As we embark upon another season, I cannot decide if Mayo have ever been closer or farther away from winning Sam Maguire.

Kevin McStay has named the Mayo starting 15 who will play Monaghan’s intercounty team for this year’s charity match in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park. All proceeds from the game will go towards the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Not long ago, the idea of Ireland hosting an NFL game seemed more like a whimsical notion than a genuine possibility.

AIB All-Ireland Club IFC Semi-Final Crossmolina Deel Rovers v Caragh (Kildare) Saturday, January 4 1pm in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford REF: Kieran Eannetta (Tyrone) Jordan Flynn said in the wake of their Connacht success against Elphin ...

Motorsport: Plenty of Mayo crews played their part in what has been a sensational 2024 Irish rallying season. It had everything – entry lists bulging at the seams, enthralling racing and an astonishing last-stage finale in the National Championships.

The Mayo under-14 Schoolgirls played their final round robin group match in Westport on December 15 last, facing Longford in what was effectively a decider match as to who would finish top and runners-up in the group.

Anthony Hennigan has his say on the Western People Q&A!

Paul O'Malley has his say on the Western People Q&A!

Stuart Tynan has his say on the Western People Q&A!

Tom Byrne has his say on the Western People Q&A!

A number of departures from the Mayo senior football squad means a raft of arrivals, but it will be more a case of the current players trying to earn the respect of the newcomers than the other way round.

Mayo U21 A FC Final  Castlebar Mitchels 4-7  Westport 3-4  John Paul Heaney at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park  There is nothing like a local derby to draw the ...

National U20 Basketball League  Team Merry Monk 88  KCYMS Killorglin 46  Daragh Coyle at Ballina Sports Centre  Team Merry Monk have now picked up their third win in ...

A sporting year like no other, 2024 provided plenty of highlights. The recent RTÉ Sports awards offered an opportunity to reflect on a momentous year for Irish sport, with the Olympics rightly taking centre stage.

2024 has been one of the most difficult years in my life personally, but one of the best sporting years.

Kevin McStay believes his side is ‘very close’ to a breakthrough, with preparations for the 2025 season now in full swing.

Tempus fugit, they say. In 2034 the GAA will celebrate its 150th anniversary.

An Taisce’s annual Climate Ambassador Awards brings together citizens who are passionate about protecting the planet and rewards their local efforts to reduce the impact of climate change in Ireland.

Nine years ago, Ballinrobe Community School was stuck playing colleges football in the ‘C’ grade so to play – and win – at Connacht’s upper echelon appeared fanciful more than anything else.

Swinford GAA have announced the appointment of John Reilly as the club’s new head coach and Strength & Conditioning coach for 2025.