Full coverage: GAA

Over the course of his presidency of the GAA, Jarlath Burns could become a significant figure in the association's history and in Irish life.

The national longing to see Katie Taylor fight at Croke Park doesn't mean that the fight – and the promoters' profit margins – should be subsidised by the state or the GAA.

Ireland needs to see the establishment of a gambling regulator as a beginning not an end, says Colin O'Gara.

This has been a bad week for the GAA. The problem with the rules in the association is sometimes they are only enforced if somebody objects to their violation.

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

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?

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.

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. 

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.

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.