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John Fogarty

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Irish Examiner GAA correspondent. Liverpool FC supporter. Enjoy spoiling good walks. Not the CCR JF. Personal views aired here, not the newspaper's. www.examiner.ie/sport

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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The #GAA wasn’t, isn’t ready for the clock/hooter. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: GAA wasn’t and isn't ready for clock/hooter
The innovation is a deep source of frustration for TV producers.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
After the gold rush - can National Football and Hurling Leagues keep up with record-breaking 2025? #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: What now for National Leagues after the goldrush of 2025?
It would help if the start of the football and hurling leagues were staggered, as they were previously in 2024.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
“We know this may never happen again”. Interview with former #GAA PRO Danny Lynch on his beloved Dingle www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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'We know this may never happen again' - Opportunity knocks for Danny Lynch and Dingle's 'old stock'
In this week of all weeks, the rogue in Lynch is alive. Dingle, his Dingle, are in an All-Ireland final.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Nobody’s found a way to stop Kerry’s grading gain (because it will mean looking at themselves). #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Nobody's found a way to stop Kerry’s grading gain
If Dingle complete the job next Sunday, Kerry will have produced the four adult All-Ireland football winners.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Staging All-Ireland hurling final after football would suit more clubs. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Smooth out the season by staging All-Ireland hurling final after football
The claustrophobic nature of the inter-county season has plenty to do with the misalignment of fixtures
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Excessive child and adult safeguarding rules exposes #GAA to flood of complaints and objections, warns solicitor: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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GAA facing flood of safeguarding complaints, warns leading solicitor
Solicitor Conor Sally says rules go beyond keeping members safe from harm
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Chances of Tipperary and Kerry doing back-to-back? Well, they’ve cleared the decks at least. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Tipp and Kerry clear decks for back-to-back tilts
The obstacles to putting All-Irelands together will occupy minds among the champions
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#GAA’s Allianz decision won’t wash with many of its members. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Allianz decision won’t wash for many in GAA
The GAA may not be prepared to end their policies with Allianz but the sentiment is so strong among many of its members.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
John McGrath’s omission from RTÉ Sports Personality shortlist is a bad look. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: John McGrath’s RTÉ awards snub is a bad look
That a hurler was not deemed good enough to join David Clifford on the 12-person shortlist for the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year award was a surprise
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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John Fogarty: So long as counties work in silos, spending will go up
Irrespective of inflation, the numbers are staggering.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Ten pressing matters facing the #GAA this week (they don’t include rural depopulation and integration). Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: Ten pressing matters GAA faces this week
Amateur status, GPA funding, disbanding All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarter-finals, and county board tax liabilities are among the issues up for discussion.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
For integration to happen, female Gaelic sports must unite first. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: For integration to happen, female codes must first unite
Same stubbornness that has defined camogie and LGFA relationship was again on show on awards tonight
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#GAA can’t wish away Allianz’s Gaza war links. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: GAA can’t wish away Allianz's Gaza war links
The insurance company's links to the Association have come under the spotlight.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Why did the GPA give DJ Carey €30,000? #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: Why did GPA give DJ Carey €30,000?
Oversight has been a major stumbling block in the GAA-GPA funding negotiations. The DJ Carey donation suggests they have cause to insist on more regulation.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Ground rules needs to be set for AFL poachers. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: Ground rules need to be set for AFL poachers
It should be regulated how and where players can be contacted, and it should be insisted the AFL clubs work with the GAA units who invested in these footballers.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Outside manager is back in #GAA crosshairs. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Interview with Tipperary’s Robert Doyle. Robert was promoting a fundraiser in Cashel on October 26 for a host of charities including The Dillon Quirke Foundation. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Tipp's breakthrough boy Doyle just playing it whatever way it comes
When Robert Doyle thinks of the players who have come and gone without walking up the steps of the Hogan Stand, he knows he is fortunate.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#GAA addled by streams of risky: Croke Park to clampdown on unregulated streaming market at county level. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: GAA struggling to find right balance when it comes to streaming games
At Saturday's Special Congress, GAA president Jarlath Burns said some counties, at least one of them being from Munster, have admitted buyers’ remorse about some of the commercial deals they have stru...
