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October 2026
On The 42Imitation games
'You had to acknowledge the dark genius of the industry'
Darragh McGee’s new book digs into where the gambling industry is coming from and where it is heading.
On The 42way out west
From there to here: Belmullet taking their place among the elite as emigration slows
Without a senior football championship in their 90-year history, Belmullet have never had it so good.
September
September 2026
On The 42He's back
After helping to shape the new game, Eamonn Fitzmaurice opts for immersion with Galway
The Kerry man is ready to jump back into county football for a tilt at Sam Maguire.
On The 42Keep playing
'We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing'
Andy Moran rolling back the years is the envy of middle-aged men the country over.
On The 42Coaching
La Masia culture of holistic development should be of interest to the GAA
If we are set on copying professional sport, let’s at least follow the better examples.
On The 42GAA Allstars
Clifford, O'Donoghue and Carney in the frame to land Footballer of the Year Award
On The 42Gaelic Football
11 for Mayo and 7 for Kerry as All-Star football nominations are announced
12 counties in total represented across 45 nominations.
On The 42Growing pains
Costly and exclusive or nurturing and necessary? The battle for the soul of development squads
Alarms are sounding again about how young GAA players are coached – and some counties are getting a lot more right than others.
On The 42Interview
Rugby, drug addiction, prison, recovery - the life of Ryan Caldwell
Former Ulster Rugby lock shares his experiences in ‘White Lines’.
On The 42
How GAA county managers now live and die by their ability to assemble a backroom
Counties are playing a high-risk game every autumn, trying to recruit the best backrooms possible.
On The 42Jubilee Jubilation
'I swear to God, I was 10 foot tall' - Tommy Dunne recalls Tipp's 'bridging' All-Ireland
Ten seasons after entering a bear pit of a dressing room, Tommy Dunne turned in a season that brought all three Hurler of the Year Awards as they won Liam MacCarthy.
On The 42Irish Open
Shane Lowry shares second after first round 67 at Irish Open, as McIlroy fires 69
Joaqúin Niemann continues to sit at the top of the leaderboard in Doonbeg.
On The 42Growing pains
McAleese resignation is a mess for the GAA. Now they must put action behind slogans about equality
The merger of various strands of the Gaelic Games family is painful, embarrassing and exasperating.
On The 42Aussie Departures
Trickle of GAA players shows there is no need to sound the AFL alarm
Various suggestions have been offered about what the GAA can do. But they can do nothing.
On The 42Galway Leader
Pádraic Joyce gave 22 years in senior roles to Galway - he couldn't have given any more
Few figures tower over and through the halls of Galway football, and both have lost something with his departure.
On The 42FARNEY FIGHTING
'A couple of these same characters tried to make sure that I didn't go for the job'
On The 42ALI IN CROKER
Crazy golf in Palmerstown, a Quinnsworth ad, fighting at Croke Park: When Ali came to Ireland
The country was charmed by Muhammad Ali in 1972, but he didn’t get a quarter of this weekend’s attendance at GAA HQ.
On The 42Rule Changes
A few nips and tucks, and a conversational grenade: give McStay's rules a chance
After the transformational effect of Jim Gavin’s Football Review Committee, some tweaks can further improve Gaelic football.
August
August 2026
On The 42Whole New World
After the worlds were conquered: what the next 12 months look like for Kobe McDonald
With a Celtic Cross now secured, the next chapter of his sporting career will involve a lot of hard work and not much limelight.
On The 42Interview
'Chaos is paying off': An insider's guide to how Gaelic football coaching is being transformed
Colm Nally, one of the architects of the new and improved version of Gaelic football, has published a coaching guide.
On The 42Bogue On Wednesday
Guardiola's 'beautiful obsession' a cautionary tale for modern GAA's pressure cooker
Demands of top-level management are laid plain in new documentary, with Gaelic games also placing unrealistic pressure on managers.
July
July 2026
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