Peter Branigan

SATURDAY 4 JULY Galway v Cork, Croke Park, 3.30pm SUNDAY 5 JULY Limerick v Clare, Croke Park, 4pm ONLINE Follow a live blog of both matches on the RTÉ News app and on rte.ie/sport. TV Saturday's coverage will be on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player and will be p... See more

Galway's meeting with Dublin this afternoon will be just the 13th time the sides have clashed in championship football - it'll be unlucky for one of them. The number of meetings feels a little low for the most successful counties in their respective provi... See more

SATURDAY Joe McDonagh Cup final Carlow v Laois, Croke Park, 3.45pm Leinster SHC final Dublin v Galway, Croke Park, 6pm SUNDAY Munster SHC final Cork v Limerick, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 2pm ONLINE Live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app. TV Live... See more

In Brian Fenton's playing days, Mayo were Dublin's big rivals. In that era where the Metropolitans were All-Ireland contenders, Kerry (twice), Donegal and Tyrone were the other counties to lift the Sam Maguire. And yet it was the games between the sky blu... See more

There's an uneasy feeling for small ball followers in the capital ahead of Sunday's Leinster round-robin clash between Dublin and Kilkenny. The Dubs are being talked up as favourites in some quarters. Even allowing for Kilkenny's form in 2026, it seems al... See more