding as Michael D Higgins
Heather Humphreys comes from a tradition with a remarkable history
Rite & Reason: It is frequently forgotten that a founder of the United Irishmen, and a father of republicanism on this island, was Presbyterian Henry Joy McCracken
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