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Full coverage: GAA

Paul Flynn: At this time of year, every player wants to be around the energy-givers and Jonny Cooper was one of those

There is a lot to look forward to in the new GAA season, new managers, new structures and more personalities.

Paul Flynn
7th Jan, 2023 - 5 min read

Costs, controversies and the courts: Why the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh is heading to the High Court

Having been blighted by overruns, the fall-out from the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh into a 45,000-capacity stadium is now increasingly litigious, with several legal actions taken. Just what is going on?

Ian Kehoe
9th Dec, 2022 - 2 min read

Paul Flynn – The split season is the GAA’s Brexit and the collapse of the Sky TV deal an unintended consequence

The decision of Sky to withdraw from negotiations with the GAA regarding a new broadcast deal in part revealed the limitations of the split season.

Paul Flynn
28th Oct, 2022 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: No other sporting organisation would have done what the GAA did this summer. That may be a strength or a weakness

All around the world, sporting organisations are sending players out to play more and more matches except in one place, where they have cut the money-spinning season back to six months. Nobody else would surrender so much of the season. 

Paul Flynn
6th Aug, 2022 - 5 min read

Paul Flynn: The cultural and systemic flaws in the GAA ensure that the melee will always be with us

In the GAA, players are conditioned to wade into brawls safe in the knowledge that the disciplinary process is not the end of the matter but only the beginning.

Paul Flynn
2nd Jul, 2022 - 4 min read

Paul Flynn: Gaelic football was once a game of the heart, now it’s a game of the head

The four provincial finals in Gaelic football this weekend will demonstrate the evolution of Gaelic football and how anarchy has given way to organised chaos.

Paul Flynn
28th May, 2022 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: The All-Ireland championship is the GAA’s greatest asset and if they don’t invest in it, they risk squandering it

There are no certainties in sport and the lack of marketing around the new inter-county season increases the chances of a revolution in the game.

Paul Flynn
30th Apr, 2022 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: Everybody had all the answers when Dublin were winning everything, but now there’s just a lot of questions

Dublin are struggling for a collective purpose and the anchors that held Jim Gavin's side together no longer hold, but there is still one thing that could make them a force.

Paul Flynn
2nd Apr, 2022 - 6 min read

“What is the difference between sustainable amateurism and semi-professionalism?”

The stand off between the GAA and the GPA over expenses also exposes many of the governing myths about the GAA and shines a light on the most hallowed belief of all: amateurism

Dion Fanning
26th Mar, 2022 - 1 min read

Paul Flynn: The leadership of the GAA must take this opportunity to show the way on equality in Gaelic Games

Navigating your way through GAA congress can be tricky for those outside the administrators' world but what happens there can have real meaning.

Paul Flynn
26th Feb, 2022 - 4 min read
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