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ahead of Saturday’s vote, ranking Gaelic football’s new rules. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Football's revamp has delivered, but which rules have been best value?
The €300,000 spent on changing up Gaelic football has proved a good investment
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Among other things, the NFL’s visit adds a ribbon board to Croke Park but stadium director Peter McKenna is against dynamic pricing in the #GAA www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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GAA learning lots from the NFL machine, says Croke Park director Peter McKenna
But GAA stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna is against introducing dynamic pricing for tickets
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“I’d go back in a heartbeat”: Cathal Barrett interview www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA #Tipperary
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Cathal Barrett would go back to Tipp setup 'in a heartbeat'
The Holycross-Ballycahill defender was axed by Liam Cahill this year but remains a devoted Tipperary fan and goes to every game.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It isn’t schmaltzy to say the NFL’s visit to Croke Park this weekend serves as a reminder of the #GAA’s uniqueness. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: NFL visit a reminder of how different the GAA is
The visit of the Vikings and Steelers to Croke Park this week highlights what must be protected here.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Integration will happen but not shoehorned like this. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Integration will happen organically, not like this
Integration of the Gaelic games family will take patience and time and a whole lot of spending money
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
As football gets richer, hurling gets nicher. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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John Fogarty: Hurling gets nicher as football gets richer
The demise of the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals would have knock-on effects.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The clock/hooter has its pluses but it is more trouble than it’s worth. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Clock/hooter more trouble than its worth
Teething problems encountered by the clock/hooter system this year suggest there might be long-term issues.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Cork hurling doesn’t need another style war. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: Cork hurling doesn’t need another style war
After Pat Ryan's decision to step away from the job, the Rebel County faces a fork in the road.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Who would have thought so many people cared so much about the Munster SFC? #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Who would have thought people cared so much about Munster SFC?
As Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Clare consult with the GPA, one wonders what will happen when the 2026 draw is due to take place in October
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipperary. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Fogarty Forum: Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipp
Jim Gavin’s intention was to make it the most exciting field sport in the world but GAA president Jarlath Burns was declaring it in his presentation of the Sam Maguire Cup on Sunday.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
From one overnight trip all season to Liam Cahill’s half-time claim that Cork were right where they wanted them, some of the stories behind this incredible Tipperary success. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Tipp's seven steps to utopia
Everything a team does to reach All-Ireland glory will be scrutinised by the others counties aiming to replicate their success.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
It’s a bittersweet week for the Fitzgerald family. Ger’s All-Ireland winning father Paddy and sister Gillian remember one of Cork’s most loved hurlers following his passing in March: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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'I intend to live with cancer and not die of it'. That was his mantra - Cork great Ger Fitzgerald remembered
Ger Fitzgerald won’t be far from thoughts this weekend. At the age of 60, Cork’s two-time All-Ireland SHC winner passed away on St Patrick’s Day, 37 years to the day after he featured on a Midleton te...
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Cashel’s new princes: interview with club chairman Seán O’Donoghue about his son Oisín and nephew Eoghan Connolly www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Cashel's King Cormacs new princes aiming to help Tipperary reclaim All-Ireland hurling throne
Sunday is the first All-Ireland senior final since 1991, when the Bonnars were in their pomp, that Cashel King Cormacs have had more than one representative on a Tipperary panel
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
You wouldn’t know it this week but it wasn’t all sweetness and light in the Cork-Tipperary rivalry. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Cork and Tipp's dirty dozen
Cork and Tipperary have not always been the best of enemies.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Liam Cahill: 'If Kilkenny don’t win it on the field, they ain’t going to bring it to the boardroom' www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Liam Cahill: 'If Kilkenny don’t win it on the field, they ain’t going to bring it to the boardroom'
Cahill was in no doubt that the conclusion of the game wouldn't be brought into question by the Leinster champions despite the scoreline error, as was admitted by the GAA following the game
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Phantom point was a bad case of group-think. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Hurling semi-final's phantom point a bad case of group-think
For that late denial of John Donnell's goalbound shot, Robert Doyle is the toast of Tipperary but, as has been pointed out, the saviour of the GAA too.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Jack O’Connor’s strong words were aimed at his former midfielder among others but for the Kerry people. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Jack O'Connor's cry was for Kerry pundits and people
After Kerry's victory over Armagh on Sunday, Jack O'Connor expressed his annoyance at how his side's chances had been written off within the county.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The #GAA has to grasp the thorny rose that is amateurism but contracting managers is a step too far. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Grasping the thorny rose that is amateurism in the GAA
A blind eye being turned to the payments to some inter-county and several club managers is one of the main ways in which the GAA is not living up to its amateur ethos.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Ask the players who have been involved in penalty shootouts if they want replays. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: If players want replays, the GAA should bring them back
By not having a Munster SHC final replay, €1m was left on the table this year, but the money argument shouldn’t be the motivating factor for a second day.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Cork players don’t look to blame others anymore. Interview with selector Donal O’Mahony www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Cork players don’t look to blame others anymore
Interview: Cork Selector Donal O'Mahony is full of belief that the recent 16-point loss to Limerick can be turned around in Saturday's Munster final. 'The players hold their own meetings, and take res...
