Colm Keys
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‘I want to get this right because this is going to be my last job’
Offaly GAA chairperson Michael Duignan has said the Faithful County is in “deep shock” over the sudden death of their senior football manager Liam Kearns at the age of 61. → Read More
Offaly football manager Liam Kearns has died suddenly, aged 61
The sudden death of current Offaly manager Liam Kearns has shocked the GAA world. He was 61 years of age. → Read More
Lean, keen and mean: Derry’s approach to panel numbers bucks the trend
Dublin priced at between 5/4 and 11/8 to win a league game, a Division 2 league game at that. When was the last time the odds were so skewed against them in a contest of this nature? → Read More
Treaty manager John Kiely questions ‘context’ of Kyle Hayes incident
Limerick edged close to a league semi-final with a five-point Division 1A win over Galway in Pearse Stadium but they again sailed close to the wind on the disciplinary front, with Kyle Hayes lucky to avoid a red card. → Read More
GAA Congress: Move to revert to U-18 for inter-county minor competitions resisted
Inter-county minor will remain an U-17 competition after attempts to restore it to U-18 were resisted. → Read More
Former Armagh midfielder Jarlath Burns elected as GAA’s next president
Jarlath Burns has been elected as the GAA's next president at tonight's Congress session. → Read More
GAA should ban tactical substitutions after 70 minutes, says Donegal legend Martin McHugh
Donegal All-Ireland winner and regular match analyst Martin McHugh has made a call to prevent tactical substitutions from taking place once the 70th-minute has elapsed, in the wake of the All-Ireland club football final controversy. → Read More
‘If we threatened not to bother playing at the weekend they’d soon scramble’ – GAA players still waiting on expenses
Some inter-county GAA players have not been paid expenses for mileage and nutrition despite training officially getting underway on November 24 last. → Read More
Kilmacud Crokes are deserved champions but ambiguity remains as to whether original result stands
So all’s well that ends well then? Kilmacud Crokes, deserved winners on the day, get to keep their All-Ireland senior club football title for 2022/2023. → Read More
GAA promises no hike in ticket prices but 'we won’t be in the same position next year'
The GAA has opted not to hike championship ticket prices for 2023, despite post-Covid and cost of living financial pressures. → Read More
Kilkenny and Tipperary look best-placed to close gap on Limerick as Allianz Hurling League commences
Looking at the 2022 Allianz Hurling League through the prism of Waterford, the competition’s eventual champions, and Limerick, the eventual All-Ireland champions, you get a sense of the paradox it can present. → Read More
Director General Tom Ryan defends GAA handling of club final controversy
GAA Director-General Tom Ryan has said the process for dealing with the issue of the 16th man at the end of the All-Ireland senior club final could not change just because of the status of the game. → Read More
GAA earn record revenue of €96.1m as gate receipts return to normal
The GAA's Central Council generated record income of €96.1m for the 2022 financial season, surpassing €73.9m taken in during the last comparable financial year pre Covid, 2019. → Read More
Decision of whether to replay All-Ireland Club SFC final to be made by lunchtime tomorrow
A decision on the outcome of a Central Competition Controls Committee meeting tonight to consider an objection and counter-objection to the result of the All-Ireland Club Senior Football final between Kilmacud Crokes and Glen is not expected until around lunchtime on Tuesday. → Read More
‘Underestimate him at your own peril’ – Donegal manager Paddy Carr praises his new captain Paddy McBrearty
It’s a position Patrick McBrearty has become well accustomed to by now, sweeping around on the loop to kick a point from over 40 metres to win an important tie for Donegal at the death. → Read More
Jack O’Connor blasts ‘awful decision’ in Kerry’s NFL Division One defeat to Donegal
Jack O'Connor was left perplexed over a decision on a disputed point that may have cost them a draw in their opening Allianz NFL Division One game in Ballybofey. → Read More
New Donegal captain Patrick McBrearty scores vital point to sink Kerry in Ballybofey
Always beware the quiet ones. After being on the periphery for all of this Allianz Division 1 game, new Donegal captain Patrick McBrearty emerged from nowhere to deliver one of his trademark scores on the loop to sink Kerry in a frantic finish. → Read More
GAA leave it to Glen to raise objection over All-Ireland final ‘16th man’ – but replay could be on the cards
The GAA has put the ball back into Glen's court over the outcome of Sunday's All-Ireland club football final that saw Kilmacud Crokes defend the last attack with 16 players on the field. → Read More
Glen to ask for review over Kilmacud Crokes’ 16th man in All-Ireland senior club football final
Glen are to seek clarification from the Central Competitions Control Committee over the presence of a 16th Kilmacud Crokes player on the field at the end of their All-Ireland senior club football final in Croke Park yesterday. → Read More
David Clifford’s year like no other on home front eclipses giant feats on international stage
Right now, in these early weeks of 2023, this island provides the world of sport with its No 1 golfer and rugby player, its No 1 rugby team, a galaxy of female world amateur boxing champions, a world champion gymnast and the most formidable rowing pair, one of whom is now embedded deeply in any conversation about our greatest ever athlete. → Read More