Clones. The home of Barry McGuigan and apparently, more than one Butcher Boy.

It said something about Roscommon on Saturday night that their best performance came not in front of the posts but behind the microphone.

We can all get too reactive during the league. One good win and we’re going to win Sam. A bad loss and the end of the world is nigh.

We worry about player burnout, midweek Sigerson, training, weekend county – so let’s hear it for the Western People sports department, indeed the entire backroom team who on Friday night had their annual Western People Mayo Sports Stars Awards gala ...

If any single statistic demonstrates the amount of transition the Mayo senior football team has undergone in recent seasons, perhaps it’s that when Mayo picked up two league points on their last but one visit to Kerry, they used 10 players all of ...

If we’re nonplussed about winning the National Football League then we should use it as a springboard for a championship campaign that will hopefully end more competitively than last year’s, writes James Laffey

Looking at Division 1 over the past 10 years, six points has generally been enough for teams to survive, Cork being the exception in 2016 when they finished with six but went down on scoring difference.

We won’t be singing from the rooftops after that one, but we’ll take it! I’m not quite sure how Mayo secured the maximum two points on Saturday evening as they were second best for most of the night.

Two games, two wins and four points. Kevin McStay could not have asked for more last Saturday night as Mayo took a giant step towards securing Division 1 football for next year.

Allianz Football League Division 3 – Round 2 Sligo 2-10 Wicklow 1-11 Gavin Cawley at Markievicz ParkSligo recovered from an opening-round defeat against Clare to edge out Wicklow and pick up their first win of this season’s National Football League.

Isn’t it great to have it back?It’s hard to read too much into the first round of the Allianz Football League, but given the congested nature of the schedule with the introduction of the split season, it may be more instructive than usual as to what ...

Heading into Pearse Stadium last Sunday, I’m not sure any of us Mayo supporters really knew what to expect.

According to Kevin McStay, there’s not much difference these days between the robustness of championship football and the National Football League.

The Mayo team of today is simply not of the same calibre as the exceptional group of 2011 to 2021, so it’s impossible to expect the same results, writes James Laffey.

Mayo’s championship in 2023 may have ended in brutal fashion but Kevin McStay is bullish about the challenge ahead, writes Stuart Tynan.

Staying in Division 1 of the National League is the first priority for Mayo manager Kevin McStay this season, according to Colm Boyle.

Padraig Joyce's side get their season underway against rivals Mayo in Salthill, a repeat of the fixture which ended their championship.