Since becoming Derry manager, Micky Harte has roused the team to new heights and All-Ireland aspirations. The team’s success and style of play should energise other counties to dream big too.
Thomas Byrne, the Minister of State for Sport, and Elena Pecos, the head of Decathlon Ireland, recently swapped notes on the business of sport – from the French retailer's move into Clery's to funding for national facilities.
The latest president of the GAA comes to the role with a reforming agenda. His plans are progressive and transformative and include change at all levels. Whether he succeeds or not, it will be noteworthy.
Selling the naming rights to Páirc Uí Chaoimh makes functional sense but doesn’t compute emotionally. It also begs the question: Why do we keep building stadiums when we’re not sure how to fill them?
This week, GAA people have been talking about the club that issued a players’ charter with a string of demands. It is a nonsense. There are ways to test and build character amongst groups without creating an environment built on fear.
Kerry are a team with the potential to win multiple All-Irelands but they face the real Dublin in this Sunday’s final.
With revenue of €4 million, the central charge against RTÉ in the case of GAAGO is that it is asking licence fee payers to pay twice, once through the fee and another if they take a subscription.
The return of Stephen Cluxton and Pat Gilroy reminds Dublin of the standards that are required. Paul Flynn recalls the Cluxton he played with and how different he is to the public image.
There is no sport that can compare to football when it has the excitement showcased last weekend. What has happened this year will shape how the competition unfolds next season.
Stephen Cluxton’s football IQ is on a different level to anyone I ever played with which always added rich insight in preparation for shutting out an opposition’s attacking threat or breaking down a packed defence.
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