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Saturday is championship game No50 for John Kiely. A seventh Munster final is a fitting way to mark that number. Interview: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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John Kiely: In any other society, war would have broken out
Limerick hurling manager John Kiely said the four-week break to the All-Ireland semi-final which comes with winning the Munster title is "worth fighting for".
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A nastiness has crept into the Cork-Limerick match-day. It’s a rivalry worth protecting. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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John Fogarty: Why Cork-Limerick is a rivalry worth protecting
They'll meet once again this weekend - this time with Munster silverware on the line.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hurling’s footprint in inter-county season is too shallow. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Hurling’s footprint in season is too shallow
There's the easy fix, the medium fix, and the hard fix.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Repetition, repetition and more repetition, why the #GAA is getting rid of football’s “Super 16”: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Repetition, repetition and more repetition: Why the GAA are ditching the 'Super 16' format
There are some extremely good reasons why the GAA have decided to ditch it in favour of an enhanced qualifier system next season.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The Camogie Association shouldn’t but there’s a chance they won’t show enough support for shorts again this Thursday. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Fogarty Forum: There’s a chance camogie will oppose shorts again
This Thursday, 150 or so Special Congress delegates convene in Croke Park to vote on allowing players wear shorts or skorts.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
“'If it comes down to a hurling match, Cork will have too much for Limerick” - Pat Mulcahy www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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'If it comes down to a hurling match, Cork will have too much for Limerick' says Pat Mulcahy
Mulcahy bullish about Rebels landing a third straight SHC win over Limerick
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Nickey Brennan: Crammed fixtures and focus on football rules have hurt hurling www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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Nickey Brennan: Crammed fixtures and focus on football rules have hurt hurling
The former GAA president claims the Leinster SHC has become a "by the way".
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#GAA scheduling has turned football v hurling into Blur v Oasis. We shouldn't have to choose. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
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GAA schedule has turned football v hurling into the new Blur v Oasis
A lot of adolescent angst was projected into Albarn v Gallagher. Now there are shades of that collision course in the GAA inter-county scene.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The earning power of Kieran McGeeney and Jim McGuinness has offset the moneymaking strength of traditional counties: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Kieran McGeeney and Jim McGuinness using their box office attraction to accumulate finances
McGuinness and McGeeney have offset the moneymaking advantages tradition brings Dublin and Kerry. It’s been illustrated in the seasons between the McGuinness reigns that famine follows feast but for n...
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Fifteen years on from 2010 fiasco, we’ve learned nothing about ghost goals. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: 15 years on, it's clear GAA has not learned from Leinster final controversy
There is too much time and money invested in inter-county Gaelic games to not at least try and ensure the right decision is made when it comes to goals and sendings off.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Make no mistake, Sunday is personal for Peter Keane: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
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Clare's Peter Keane may never have a better chance for revenge over Kerry
It’s four years since Keane failed to receive a second term and his feelings about his excommunication remain undoubtedly raw.
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John Fogarty @johnfogartyirl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Hurling doesn’t feel particularly tough right now. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Fogarty Forum: Hurling doesn't feel tough right now
Toughness is not jabbing the bas or butt of your hurley into your marker’s genitals.
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