:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/E2M4KZU2NNEKRB5L7HHXULQLUM.jpg "The Schemozzle: Trust Kilkenny to make pundits look silly")
Naturally, given the Treaty’s status, the pundits were almost unanimous in tipping Limerick to beat Cork so we’ll give them a pass there but the experts...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/DHDTLERX2FO6U6RZ6EQF57XRV4.jpg "LIVE Kilkenny v Clare updates: All-Ireland hurling semi-final")
34mins: Quilligan with another save, this time from a sideline cut by Eoin Cody which bounced dangerously in front of the goal. 32mins: Kilkenny 1-9 Clare...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/RLLI6LF4HVHVDOSGA5BNMVYVCQ.jpg "Shane O’Donnell: ‘The stone wall I ran into when trying to interact with the GAA about my concussion was extremely frustrating’")
This is not the end. Almost certainly not. Not yet. Shane O’Donnell made a small bit of a stir a couple of months back by intimating...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CAQALHVKI5D2JMZDHUMO2CG4ME.jpg "Joe Canning: Tough rebuilding job in store for next Galway manager as Henry Shefflin bows out")
On the week of the All-Ireland semi-finals Galway hurling people would hope to be thinking about Croke Park but instead we’re thinking about a new manager....
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5633ZW5WVBKOLGCXCONZZYBNCU.jpg "Limerick and Cork’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final set for sold out Croke Park")
Croke Park officials say Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship semi-final between Limerick and Cork is likely to be played in front of a full house. As...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FMJPSQ4LO5B43NAWTOWZYAHONY.jpg "Seán Moran: Football needs cut and thrust as well as cosmetic surgery")
There was much ribaldry in the media zone on Sunday about the scale of the task confronting Jim Gavin’s football think tank. Derry were scared of...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/HHMKOKTVOEYGJG7VSVIIVX6MOQ.jpg "Joe Canning: We won’t see them, but certain matches this weekend will influence the All-Ireland semi-finals")
When I started playing for Galway in 2008, inter-county teams didn’t pay much attention to recovery. Some players might have gone to the pool or the...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MRG6XATDS4L3LJANTB6ISY7Z5I.jpg "Nicky English: Rebooted Clare the only team bouncing out of the weekend’s dead zone")
Four teams arrived in Thurles on Saturday but only one is going to Croke Park feeling buoyant. Let’s give credit to Brian Lohan for managing Clare...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5SGGJQL7R52OKTLEAHT4FMMDWA.jpg "Nicky English: If Cork actually have the potential to win the All-Ireland, they need to show it")
We’re down to the last six in an All-Ireland championship that is likely to prove historic and yet, it’s difficult to think of a worse week...
:quality(70):focal(3491x638:3501x648)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/SIGFZFAISUT4VF2B7DM3GTFGW4.jpg "Proposal to switch hurling and football matches put GAA council in ‘terrible position’, says Burns")
GAA president Jarlath Burns has acknowledged that the proposal to switch next weekend’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals, on Saturday, with Sunday’s Tailteann Cup semi-finals put Central Council...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/27JFK6RLDGCE42WIJSNNENQF44.jpg "All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals to be played as scheduled next Saturday")
The All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals will be played as scheduled next Saturday in Thurles. This emerged after an emergency Central Council meeting declined by a narrow margin...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FBK7OCRE55UDWJ3VO3LSDDX6HQ.jpg "Limerick v Clare: LIVE updates from the Munster hurling final")
FULL-TIME: Limerick 1-26 Clare 1-20 74mins: Limerick 1-26 Clare 1-20 Byrnes sends over a free from between the two 65s to put Limerick six ahead. 72mins:...