AIB Munster Club IFC Final An Ghaeltacht 2-12 Aghabullogue 1-8 By Stephen Barry at Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale An Ghaeltacht secured their second Munster Intermediate crown in eight years with a seven-point victory over Aghabullogue at Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale. Kerry’s dominance at this grade was extended to 17 titles

Saturday, December 6 AIB Leinster club senior football championship final Athy (Kildare) v Ballyboden St Enda's (Dublin), Croke Park, 4.30pm Both of these teams have beat an impressive path to this provincial final. Athy defeated Baltinglass, Summerhill, and Portarlington by an average of 11 points each and Ballyboden beat Castletown

By John Harrington If you were to liken the sport of hurling to a flower, then an orchid seems an apt choice. It’s a beautiful thing, but it requires constant care and attention if you want it to thrive and blossom. This is particularly true in the developing counties where

By John Harrington The scale of the peril posed to the GAA by Ireland’s shift from a predominantly rural society to an increasingly urbanised was thrown into stark relief today by the publication of the report of the Association’s National Demographics Committee. The kernel of the issue is that rural

The GAA has today published a set of recommendations aimed at targeting the dramatic demographic changes which have taken place in Ireland, and which are having a significant impact on rural and urban clubs. The report of the Association’s National Demographic Committee was launched by Uachtarán CLG Jarlath Burns at