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December 2025
Closer Look
Magic moments loom on All-Ireland club camogie weekend
13 Dec 2025
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Dual star
Camogie champion Katie Nolan leading Kilkenny club to football All-Ireland
13 Dec 2025
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National League
Armagh add to calls for GAA to terminate Allianz sponsorship
12 Dec 2025
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PodcastThe 42 GAA Weekly
The big call that led to elation and despair in Dingle-Barrs thriller
Fintan O’Toole joins Ronan Early to delve into the talking points of the weekend, the main one being the controversy over the conclusion of Dingle versus St Finbarr’s. Emma Duffy then joins the pod to preview the weekend’s LGFA and Camogie finals at Croke Park.
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Guided By The Holy Spirit
Ulster final celebrations with the parish priest and facing All-Ireland five-in-a-row chasers
12 Dec 2025
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CONFIRMED
Camogie Association announce Karen Dessain-Gelinet as new Ard Stiúrthóir
11 Dec 2025
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Camogie
The Barrs' 'adopted sister' Kate Wall relishing All-Ireland chance, and her dad's spag bol
10 Dec 2025
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venues
Semple Stadium and Parnell Park to host All-Ireland senior club hurling semi-finals
9 Dec 2025
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Gaelic Games
Wexford's Derek Kent joins Tipp’s Ger Ryan on ballot for GAA presidency
9 Dec 2025
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Dates For Diary
All-Ireland and Ulster club final ties live on TV this weekend
9 Dec 2025
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Family ties
'Dad passed away 21 years ago. We picked this cup out' - Murphy's special Leinster club success
9 Dec 2025
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Dingle Delight
Paul Geaney: 'A dream year in one sense, a hard psychological year in another'
9 Dec 2025
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Down Under
Cavan 19-year-old Ellie Brady signs for AFLW side Collingwood
8 Dec 2025
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Closer Look
Tipperary GAA release trailer for behind-the-scenes documentary about All-Ireland quest
8 Dec 2025
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Talking Points
Two-point debates, Dingle and St Martin's celebrate milestone wins, super Sherlock
Ballyboden brilliance and Kilkenny veterans stood out in Leinster.
8 Dec 2025
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End of the road
Louth 'colossus' Bevan Duffy retires from inter-county football
8 Dec 2025
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Conor Geaney
'That was biggest free I ever kicked. It’s the best day in the club’s history'
8 Dec 2025
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Wizard of Oz
Dingle not expecting to have AFL star O'Connor available for All-Ireland semi-final
7 Dec 2025
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Memories
Hogan's 1-1 helps former Kilkenny teammate Murphy lift Leinster club trophy named after father
7 Dec 2025
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Reaction
Jimmy Barry-Murphy: 'It looked very harsh to me...there's no point carping about it today'
7 Dec 2025
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thurles thriller
Conor Geaney secures dramatic Munster title win for Dingle against St Finbarr's
Steven Sherlock struck 0-16 in defeat for the Cork side.
Fintan O'Toole
Reports from FBD Semple Stadium
7 Dec 2025
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LEINSTER CHAMPIONS
'That bit of messing paid off. He's made history now, he'll go down in the annals of the parish'
7 Dec 2025
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History makers
Wexford's St Martin's win Leinster hurling final thriller against Ballyhale Shamrocks
6 Dec 2025
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Match Report
Ballyboden St Enda's lift third Leinster senior football title after second-half surge
6 Dec 2025
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Munster finals
West Kerry's awake: How Dingle and An Ghaeltacht are conquering rural depopulation
Éamonn Fitzmaurice has coached almost all of the two squads heading into the Munster finals this weekend.
Declan Bogue
6 Dec 2025
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long road back to croker
Back in Ballyhale, Henry Shefflin is sharpening himself for more Leinster honours
The decorated player has kickstarted his coaching career once more with his home club.
Declan Bogue
6 Dec 2025
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PodcastThe 42 GAA Weekly
Hurling needs a big game, and why football could do with more new rules
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'There are 1,610 clubs in Ireland, and many of these will not survive the decade'
5 Dec 2025
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column
From the GAA to World Rugby to Fifa - Stop changing the formats of our great competitions
The formats of virtually of our biggest events have changed radically in the last few years – we have to call a halt.
Gavin Cooney
5 Dec 2025
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present danger
'Demographic change is not a future threat - it is a present reality' - GAA tackle urban drift
4 Dec 2025
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Top Pick
Charlie Smyth to start again for Saints after impressive NFL debut
4 Dec 2025
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Exit
Cork confirm departure of senior hurling coach O’Halloran
3 Dec 2025
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Start all over again
All-Ireland champions get to start league season in front of home fans
3 Dec 2025
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Aussie Rules
Offaly and Tullamore footballer Cillian Bourke makes AFL switch with Essendon
3 Dec 2025
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Dates for your diary
Tasty encounter between Armagh and Tyrone to open 2026 Dr McKenna Cup
2 Dec 2025
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Third Level
Here are the 2026 Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup draws
2 Dec 2025
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Tax
Galway GAA set aside €150,000 to cover potential tax liabilities following audit
2 Dec 2025
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Dessie Hutchinson
Soccer days with Molumby, hurt after being dropped by Waterford, and Ballygunner brilliance
2 Dec 2025
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Dates For Diary
Leinster and Munster finals live on TV in this weekend's GAA club action
1 Dec 2025
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Champions
'It's player-driven. The culture is fantastic' - Ballygunner the Munster masters once more
1 Dec 2025
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